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iris_jones89
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14h ago
Blew $60 on a fleece liner for the Colorado Trail and it paid me back
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diana155
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20h ago
Chose the 8 mile ridge route over the valley shortcut and lost the trail at dusk
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jana_shah96
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1d ago
Showerthought: cutting my water carries in half with a grocery bag liner saved my knees on the Eagle Rock loop
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sullivan.piper
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3d ago
Spotted a 4,100 foot pass on my map in the Wind Rivers and it turned my whole route plan upside down
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kai657
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5d ago
Hit 2,000 miles on the Appalachian Trail and realized I'd only taken 4 zero days the entire time
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coran63
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5d ago
Almost took the shortcut around Mount Hood last August because my buddy swore it saved 2 hours, and I still think about what could have happened
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angelas78
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6d ago
Vent: that $180 ultralight bear can was the worst gear buy I ever made
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kaip11
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7d ago
A ranger in Shenandoah told me to skip the north loop of the AT and I did it anyway last October
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max_ramirez48
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7d ago
Update: my buddy carried a cast iron skillet 14 miles into the Eagle Cap Wilderness and I ended up carrying it out
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jenny_sullivan97
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8d ago
PSA: a ranger at Great Smoky Mountains told me most people hiking the AT quit by mile 200, and it changed how I plan every trip now
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troy_palmer76
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8d ago
A ranger at Zion told me my route plan was backwards, and it saved my whole trip
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palmer.jana
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9d ago
A trail angel in Julian told me my 20 mile day plan was 'a young man's game' and I can't stop thinking about it
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black.mark
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10d ago
Tbh I think most people pack way too many miles into day one on the Timberline Trail
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schmidt.eva
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11d ago
Hiked the Enchantments in 2019 with a 45 lb pack and again in 2024 with 22 lbs, which way is actually right?
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burns.richard
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12d ago
Vent: I planned my whole Olympic Peninsula loop around low tide and still got cliffed out at Cedar Creek
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