February 7, 2012, Lakewood, CO
09:55:03, hours MST
...continued hiker’s journal…
…three tips from a hiker’s blog…
For the thru- hiker…
- Don’t waste too much thought on “comfortable camping gear”. Thru-hiking is mostly about hiking and not so much about camping. Camping is just something you do at the end of the day after you eat and before you wake up early the next morning and walk some more. Because you spend more time on your feet than in your shelter it is better to have a comfortable pack than a comfortable camp.
- Be prepared for the kind of weather that is common where you are hiking. Most long distance backpacking trails are hiked from late Spring through early Fall, which means “three season” conditions. Although freak weather does occur, even in summer, it is a waste of time (and weight) to try and be prepared for every possible occurrence.
- Despite your best intentions, you will probably start out with too much gear. This is normal because you don’t know exactly what you’ll need yet. As time goes on and you figure it out, get rid of gear that you are not using regularly. Also, do not hesitate to replace unsatisfactory gear with better alternatives (even though it was expensive to buy).
Today was a morning to wake up to! Champagne Powder. There is a place I’m thinking about near
by the Devil’s Canyon Forest Service Campground in the Abajos that gets this type of snow and when hiking around there— you find— it is you, the animals and of course the birds.
The pull of the natural world seems omnipresent there when the Snow is in the air!
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