Recognizing the need for better communication in the advent of the Great August Appalachian Hike, I've begun this blog as a place to post information and to discuss the hike. I imagine we'll be able to discuss other things as well.
I've begun working on some refined lists of things to take. Roughly, I've categorized them as Clothes, Gear, Shelter, and Food.
We did our first shakedown hike/camp last weekend. We discovered some problems with footwear (expected). The only people who had trouble hauling their loads were among the younger ones who will not be able to come in August.
Some of the older ones figured out they should have split up their tent instead of taking turns carrying it.
It was colder than August will be, and again some of the younger ones had trouble with that. That lost me some sleep helping with them, of course. There was a miscommunication among the older ones about food, and they were afraid they’d starve, but they didn’t. All in all it was pretty successful for what it was.
More later.
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