Comments on: Appalachian trial. http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:44:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Waldo Jaquith http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8473 Waldo Jaquith Mon, 29 May 2006 19:44:49 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8473 Yeah. 72#. Pretty crazy, I know. :) Yeah. 72#. Pretty crazy, I know. :)

]]> By: Steve Nelson http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8472 Steve Nelson Mon, 29 May 2006 17:10:27 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8472 72LBS?! WHAT?! Surely you're typing that dyslexically (i just made that word up). You mean 27lbs! right? When i first hiked the AT I made the mistake of having too heavy a pack too. But my definition of too heavy was 40lbs. I can't even comprehend 72lbs. 72LBS?! WHAT?! Surely you’re typing that dyslexically (i just made that word up). You mean 27lbs! right?

When i first hiked the AT I made the mistake of having too heavy a pack too. But my definition of too heavy was 40lbs. I can’t even comprehend 72lbs.

]]> By: Brandon Meyer http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8432 Brandon Meyer Fri, 26 May 2006 00:52:20 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8432 I'm glad that your not putting this goal away forever. It's nearly impossible to get so close to accomplishing something and then give up when it means so much. You either have to finish it, or be in denial forever. I'm convinced you'll do just fine. I’m glad that your not putting this goal away forever. It’s nearly impossible to get so close to accomplishing something and then give up when it means so much.

You either have to finish it, or be in denial forever.

I’m convinced you’ll do just fine.

]]> By: Skyline http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8358 Skyline Tue, 23 May 2006 14:40:02 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8358 Keeping your daily mileage down will be a good thang. For more reasons than foot preservation. Nothing pathetic about it. To be honest, the only really wicked part of that section is between Wind Gap and DWG--that's where my feet barked the most in response to the sharp pointy rocks embedded everywhere that you can't avoid stepping on or twisting your ankles. But at 10 MPD, that's only a couple days. The other six days aren't that horrible. Skyline Keeping your daily mileage down will be a good thang. For more reasons than foot preservation. Nothing pathetic about it.

To be honest, the only really wicked part of that section is between Wind Gap and DWG–that’s where my feet barked the most in response to the sharp pointy rocks embedded everywhere that you can’t avoid stepping on or twisting your ankles. But at 10 MPD, that’s only a couple days. The other six days aren’t that horrible.

Skyline

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8355 Waldo Jaquith Tue, 23 May 2006 14:01:10 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8355 And it's the rocks that destroy my feet. In 1998 I switched from hiking in sneakers to using a boat-like pair of boots; the soles don't even flex. I hope that'll help. While the Whites and Katahdin were rugged, I'd had 1,000 (and then 1,300) warm-up miles to prepare for them. :) Now I'm going in fresh. I think eight days will be enough to cover that distance. I feel pathetic doing less than 10 miles per day, on average, but I've got to remember I'm not a thru-hiker now -- I'm just a guy going for a long walk. And it’s the rocks that destroy my feet. In 1998 I switched from hiking in sneakers to using a boat-like pair of boots; the soles don’t even flex. I hope that’ll help. While the Whites and Katahdin were rugged, I’d had 1,000 (and then 1,300) warm-up miles to prepare for them. :) Now I’m going in fresh. I think eight days will be enough to cover that distance. I feel pathetic doing less than 10 miles per day, on average, but I’ve got to remember I’m not a thru-hiker now — I’m just a guy going for a long walk.

]]> By: Skyline http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8354 Skyline Tue, 23 May 2006 13:47:41 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8354 You probably already know this, but: 1) The Port Clinton>DWG section of the AT is Pennsylvania's most difficult, and where the term "Rocksylvania" can trace its roots to. 2) This section is a piece of cake compared to the Whites in NH or the AT in Western Maine or the climb up Katahdin--which I think I recall you've already done. You should be just fine. Skyline You probably already know this, but:

1) The Port Clinton>DWG section of the AT is Pennsylvania’s most difficult, and where the term “Rocksylvania” can trace its roots to.

2) This section is a piece of cake compared to the Whites in NH or the AT in Western Maine or the climb up Katahdin–which I think I recall you’ve already done. You should be just fine.

Skyline

]]> By: chris http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8347 chris Tue, 23 May 2006 02:58:56 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8347 wow, very cool. good luck! wow, very cool. good luck!

]]> By: The Virginia Progressive » Virginia Blog Carnival http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8345 The Virginia Progressive » Virginia Blog Carnival Tue, 23 May 2006 01:58:38 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8345 [...] Waldo Jaquith: As an Eagle Scout, i love this! [...] [...] Waldo Jaquith: As an Eagle Scout, i love this! [...]

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8344 Waldo Jaquith Tue, 23 May 2006 01:36:45 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8344 I enjoyed your "Trails Days or Trail Don'ts?" blog entry, Tank. I can certainly relate or, rather, I really could have related back around 1998. I enjoyed your “Trails Days or Trail Don’ts?” blog entry, Tank. I can certainly relate or, rather, I really could have related back around 1998.

]]> By: TANK http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8343 TANK Tue, 23 May 2006 01:13:48 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8343 I hear that. It is amazing how many people come off the trail, and sever all ties completely. People have told me that adjusting to life on the trail is hard. Adjusting to life after the trail is 10 times harder. I find Trail Days to be some strange mixture in between: not quite real life, but not quite hiking. It's partly liberating, and partly frustrating. Glad to hear you are finishing up your lost miles. That seems like the right thing to do. I hear that. It is amazing how many people come off the trail, and sever all ties completely. People have told me that adjusting to life on the trail is hard. Adjusting to life after the trail is 10 times harder. I find Trail Days to be some strange mixture in between: not quite real life, but not quite hiking. It’s partly liberating, and partly frustrating. Glad to hear you are finishing up your lost miles. That seems like the right thing to do.

]]> By: Chad R. http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8342 Chad R. Tue, 23 May 2006 00:36:57 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8342 What is "something Waldo has in common with Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro," Alex? Except I'd give you much better odds than 50/50 on getting back on track. :) What is “something Waldo has in common with Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro,” Alex?

Except I’d give you much better odds than 50/50 on getting back on track. :)

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8339 Waldo Jaquith Mon, 22 May 2006 23:27:35 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8339 Well, yeah, but I'm not including <em>that</em> in the count, Andrew. Hell of a party, though. Well, yeah, but I’m not including that in the count, Andrew.

Hell of a party, though.

]]> By: Andrew chelena http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8336 Andrew chelena Mon, 22 May 2006 22:56:08 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8336 Waldo is actually lying. He broke both his feat in a dancing accident in a strip club in New Orleans. Waldo, lying is unhealthy. Waldo is actually lying. He broke both his feat in a dancing accident in a strip club in New Orleans. Waldo, lying is unhealthy.

]]> By: Brian Patton http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8335 Brian Patton Mon, 22 May 2006 22:54:07 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8335 Thanks for taking time out of your trip and meeting for lunch. Hope to see you down this way again soon. Thanks for taking time out of your trip and meeting for lunch.

Hope to see you down this way again soon.

]]> By: Skyline http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8330 Skyline Mon, 22 May 2006 21:26:19 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/05/trail-days-results/#comment-8330 Fabulous. Get yer feet fixed. I know you need to fill in those gaps, and I know why. You're as obsessed as I was. Again. Fabulous. And would you PLEASE finish your journal. Fabulous. Get yer feet fixed. I know you need to fill in those gaps, and I know why. You’re as obsessed as I was. Again. Fabulous.

And would you PLEASE finish your journal.

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