Archive for the ‘AT prep’ Category
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 358 views
After weighing everything in my pack, I finally had the time to add them to my gearlist, check them out. I'll be adding prices and reviews as I can remember to do them.
Matt
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 431 views
So, as you may have already known from an earlier post that I had a problem with my Pocketmail device. A number of weeks later, after learning that I wasn't going to be hiking the trail in 2006, I did finally recieve my new pocketmail, error free. ...
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Saturday, April 21st, 2007 421 views
In order to continue my 'prep' for my thru-hike, I decided to go ahead and try to reduce some weight before hitting the trail, so went and had my hair trimmed.....a lot. For those who know me, I've had long hair (longer than most men anyway) ...
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 418 views
It's official now. I spoke to my boss's boss yesterday and my last day of work, a job I've held since March of 1999, will be over. I couldn't be more excited and anxious at the same time. Excited that this new chapter in my life is actually going to ...
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Sunday, November 26th, 2006 498 views
Woke up numerous times throughout the night, 2:30, 3:30, 5 something and 6:00 before finally getting up around 7:15am. I figure that I kept waking up because I am used to getting around six hours of sleep a night. Go figure, but hey, I'll take 10-11 hours of rest ...
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Saturday, November 25th, 2006 435 views
Having been a bit disappointed/frustrated about my inability to be able to stay overnight in the mountains of Maryland (due to lack of gear,) I went to REI just days after that trip to get properly outfitted. I'd packed and repacked everything a couple of times and thought that ...
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