GEAR

FEET

• Darn Tough Socks
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• Wigwam Sock Liners
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• Altra Olympus
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• Injinji Toe Sock Liners
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PACK

• Hyperlite Mountain Gear Wind-Rider
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SLEEP

• Therm-A-Rest NeoAir Uber Lite
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• Big Agnes Fly Creek
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MISC

• New Hampshire 48 Direttissima
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• Fastest Known Time (FKT)
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•Bill Tidd (FKT)
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• Darwin On the Trail
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•Leukotape
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• The Presidentails
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WISDOMS

THRU HIKING

• As long as it’s safe to go over the peaks, you just go over them.

• {Diretissima) There’s no right or wrong way to do it as long as you hit all the peaks.

• There are FKT’s you can go after that are just a couple days or three or four days and it’s not like a huge time commitment.  But you can still dedicate yourself to it.

• I tried as best I could to not let those sorta seep in.  I really wanted to just accept the trail for what it was and not what people had told me it was.

• It’s a very meditative experience.

• I think the trail sorta morphs while you’re on it… its an amalgam of experience.

• Every single night I would put my feet up for at least 20 minutes.

• If I can do that, then I can do anything on this trail.      

• Just trying to keep in my mind that it was all for a bigger goal and that all the suffer fest is temporary.

• I think some of the hardest times on the trail are some of the most moulding because they show you that if you’re willing to suck up the hard stuff then you can do anything.  And it makes the good parts way better.

• As soon as you start doubting yourself, you’re done.

• Nothing is every going to go as planned with something that ridiculous.  Something’s going to go wrong and you have to be able to adapt.

• I think your early experiences with the outdoors can really make or break it for you.

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