Appalachian Trail

The Appalachian Trail is a 2185.9 mile long footpath stretching from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Mount Katahdin, Maine. Every Spring, hikers from all over head to Georgia and start walking north, attempting to hike the whole trail in one season. This is called a thru-hike. Only about 25% make it all of the way.

This blog follows our progress as we hike north.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

New Gear Test

Picked a night it was supposed to get below freezing and went to Shirley Creek to spend the night in the woods.  This was the first time our new tarps were set up with our hammocks, so we wanted to make sure everything worked together.  This was also the first time we slept in our Speer 20-degree down sleeping bag "Pea Pods", which wrap around the outside of the hammock.  These will be replacing our 8 year old 50-degree Pea Pods, which have served us well.

 I still need to seam seal the tarps.


 Also a first for this trip was loading and carrying our new Ray-Way backpacks.  They had plenty of room and for only walking a couple of miles they seemed to carry just fine.  One nice feature is that they have a wider shoulder strap than most commercial made packs.






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