[Isoverity]

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Originally Posted by Epic

Back in my teens, I did a fair bit of hiking, with rugged but heavy kit. Crossing split bog for the best part of a day, with a large canvas rucksack containing a wet three person cotton canvas tent and fly sheet, along with 7 days worth of tinned food is not especially enjoyable.

Been longing to return to through-hiking again, but had barely any gear of my own to speak of. Cue much time trawling the internet and holding out for special deals! Oh and actually getting fit enough to hike :P

As am yet to test my stuff out in the wild, there probably isn't much point listing it here as yet. Basically it's UL but not obsessively so.

I've been deal hunting all week. Its a good time of year for it now that its winter. I live close to what's called the Appalachian Trail. It runs from Maine to Georgia and is well over a thousand miles long. I won't be making that hike but lots of people do and I see them as they go through local area. One curious thing is that the hikers use trail nicknames the same way people use avatars in forums. People even advise making up a nickname before other hikers give you one you don't like lol.

I'd like to so some extensive winter hiking now that the bears are hibernating!