My team on the trail of the Apalaches halfway

This will not interest some people at all, but others worship the teams more than anything. You know in which camp you fall and what to do. To get a complete list, see my lightpack. https://lightpack.com/r/e1ykl9

Most hikers have shaken things with their team halfway, not only because we regret the failed options or pieces, but also by the summer climate. The nights are too warm for the mats we started with, and we had welcoming jackets and swollen fleeons. The cold rain and Georgia’s wind have been replaced by the warm rain of Muggy Pennsylvania, which requires different rain clothes.

I have two sleep systems, one good at twenty degrees and the other designed for the western summer climate. Jeff sent my summer team to Waynesboro, with somewhat unsatisfactory results. The summer pad quickly began blowing deflectors (probably why it has been suspended) and had to be replaced. Therm-a-rest replaced it under guarantee, but not quick enough for my dream. I had the replacement directed home and collected a new fast pad In Harper’s Ferry. My summer comfort was an improvement, but still too hot. Instead of obtaining a fifty degrees bag (which is not very useful in the West), I took sleep under my rain coat. It is a bit strange, but it is free and, frankly, rarely I use the coat. I also changed the upper long -sleeved sleep part with a much more useful shirt. I sent my fleece home, which was a mistake, and returned. Instead, I will send the swollen jacket home. The fan is a wonderful pillow, but it is not useful in the summer. As I wear a rain jacket, I could probably skip both.

My original store was bought to the plot through the CDT and completed the PCT. An intelligent hiker would have left him at home and bought a new one. Instead, I let the sentimentality execute the program, unable to imagine moving from this family refuge. What happens with DCF tents is how incredible they are until they fail, and then they fail surprisingly fast. First they are some pinholes, then a small row of small holes, and suddenly you sleep in a strainer. Zpacks got me a new tent quickly, a small triangle of a shelter that weighs only 11 ounces.

A person’s tent is a safe adjustment. You can’t simply put everything inside and fall asleep; Everything must be carefully fixed to squeeze within the small space. It seemed easy to adjust everything, but I forgot that some days, most of the team would be dripping wet. I don’t like to leave things outside so that bugs get into my shoes or nibble salt straps. My solution has been to store things in my package and hang it from the trekking post that the shelter holds. This works fabulously, but I am sure that I will overload the post and collapse the entire shelter a stormy night. You can remind me that I knew this would happen and I did it anyway.

Otherwise, changes are small changes and adjustments. I returned to my fast drying brooks shorts. I lost socks and used some and added those of Nylon for the hot and rainy days, when the moist wool socks make me want to tear my feet and make a tantrum, refusing to take another step unless the itching stops. My carefully chosen charger broke, replaced by a better random, and my lighthouse refused to collect at all.

I have a more team trick under my manga, which I am saving for a week when things seem impossiblely difficult, maybe in the white mountains, maybe before. I have some luxuries that I could send home to lighten a little more and speed up the load. The sandals will go first, then the ball lid, the Opsack, my pillow crash (a SIT pad that maintains my sleep pad in its place at night), the voluminous Poncho and the buff. The rain jacket can become a slight frog, instead of the soft jacket that actually keeps out of the rain. And, of course, I have too many additional socks. This would be an experience similar to a monk during the few hours a day that happened without walking, but that could be what is needed to move forward.

We are all pushing our manure ball here.

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