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Appalachian Trail Question

tclamberth
tclamberth Posts: 162
edited December 2018 in EggHead Forum
super off topic from BGE but I have a feeling we have some outdoors people here. My brother is planning to hike the Appalachian trial starting in March/April and I want to get him something for a Christmas that would be useful. Anyone ever hiked it and looked back like “I wish I had___”?
Memphis raised me, T-Town made me...Aint never been nothing but a winner
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,568
    edited December 2018
    a compass =)

    Kidding, there was another post here a while back someone doing it, sounds like a great adventure
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,806
    meet him at katahdin and give him the rest of the map, its now the "international appalachian trail".  tell him he is almost halfway there =)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • DuckDogDr
    DuckDogDr Posts: 1,549
    A Spot locator and an extra water bladder / purification kit


    That was the most miserable 2 days I experienced trying to prep for elevation changes before a trip.
    Tight trails...big pissed off rattlers ...uneasy access to water. 
    No thanks never again
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  • BPFBGE
    BPFBGE Posts: 32
    Get him a good water filter or some of the Appalachian trail pocket guides. The pocket guides are pretty lightweight and a great resource for finding water and cool spots along the trail.  The other thing I wouldn't go without would be my crank flashlight/radio. It was nice to crank the thing up at night and listen to some music or a game.
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,375
    A portable cell phone charger 
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  • Markarm4119
    Markarm4119 Posts: 526
    The above water filter/purifier is a must, good socks, nice sleeping pad, a lot of the shelters are just poles with wire mesh for support. A good stove, I have a MSR stove that still burns most anything after 35 years, good binoculars.
    LBGE, and just enough knowledge and gadgets to be dangerous .
    Buford,Ga.
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  • tclamberth
    tclamberth Posts: 162
    Going with water filter. Thanks guys 
    Memphis raised me, T-Town made me...Aint never been nothing but a winner
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  • MaskedMarvel
    MaskedMarvel Posts: 3,512
    Get him a bottle of iodine tablets and a nalgene. We never use water filters on the trial. 

    My suggestion to you would buy him a copy of bill brysons “walk in the woods,” - a true story of someone trying to conquer the AT. It’ll be motivational, inspirational, and throw him a smile when his feet and back hurt. 

    Happy trails, thru hiker!
    Large BGE and Medium BGE
    36" Blackstone - Greensboro!


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  • Jstroke
    Jstroke Posts: 2,605
    Sent PM
    Columbus, Ohio--A Gasser filled with Matchlight and an Ugly Drum.
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