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wood.lisa
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6h ago
I mapped 400 miles of trails in one summer and learned more from the 3 routes I hated than the 397 I liked
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the_nathan
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1d ago
Hot take: a paper map beat my $400 GPS on the Eagle Rock loop last month
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hart.taylor
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3d ago
Guy at REI in Boise told me my Sierra loop plan was 3 days too long, and he was right
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river_jones
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3d ago
That guy at the trailhead in Durango told me to skip the Green Creek cutoff, and he was dead wrong
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rubybarnes
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4d ago
A ranger in Yosemite told me my Zion route plan was dangerous, and I'm still not sure I agree
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jason11
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8d ago
Shoutout to the ranger at Mount Rogers who called out my food hang and made me rethink 8 years of trips
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hugo_coleman28
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9d ago
Just found out I've been reading topo lines wrong on every trip since 2019
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murray.nathan
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12d ago
I thought the rope and carabiner bear hang was overkill until the Winds River trip
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theaj19
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13d ago
A trail runner on the Eagle Creek loop called my pack setup dumb, and it fixed my shoulders
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lucas_carr24
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14d ago
Warning: I went with the Gossamer Gear Mariposa over the Osprey Exos for the Collegiate Loop and now I'm second guessing
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hart.charlie
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16d ago
Rant: I mapped 200 miles of trail in Oregon and the one that broke me was the shortest
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morgan.nancy
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17d ago
Lightweight trail runners vs my old boots on the JMT, and my feet made the call for me
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logan849
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17d ago
Figured the paid GPS app was a waste until it got me off a wrong turn near Mount Adams
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patricianguyen
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18d ago
The Eagle Rock loop in Arkansas used to be 3 paper maps and a guess, now it's 14 apps yelling at me
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nancy929
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18d ago
Why does nobody tell you the PCT desert section has over 700 miles with almost no water
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