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Dec 22, 2011 at 8:18 am #1814946
Very motivating trip report!
Keep up the great parenting work with your daughter – you've set the bar very high.One practical question, what type of rain gear did you end up using? Effectiveness?
Dec 22, 2011 at 5:52 pm #1815147Good question Daniel. We used $.99 emergency ponchos till Washington. Sunshine wore her Dry Ducks in Washington but still got pretty wet from condensation. My pants tore out right away so I wore only the jacket letting my lower body get wet.
This year, we are carrying Six Moon Designs Gateood Capes (11 ozs.) with Zpacks rain chaps (1.9 ozs.). The Cape is a poncho/tent.Dec 24, 2011 at 2:56 pm #1815640Congrats to you both, an inspiring father/daughter thru hike! My husband and I sectioned hike a portion of Washington this summer and met many of the other thru hikers you mentioned. Hopefully a mother to be in the near future, I would like to know how Sunshine became such a strong hiker at such a young age? I would love to do the same with my kids, any tips would be great.
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Dec 25, 2011 at 7:00 pm #1815819Very cool. I have enjoyed reading each of your trip reports. Nothing short of amazing. Your daughter is a real trooper. Congratulations! I look forward to any future trip reports of yours.
Dec 26, 2011 at 9:19 pm #1816076What an inspirition you two are to those of us who are still toying with the idea of such a pilgramage. Kudos and thanks!
Jan 4, 2012 at 10:09 pm #1820008I really enjoyed reading these! Congrats and I'm so glad that you had such a great and memorable experience! Good luck with the AT and your daughter's Triple Crown goal!
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