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    Stephanie Jordan
    Spectator

    @maia

    Locale: Rocky Mountains

    Companion forum thread to:

    Light and Fast on Vermont’s Long Trail

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    Dean F.
    BPL Member

    @acrosome

    Locale: Back in the Front Range

    Looking at those pictures, just how much weight did you lose in those ten days?

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    Shawn Bearden
    BPL Member

    @shawnb

    Locale: SE Idaho

    Congratulations on your accomplishment! Thank you for the thoughtful and passionate write-up.

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    Scott Morris
    Spectator

    @morriss002

    Hey Dean,

    I designed a menu that was seven meals / ~4000 calories a day of dry (meaning I didn't have to cook it or carry a stove) food which left me pretty well-off. A lot of my food choices were based off the work of professional hiker Andrew Skurka. His website (http://andrewskurka.com/) has a lot of good info on nutrition for endeavors like this. I'm not sure what my weight was before and after, but I didn't really lose any weight – no matter how gaunt my mind and heels felt. Thanks for reading.

    -Scott Morris

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    Eli
    BPL Member

    @patchessobo

    Locale: Canyon Country

    So fastpacking cures the breakup blues?

    Nice article, glad you ultimately succeeded.

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    John Mc
    BPL Member

    @retiredjohn

    Locale: PNW

    You're an excellent writer. I wish I was capable of the same. Congratulations on your successful hike. I had a 9 1/2 day 248 mile hike last year….wonderful, yet tiring.

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    Ike Jutkowitz
    BPL Member

    @ike

    Locale: Central Michigan

    I really enjoyed your write-up- goes to show that pictures aren't needed when the text is so descriptive. You managed to capture well the rollercoaster emotions of a good fastback. I would love to hear more though about how you related to other aspects of the trail, scenery, and trail life.

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    Vadim Fedorovsky
    Member

    @socrates

    Really enjoyed reading your piece. Thank you and congratulations!

    I have two questions for you as I am planning an extremely similar, unsupported hike of the Long Trail for June of 2014.

    1. What pack did you use? I am primarily concerned with this since my usual pack (golite Jam) isn't going to cut it for the amount of weight I'll be carrying.

    2. I noticed you had no issues with black flies. Is that true? I'm pretty surprised since I thought they would be at their worst around this time.

    thanks again!

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