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Light and Fast on Vermont’s Long Trail

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Oct 1, 2013 at 11:42 am #1308252

Stephanie Jordan
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@maia
Locale: Rocky Mountains

Companion forum thread to:

Light and Fast on Vermontâs Long Trail

Oct 2, 2013 at 8:28 am #2030209

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?

Oct 2, 2013 at 11:06 am #2030261

Shawn Bearden
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@shawnb
Locale: SE Idaho

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

Oct 2, 2013 at 2:20 pm #2030309

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

Oct 3, 2013 at 6:30 pm #2030632

Eli
BPL Member

@patchessobo
Locale: Canyon Country

So fastpacking cures the breakup blues?

Nice article, glad you ultimately succeeded.

Oct 4, 2013 at 8:05 am #2030788

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.

Oct 7, 2013 at 6:45 am #2031458

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.

May 21, 2014 at 10:10 pm #2105011

Vadim Fedorovsky
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@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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