PCT 2017 Gear Picks: What's In My Pack (The Cascade Range)
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Date: 2020-08-18
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1111bubbletoes
Hi! I'm going to be thru-hiking the PCT as a lone lady this year and am finding your videos really helpful, thanks! I see you were in pretty rough weather in Washington and I'm wondering what your start and finish dates were. I'm hoping to start April 1st (permit still pending, but am thinking of bumping up to mid-March to get up to Washington a bit sooner. We're having a pretty mild winter in Southern Oregon, so I feel like the snow in the Sierras won't be as bad this year, though maybe it's still too soon to tell. Anyway, just curious what your time frame was last year. Thanks!
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Hi! I'm going to be thru-hiking the PCT as a lone lady this year and am finding your videos really helpful, thanks! I see you were in pretty rough weather in Washington and I'm wondering what your start and finish dates were. I'm hoping to start April 1st (permit still pending, but am thinking of bumping up to mid-March to get up to Washington a bit sooner. We're having a pretty mild winter in Southern Oregon, so I feel like the snow in the Sierras won't be as bad this year, though maybe it's still too soon to tell. Anyway, just curious what your time frame was last year. Thanks!
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David
Got to take exception with your choice of trail runners. I saw your friends ripped out trail runner and heard about all his blisters and other foot issues in an earlier video. I want more protection and support in a hiking shoe. Not the big heavy leather boots that need to be broken in. Don't know anyone who would choose those. Keen and Merrill (as well as many other footwear makers) make several styles that I use and swear by and I have never had a blister or a hot spot. All in all, though it's a personal choice.
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Got to take exception with your choice of trail runners. I saw your friends ripped out trail runner and heard about all his blisters and other foot issues in an earlier video. I want more protection and support in a hiking shoe. Not the big heavy leather boots that need to be broken in. Don't know anyone who would choose those. Keen and Merrill (as well as many other footwear makers) make several styles that I use and swear by and I have never had a blister or a hot spot. All in all, though it's a personal choice.
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Phoenix
I always carried my Mach 3 razor on my PCT hikes. I use men's Nikes wide when hiking. Extra sleeping socks a must. In the Sierras, I used women's hair coloring gloves with rubber bands to keep my hands and gloves dry while hiking - super light and durable. Suggest buying Hind's 4 way hoodie 40 from Big 5 to keep face warm while sleeping. To counter-act aluminum, take turmeric pills along on your hike - they clean the brain & help with joints. Congrats on your hike.
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I always carried my Mach 3 razor on my PCT hikes. I use men's Nikes wide when hiking. Extra sleeping socks a must. In the Sierras, I used women's hair coloring gloves with rubber bands to keep my hands and gloves dry while hiking - super light and durable. Suggest buying Hind's 4 way hoodie 40 from Big 5 to keep face warm while sleeping. To counter-act aluminum, take turmeric pills along on your hike - they clean the brain & help with joints. Congrats on your hike.
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Anthony
Noticed that it looks like you started with a pink-ish Outdoor Research rain jacket, swapped it for an AntiGravityGear rain jacket somewhere near the Sierra and then swapped it out again for the blue jacket you mention in this video. How come you swapped this out so much? The reason I ask is I am currently trying to come up with my clothing system and its been proving difficult when it comes to rain gear vs wind gear as well as how beefy they need to be.
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Noticed that it looks like you started with a pink-ish Outdoor Research rain jacket, swapped it for an AntiGravityGear rain jacket somewhere near the Sierra and then swapped it out again for the blue jacket you mention in this video. How come you swapped this out so much? The reason I ask is I am currently trying to come up with my clothing system and its been proving difficult when it comes to rain gear vs wind gear as well as how beefy they need to be.
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travel
Hey Dixie, thanks for this video, super helpful! Is there a reason you couldn't have replaced the insoles in your shoes instead of replacing the shoes themselves at the 500 mile mark? Is it that the shoe's sole is breaking down? I watched your A/T series too and don't remember this being discussed, and I'd love to hear back on this. Thanks, Steph.
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Hey Dixie, thanks for this video, super helpful! Is there a reason you couldn't have replaced the insoles in your shoes instead of replacing the shoes themselves at the 500 mile mark? Is it that the shoe's sole is breaking down? I watched your A/T series too and don't remember this being discussed, and I'd love to hear back on this. Thanks, Steph.
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moi
Going to ask a question I hope you will not be offended by. But did you do this alone? I am a female and totally would love to do this and wondered if it is a good idea for anyone (male of female) to do this alone. If it is fine to do I am going to start ramping up my hiking to train for this. I am super game to trying this.
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Going to ask a question I hope you will not be offended by. But did you do this alone? I am a female and totally would love to do this and wondered if it is a good idea for anyone (male of female) to do this alone. If it is fine to do I am going to start ramping up my hiking to train for this. I am super game to trying this.
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Lisa
I would like to see a video on how you used your iPhone and the lenders that you used. The photos and video you took looked great.
I just recently got an iPhone 8 Plus and used it on a pack saddling trip through the Snowys in Australia as my camera but would like to learn more about using it like you have.
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I would like to see a video on how you used your iPhone and the lenders that you used. The photos and video you took looked great.
I just recently got an iPhone 8 Plus and used it on a pack saddling trip through the Snowys in Australia as my camera but would like to learn more about using it like you have.
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M.
most views don't use or have the high dollar gear you are showing when i first watched you back when you had the osprey, your gear was mid range. anyone with the high dollar gear well most aren't the viewer watching, they a seasoned hikers. most of us are poor! any way thanks for your videos
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most views don't use or have the high dollar gear you are showing when i first watched you back when you had the osprey, your gear was mid range. anyone with the high dollar gear well most aren't the viewer watching, they a seasoned hikers. most of us are poor! any way thanks for your videos
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niall441
Zip lock bags make really good hot water heaters! fill one half way with hot water(not boiling) seal, then put into second bag for extra protection. get as much air out of the bags when you seal. But onto freezing feet, saved my feet from frostbite many times!
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Zip lock bags make really good hot water heaters! fill one half way with hot water(not boiling) seal, then put into second bag for extra protection. get as much air out of the bags when you seal. But onto freezing feet, saved my feet from frostbite many times!
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