[at-l] Amount of planning?

[Art Cloutman]

If you don't use post offices for mail drops you can pick up your 
resupplies any day of the week.  I used the post office only 3 times 
on my hike in 2004.




>When I was getting ready for my hike in 2002, I checked out the cold 
>weather gear one cold day/night in January by going to Black Rock 
>Mtn state park in GA...I did not freeze so I figured the gear would 
>keep me alive anyway. (when I did start, it was 11 degrees at 
>Amicolola Falls). I hiked one day around a north Ga lake, then did a 
>7-8 mile hike from home. That was my training and I was not a hiker 
>before that.
>
>I did plan mail drops which I found constraining as I had to be in a 
>town on a week day and I got tired of that. Once I was out there for 
>a while and comfortable with the fact I could get to food or 
>whatever reasonably often, I put the halt on some of my mail drops. 
>Of course stuff you have a hard time getting or medicines, etc 
>usually have to be mailed somewhere.
>
>Starting out, I limited my self to 7 miles a day for a week to let 
>the body quit complaining and get to work adjusting. After a fashion 
>I did 20-25 mile days bu getting up early and walking at a 
>comfortable pace. I never did a 30 mile day but I don't remember 
>ever wanting to. I just don't walk that fast. My wife does and when 
>we walk, I have to jog to stay up.  Of course she's no pack on her 
>back nor does she ever intend to either.
>
>My trail log and stuff is at 
><http://home.att.net/~mainframe/ddmat.htm>http://home.att.net/~mainframe/ddmat.htm
>
>So have it out there and don't get to stressed out prepping for the 
>adventure. Just go to it and let it come to you, be flexible, and 
>enjoy almost all of it. I think all of us have had a moment or 2 on 
>the trail that at the time made us think "What the heck am I doing 
>here".  Afterwards, I always thought it was not as bad as I felt it 
>was and a lot more fun than I thought it was!
>
>Mainframe
>
>Tenacious Tanasi wrote:
>
>>LOL at some of the posts I have gotten offlist.  So, I thought I 
>>would poll everyone. 
>>
>>Do you need to plan at all or simply see what the trail brings you?
>>
>>How much planning is too much planning?
>>
>>What are signs/symptoms that you going into planning overkill?
>>
>>
>>Tenacious Tanasi
>>
>
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Life is Good!!!
Art Cloutman
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