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Backpacking Gear Checklist for the 100 Mile Wilderness

August 9, 2014 by Mark Kelley 11 Comments

Be well supplied or turn back!  The 100 Mile Wilderness, part of the Appalachian Trail in Maine, has signs marking the entrance that give fair warning to backpackers. Backpackers know they’ll need to hike 100 miles with just what’s in their packs!  Taking at least 10 days of food and keeping in mind seasonal adjustments, […]

Filed Under: 100 Mile Wilderness, Adventure Trip, Backpacking, Maine hiking, Step 6: Create a Gear & Equipment List with Pricing

Filtering and Purifying Water in the 100 Mile Wilderness

August 8, 2014 by Mark Kelley 1 Comment

water in the wilderness

  Water in the Wilderness? Depending on the climate and a backpacker’s physical conditions such as physical fitness, gender, and age, we are estimated to survive about 1 week without water.  Unfortunately, that’s about 3 days or 30 miles from the next store that sells water when traversing the 100 Mile Wilderness!  Don’t panic, there […]

Filed Under: 100 Mile Wilderness, Adventure Trip, Backpacking, Maine hiking, Step 6: Create a Gear & Equipment List with Pricing

How much food do you need hiking the 100 Mile Wilderness?

August 8, 2014 by Mark Kelley Leave a Comment

Your feet are sore. Your calves and quads are aching. The pain in your shoulders has you wondering which of your companions added half their pack’s load to yours!  Hey, we’ve all been there…weary from the trail. Your 10 mile day on the 100 Mile Wilderness section of Maine’s Appalachian Trail is over…and you’re hungry […]

Filed Under: 100 Mile Wilderness, Adventure Trip, Backpacking, Maine hiking, Step 6: Create a Gear & Equipment List with Pricing

11 Tips for Hiking the 100 Mile Wilderness

August 8, 2014 by Mark Kelley Leave a Comment

At the trailhead of the Appalachian Trail’s 100 Mile Wilderness in Maine, a sign stands informing all how the 100 Mile Wilderness is so named due to the nearest town being 100 miles south. Hiking the 100 Mile Wilderness is a challenge, and backpackers are explicitly told to turn back unless fully outfitted – including […]

Filed Under: 100 Mile Wilderness, Adventure Trip, Backpacking, Maine hiking, Step 1: Determine Your Adventure

Bouldering the Mahoosuc Notch – AT Thru-Hike Day 38

August 21, 2013 by Mark Kelley Leave a Comment

Location: Full Goose Shelter My last full day in Maine. Tomorrow I’ll cross into New Hampshire. I only have five miles left in this state. Stick showed up at the campsite this morning before I had fully woken up. He stealthed on top of the mountain last night. He says that Flying Turtle has been […]

Filed Under: Adventure, Adventure Trip, Backpacking, Maine hiking, Mark's Appalachian Trail Thru Hike, Thru-Hikers I Met Tagged With: Stick and Turtle

Fog Like I’d Never Seen on BaldPlate Mountain – AT Thru-Hike Day 37

August 19, 2013 by Mark Kelley Leave a Comment

Location: Speck Pond The sick boy was able to walk out of the woods with the help of rescue medics. They inched him down the mountain. Heavy Foot and Ketchup followed the group of people in case he collapsed and needed to be carried. They were really spirited about the possibility of carrying him out. […]

Filed Under: Backpacking, Maine hiking, Mark's Appalachian Trail Thru Hike, Thru-Hikers I Met

Death has his hand on the boy in the woods – AT Thru-Hike Day 36

August 16, 2013 by Mark Kelley Leave a Comment

Location: Frye Notch I left Andover with a full pack today. I had expected to reach Baldpate Mountain lean-to across the open ridgeline of the mountain, but I only reached Frye Notch. I felt sick for most of the morning because of a hangover from the night before with Sean Boyle and his sons. I […]

Filed Under: Adventure, Adventure Trip, Backpacking, Maine hiking, Mark's Appalachian Trail Thru Hike, Thru-Hikers I Met Tagged With: Fisherman Tom, Heavy Foot and Ketchup, injury

Slack Packing and Six Pack with New Friends- AT Thru-Hike Day 35

August 14, 2013 by Mark Kelley Leave a Comment

Location: Andover Roadhouse I met Tomato and David downstairs this morning for cereal. They already had their daypacks prepared. I found a note on the kitchen table from the lady managing the hostel. Our shuttle to the trailhead had been cancelled. It was now our responsibility to hitch a ride and still hike the 10 […]

Filed Under: Adventure Trip, Backpacking, Maine hiking, Mark's Appalachian Trail Thru Hike, Thru-Hikers I Met Tagged With: David, Tomato

Some AT Friends Come and Go Quickly – AT Thru-Hike Day 34

August 12, 2013 by Mark Kelley Leave a Comment

Location: Andover Roadhouse BJ Bear and I began the ten mile hike into Andover together. The day was hot and humid. I decided that I would hike with BJ for a mile and a half or so to warm up my legs and then I would pick up my pace. As we climbed the first […]

Filed Under: Backpacking, Maine hiking, Mark's Appalachian Trail Thru Hike, Thru-Hikers I Met Tagged With: Andover, BJ Bear

Life Lessons Learned from BJ Bear – AT Thru-Hike Day 33

August 9, 2013 by Mark Kelley Leave a Comment

The bugs woke all of us up early this morning. The rain fell hard last night so the talk over breakfast revolved around pessimistic expectations about the trail’s condition. Tomato and David left first, followed by BJ Bear, and then me. I didn’t want to get out of my sleeping bag in the morning. I […]

Filed Under: Adventure, Adventure Trip, Backpacking, Maine hiking, Mark's Appalachian Trail Thru Hike, Thru-Hikers I Met Tagged With: BJ Bear

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