Comments on: More Floods, Mosquitoes, and Falls – AT Thru-Hike Day 5 https://adventurepossible.com/mark-appalachian-trail-thru-hike/more-floods-mosquitoes-and-falls/ Trial & Error in a Life of Adventure Thu, 17 Sep 2015 01:11:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 By: Mark Kelley https://adventurepossible.com/mark-appalachian-trail-thru-hike/more-floods-mosquitoes-and-falls/#comment-325 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 03:27:40 +0000 http://adventurepossible.com/?p=113#comment-325 In reply to Top 7 Things You Must Have in the 100 Mile Wilderness for a Southbound Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike.

And don’t miss this checklist as well: http://adventurepossible.com/maine-hiking/backpacking-gear-checklist-for-the-100-mile-wilderness/

]]> By: Top 7 Things You Must Have in the 100 Mile Wilderness for a Southbound Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike https://adventurepossible.com/mark-appalachian-trail-thru-hike/more-floods-mosquitoes-and-falls/#comment-23 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 17:20:54 +0000 http://adventurepossible.com/?p=113#comment-23 […] 4. Hiking Poles – Maine is full of rocks, roots, flooded trail, and bog bridges through the swamp. These bog bridges can be treacherous and require a great deal of balance. Imaging trees cut in lengthwise into two pieces and stacked end to end for hundreds and hundreds of years. Imagine balancing with a 40 pound pack on your back while walking across these foot bridges, and then image that you slip and go feet first, or worse yet, pack first, into the muddy bog. What a way to ruin a day! Want to read more about the foot bridges: check out my account from my 5th Day in the 100 Mile Wilderness. […]

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