Wow! Thanks so much. It felt pretty spectacular to conquer this trail just before the big 4-0 💪🏻🥳🙌🏻

Thank you so much! I left feeling very accomplished-and sore. 😆 But overall, proud of the push!

Thanks so much! Yeah, it's a beast but full of beautiful payoffs. Way to go on tackling it!

@@tonyvango759 You’re in for a treat! It’s an absolutely beautiful trail. Make sure you’ve got ample water, though. I live locally and am on different sections of the trail fairly often. It can be quite dry if we haven’t had much rain prior to your hike.

Thanks for the sub and the encouraging words! Yeah, rain hiking isn’t the worst at all. It did get a little tricky going downhill on leaf covered rocky trail 😅

Way to go! I can’t name anyone over 60 that I know who’ve reached such daily mileage. That’s remarkable 💪🏻💪🏻

It was intense for sure! I thru-hiked it twice NOBO (once over 3 days and once over 2 days) with my family. We're really familiar with the trail which I think helped significantly in this particular challenge.

Yes! I kept snacks in the waist pack I was wearing and would refill when I went through everything. I ended up eating a lot: Cliff bar, cheese stick, meat stick, ham and cheese tortilla wrap, trail taco (tortilla + peanut butter + honey), apple, ramen with chicken, peanut M&Ms, trail mix, pretzels, mints...I think that's it. According to my fitness tracker, I burned 6,000 calories!

@@sixpackhikersthank you - that gives me a good idea of what I'll need. I was planning on at least 3 energy chew packs, 2 LMNT drink mixes, about 6 bars, and a cold soak salad. just re-watched your video! You had a fantastic attitude throughout - really enjoyed it! Just makes me excited to attempt it myself! The most miles I've done so far was about 22 or so - when I had a failed backpacking trip and decided to hike out instead of camping. So, I'm hoping since I could do 22 with a 32lb pack - that maybe 30 is achievable with a day pack! Happy trails. 😃

@@roselee_explores you’ve got this! And remember to bring plenty of H2O. Something I didn’t chat much about is the water sources. If it’s been dry for a while before your hike, the sources by the shelter tend to be in a much poorer state than when it’s rained. If you’re hiking NOBO, once you leave Deep Gap shelter, there’s no more water til an off trail pipe spring near the Black Balsam Knob trail parking lot. After that, not til you’re descending the final 2-3 miles 👍🏻👍🏻

@@sixpackhikers thank you so much! I'm pretty familiar with the trail and it's lack of water sources. I typically carry 3L at all times with a filter in my bag just in case I need to top off :). Definitely not doing nobo - but looking forward to attempting it! :)

@@roselee_explores cheering for you! 🥾💪🏻