How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck woodHow many available roster spots are there and how many can be filled by transfers at this point ? I know this has been asked before but I'm to lazy to read all the post to find out to be honest. We need one more DB or DL and if we can get a good solid guy at either spot we should be good to go.
First day is gonna be rough...I learned my lesson the hard way. I don't do much strenuous walking at 9,000+ feet on day one anymore...and the Teton Crest is a very strenuous hike from one end to the other for most people.Not if you're spreading out the hike over 3 days. Are you doing the 25 or the 40 mile? Either way, over 3 days that's a pretty low mileage rate, so you'll be fine. If you were doing the 25 mile as a one day hike, I'd say you absolutely need to acclimate. You might sleep a little restlessly, but do drink lots of water and take it easy the first day.
Not even sure who Chayce Bishop is, but apparently he played CB for us, and has entered the transfer portal. I'm assuming he was a walk-on? Anyway, seems like a good time to reiterate my mantra, we need some CBs from the portal.
I never hiked it, just researched it. We were deciding between that one and the Paintbrush/Cascade loop for a day hike, both are about 25 miles. Chose the other one. Plenty of timber on the one I did, except for the 10k altitude and above. Would be miserable sleeping that high anyway, so avoid that if you can. Or knock a day off your hike to acclimate and do it in 2 days instead of 3, so you just have to find trees for one night instead of 2. I hate hate alpine camping though, I'd do 30 miles in a day to avoid sleeping at 10k.It’s 3 nights, 25 miles. You sound like you know quite a bit about it. Enough timber for for hammock sleeping?
Interesting, why is it so difficult to sleep at that altitude? 25 miles in one day would kill me.I never hiked it, just researched it. We were deciding between that one and the Paintbrush/Cascade loop for a day hike, both are about 25 miles. Chose the other one. Plenty of timber on the one I did, except for the 10k altitude and above. Would be miserable sleeping that high anyway, so avoid that if you can. Or knock a day off your hike to acclimate and do it in 2 days instead of 3, so you just have to find trees for one night instead of 2. I hate hate alpine camping though, I'd do 30 miles in a day to avoid sleeping at 10k.
Always read that Appalachian Trail would be tougher than PCT, were it at differing altitudes.I never hiked it, just researched it. We were deciding between that one and the Paintbrush/Cascade loop for a day hike, both are about 25 miles. Chose the other one. Plenty of timber on the one I did, except for the 10k altitude and above. Would be miserable sleeping that high anyway, so avoid that if you can. Or knock a day off your hike to acclimate and do it in 2 days instead of 3, so you just have to find trees for one night instead of 2. I hate hate alpine camping though, I'd do 30 miles in a day to avoid sleeping at 10k.
