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Here I am, planning my first overnight backpacking trip in a while! In this video, I'll walk you through every step of my preparation process, from picking the perfect trail section on the Long Trail in Vermont to selecting the right gear and food for the journey. Tell me what I missed, then come back in a week or so, and I'll do a debrief video or AAR and tell you what I did right and what I did wrong.
Introduction and Purpose - 00:00:00:00 Picking the Route - 00:00:32:17 Using the Long Trail Guide - 00:01:14:06 Planning with Digital and Paper Maps - 00:02:02:03 Food Planning and Grocery Store Run - 00:02:27:08 Essential Snacks and Meals - 00:03:55:11 Water and Hydration - 00:05:43:01 Tent and Gear Check - 00:06:14:06 Final Thoughts and Preparation Summary - 00:07:12:16 My son and I had planned to take a hike on Vermont's Long Trail. We started at 4:15am I think this is a vlog But, I had a chance to hang out with two friends. Both were hosts of a podcast I spent eight years producing for Spartan Race, and hang out in the town we lived in for 28 years with two old friends, Joe DeSena, the guy that started Spartan, and Zach Even-Esh from Underground Strength. It meant getting up at four in the morning to get out to Pittsfield by five. Joe and Zach were helping with an intensive wrestling camp. It was pouring rain, but we did one of my favorite hikes and crossed the river. The wrestlers at the camp had to carry each other up the hill. I just had to hike, and we got to this cabin, and I remember when that was just a hole in the side of the hill. And getting footage of this guy, Miguel Medina, who was going to be building a cabin there. In fact, I did a whole video series: "Could Miguel be forged into a Spartan?" The goal is to live in this cabin that's being built in the ravine. My son and I finished the trip down memory lane with a stop at the Swiss market for our favorite sandwiches. Then we headed to the Long Trail. I had big plans for a long hike and a YouTube video all about that section of the trail. I was tired, and I didn't get half of what I had planned done. But I am planning to hike a 23-mile section of the Long Trail next weekend with my two grown sons. Let me know what you want to see from that. It was a perfect day if your idea of a perfect day is getting up at four in the morning to hike in the rain.
My hydration plan: I'm not an expert, but here's what I did. I used one very old 3-liter platypus big zip bladder I already owned.I tested it on several of my training hikes and it still works perfectly. I bought a One Bottle Hydration adapter for a smart water bottle. I put water with electrolytes in the bottle and plain water in the platypus.
I've heard it called the Burlington Bike Path, the Causeway, or the Island Line Trail. It's so beautiful it doesn't seem real! But it's actually very easy to get to and a great way to spend an afternoon. Here's how we rented bikes, hit the snack bar for a rootbeer float, and took the bike Ferry.
We have access to a secret spot in Vermont. To get there, you drive up a dirt road to a class 4 dirt road to another class four road. From there, you walk into the woods. We have been told by several people there's a spring there. We looked for it. The compass we had was not great. The digital map stopped tracking in several spots with no signal. We'll come back and try it again; how would you find a spring on a 100-acre piece of land?
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