Gear List

As promised, here is everything that I will be taking with me for 5 months on the trail. I was super excited to find out that my pack weight with at least 4 days of food and 2 liters of water was 22 pounds!!!
Starting from the back and working forward:
-Golite Down Sweater
-Arc'tyrx Rain Jacket
-Golite Jam 50 Liter Backpack
-(Grey Bag on left) Clothing bag w/ extra pair of undies, pair of shorts, pair of socks, and a shirt.
-(Green Bag on left) Hammock with bugnet
-(Orange bag in middle) food bag with 4 days of food, cookset and stove
-(Green bag on right) hammock tarp
-(Lower Left) mountain hardwear light fleece
-(Shoes) New Balance Minimus Trail
-(Lower Middle) On-body shirt and socks
(Lower Right Orange) Mountain Hardwear UltraLamina 32 Sleeping Bag
(Lower Right Brown) Columbia Hiking Pants
I will have one more post before I get to Baxter State Park, but its a secret! Thank you all so much for supporting me in my choice to thru hike the trial. Your emotional support means more to me than anything. I hope that this blog provides a way for you to live vicariously through me for the next 5 months. I will do my best to make to make this blog as entertaining for you as my hike is for me.

Thanks again and happy trails,

Greg Simpson

Vacation time

I'm putting in my vacation time this week on South Padre Island in South Texas. The real work begins soon. 26 days until the trail!

Katahdin

One month till I summit Katahdin!!!

Movie Recommendation

For those of you who have not seen "The Way" with Michael Douglas I highly recommend it. It's a great movie about the Camino de Santiago.

Beautiful Video

One of the best videos I've seen about nature. Is it time for me to leave for the trail yet? T-Minus 39 days and counting!!!!

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/video/2px4zR