CDT prep: gear

blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike

06/10/21 • 19 min

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Blissful Hiker organizes her gear for the Continental Divide Hike.

In this episode:

Blissful is taking a new Gossamer Gear ultralight "Gorilla" pack and "The One" tent on this thru-hike.
Also an Ursack XL Major to keep grizzlies from nosing into her food which was a compromise to get the bigger bag at 15 liters but not critter impermeable.
New aluminum LEKI Cross Trail trekking poles will hold her upright as well as her tent.
Really special on trail are merino tops from Ibex - two hoodies of different weights as well as a T-shirt. Merino manages temperatures, wicks moisture and never stinks!
Favorites of all long trails are Balega "Enduro" socks and La Sportiva Akyra trail runners as well as gel toe separators.
New additions to her personal items include the superb antimicrobial Kula Cloth pee rag as well as Leukotape, “a backpackers secret weapon."
Thanks to Sawyer, Blissful was able to make a gravity-feed water filtration system and save her arthritic hands from squeezing.
FULL GEAR LIST HERE!

MUSIC:Introduccion y allegro by Carlos Guastavino as played by Alison Young, flute and Vicki Seldon, piano.

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06/10/21 • 19 min

blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike - CDT prep: gear

Transcript

We leave for Montana in a little over a week, and I’m laying out my gear in our guest room. There’s essentially no room for any guests at the moment – both my grandparent’s beds are covered with stuff, the floor, the couch. To be honest, I could throw stuff in my backpack and go today if I needed to, but since I moved the start date by a week because of what the Glacier NP ranger told me last week, I have time. And I like double-checking things to ensure everything’s working as it’

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