The bare necessities: I brought a lot of unnecessary stuff on the AT, most of which I’ll be leaving behind for this trip. This differs from the AT because I brought the entire AWOL guide with me. Maps and guides: I’ll be bringing a waterproof topological map of the Cohos Trail and a PDF guide on my phone. So I’ll be replacing it with a cup I got from work. This change cut two pounds off my base weight.įood cup: Unfortunately, the lid to my XPot Kettle broke while I was on the AT. On the CT, I will be subbing my tent with the Eno ProFly Rain Tarp, plus the ground cloth for my tent. Since working in wilderness therapy, I’ve learned the benefits of using a simple tarp setup. Sleep system: On the AT, I carried the Big Agnes Seedhouse SL 2, a tent weighing in at around three pounds. Gear GaloreĪlthough most of my gear from the AT will stay the same, I’m making a few changes as well. It goes without saying that the stoke level is high right now. Although I’ve lived in NH most of my life, I’ve never been to the majority of these places. Instead, it highlights some of the lesser-known places, such as the Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge, the Kilkenny, the Nash Stream Forest, Dixville Notch, and the Connecticut Lakes. New Hampshire is most known in the hiking community for the Whites and the 4,000 footers, but the Cohos Trail only hits four of those peaks. According to the Cohos Trail Organization’s website, I’m more likely to encounter moose than humans. Remote and not well known, it would be the perfect thing to remedy my burnout. 170 miles of trail extending from Route 302 in the heart of the Whites to the Canadian border with New Hampshire. I’d first heard of the Cohos trail after finishing the AT. Luckily, I had already been researching the perfect thing. It couldn’t be too far away either, or logistics would get tricky. I wouldn’t be able to leave for a few days, cutting my time down to about 15 days. Possibilities of things that I’d been thinking of since I finished my last thru-hike. Three weeks of nothing to do had potential, possibilities. Slowly, my disappointment turned to excitement. Having one shift off meant having three weeks of nothing to do. As a wilderness therapy guide I have the privilege of bringing kids into the woods every other week to help them learn how to manage things like depression and anxiety. The fact that I had let myself get to the point where my bosses had to tell me to take time off is a classic example of my tendency to overwork myself. As the conversation ended and I hung up the phone, I felt a mix of shame and disappointment. It wasn’t an option, it was the way it was going to be. We’re overstaffed for next shift so we’re going to have you sit this one out.” “We’ve noticed that you seem a bit burned out.
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