Tnhillbilly:
I'm sorry but you obviously don't know what you're talking about. I don't have pack mules to carry my stuff around. Ditch my sleeping bag and tent? Yes, please explain to me your method of combating hypothermia (I actually got hypo on the 8th day of the trail - Standing Indian, NC). Let's see, 15 degrees Fahrenheit, 50-60mph winds, and driving snow.. Sleep on my arms? Haha ok.
I didn't have a cell phone, a map (I did have a guidebook), a compass, a gps, or any other "GIZMO" to aide my hike.
No doubt the early explorers were some tough dudes, insanely tough. They also didn't climb every mountain, they went around a lot of them. You think the terrain is smooth on the trail? Take a look at the rocks in some of those pictures, in many area's its still essentially "primitive."
I'm sorry but you obviously don't know what you're talking about. I don't have pack mules to carry my stuff around. Ditch my sleeping bag and tent? Yes, please explain to me your method of combating hypothermia (I actually got hypo on the 8th day of the trail - Standing Indian, NC). Let's see, 15 degrees Fahrenheit, 50-60mph winds, and driving snow.. Sleep on my arms? Haha ok.
I didn't have a cell phone, a map (I did have a guidebook), a compass, a gps, or any other "GIZMO" to aide my hike.
No doubt the early explorers were some tough dudes, insanely tough. They also didn't climb every mountain, they went around a lot of them. You think the terrain is smooth on the trail? Take a look at the rocks in some of those pictures, in many area's its still essentially "primitive."