tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89035413404615232642012-06-01T08:20:11.750+01:00Summit and ValleyMartin Ryenoreply@blogger.comBlogger18613summitandvalleyblogspotcomhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903541340461523264.post-75945217966820279472012-05-30T18:29:00.000+01:002012-05-30T18:31:02.223+01:002012-05-30T18:31:02.223+01:00Guest post Philip Werner on the 100 Mile Wilderness:<br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><i>Philip Werner is the author of <a href="http://sectionhiker.com/"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">SECTION HIKER</span></a> which has over 1,000 how-to articles, gear reviews, and trip reports for day
hikers and backpackers. He hikes regularly on the Appalachian Trail and in the
White Mountains of New Hampshire, has completed Vermont’s Long Trail and
backpacked coast-to-coast across Scotland on the TGO Challenge. </i></span></span><br>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><br></span><span lang="EN-US">Philip is a
hiking and backpacking trip leader for the Appalachian Mountain Club and
teaches in their spring, winter, and off-trail navigation hiking programs. He's
also a backcountry guide for Andrew Skurka's<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1918475635"><span style="color: #0000f6;">
Ultimate Hiker </span></a><a href="http://andrewskurka.com/guided-trips/white-mountains/"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">Adventure Schoo</span></a><span style="color: blue;">l,</span> and Leave No Trace Master Educator, as well as a Long
Trail mentor for the Green Mountain Club.</span></i></span><br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US">..................</span></i></span><br>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: italic;"><br></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">I came
across Section Hiker many years ago. I left a comment, then Philip replied. From there I gave him some tips for <a href="http://sectionhiker.com/tgo-challenge-trip-report-part-1/"><span style="color: #0000f6;">a trip he did</span></a> in Scotland, we have communicated ever since.</span></span><br>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><br><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US"> A while back Philip wrote about the <a href="http://sectionhiker.com/at-section-hike-100-mile-wilderness/"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">100 Mile Wilderness</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span> I mentioned that I would like to hike this (part of my 10 hikes oversea plan before 55).
As a result I am off to the USA for this summer's big trip. 17
days to walk the 100 Mile Wilderness, along with more summits in the Whites.
All my trips so far this year have been about kit testing, and knowing kit limits in preparation for this summer's big walk. To say I am looking forward to this is an understatement. </span></span><br>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span><span lang="EN-US">Over to Philip to tell you the plan.</span></span><br>
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<i>A backpacking trip in the Yorkshire Dales with good company and enhanced with good wild camps.</i><br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am heading out this weekend; backpacking in the Yorkshire Dales again. Meeting with <a href="http://terrybnd.blogspot.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">TerryBND</span></a> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.journeymantraveller.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Maz</span></a>. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kit wise the rather good MLD SoloMid is packed in the go-to pack, the HMG Porter. </span></div>
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