In 2015 I thru hiked the AT. It was my first long distance hiking trip

Stats

129 days (includes 14 zeroes)

8 Feb – 9 Mar — 261.3 miles

10 Mar – 8 Apr — 565.7 miles

9 Apr – 8 May — 650.4 miles

9 May – 7 Jun — 510.1 miles

8 Jun – 17 Jun —201.7 miles

20+ mile days: 52

30+ mile days: 5

Biggest day: 33.2

Zero Days

16/17/18/19 Feb — Hiawassee, GA

28 Feb — Fontana Village, NC

4/5/6 Mar —Gatlinburg, TN

21 Mar —Damascus, VA

3 Apr — Daleville, VA

12 Apr — Massanutten, VA

24 Apr — Duncannon, PA

27 May — Zealand Falls Hut, NH

12 Jun — Monson, ME

About 45lbs of too much stuff. This was my first thru-hike and my gear showed that. My base-weight was 30lbs

When I got home after finishing the AT I deleted my gear list, kind of regret it now. I started and finished with an entirely different set of gear. From clothing, pack, shelter, boots, etc I spent well over a thousand bucks on new gear. I wish I knew back then what I know now about gear.

I remember before summiting Katahdin we dumped a ton of gear to make it lighter and easier on the way up. Weighing my pack with 2L of water and 6 energy bars it still weighed 25lbs.