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Hey everybody, it's Sam and we're at what is it, Route 112 crossing of the AT coming
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that came down from Moose Lock. So we're with Chris, Nicole, and Kitchen
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They're all experienced through hikers and they're having a bite here. So I'll start with Chris, who you'll notice right away ain't from here
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So Chris, how's it been going on the AT? It's been going good
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It's very green, much greener than the Pacific Crest Trail, a lot steeper, lots of roots
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and stones, but yeah, it's been a really nice change of scenery and the whites are so beautiful
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And then you're rocking the Cascadia? I am. And your pack? I've got a Polante V2, 19 inch. Cool. Cool
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And Nicole, you guys started on the PCT and came this way to join Chris because of fires
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but you've done the AT too, you and Kitchen. I've done the CDT, I haven't hiked out on the AT actually
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Oh, wow. Okay. Oh, West Coast. Okay. And then what are you rocking
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I'm rocking the Dan Durston Parkwall 55 liter, and I really like it
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It's held up very well through a lot of bushwhacking and desert canyoning stuff, so it's well put together
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So you're from out West. Sometimes. Sometimes. Okay, cool. I don't know about the others, I'm just a teenager
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And then Kitchen, tell us what you're doing and where you've been. I have a Polante UL and I like it because it's a real minimalist pack and I pack out
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like I'm a tarp tenter, I sleep on the foam, the 1 1⁄8 inch foam. I'm a real minimalist type of person, so the pack works for me. Wow
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How many liters is that? I think this is 26. The Polante UL. 26? Yes. Wow
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And so how far have you gone with that? Where have you been with it? With this specifically, the longest I've done is 1,300 miles with a PCT with just this bag. Wow
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What did you do for water in the sketchy areas for water? So it handles, if you keep your base weight really low, it handles weight enough up to
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about 25 pounds. So I usually rock like a 7 pound base weight on this, so that gives me enough wiggle room
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to be able to carry like 3, 4 liters of water pretty comfortably
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Okay. And everything else? Yeah. Cool. And Chris, from New Zealand, so you're enjoying our White Mountains, huh
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I am. Very similar to the hiking back home, or tramping as we call it over there
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But yeah, as Ketan was saying, the Polante is excellent for about up to 25 pounds, I'd
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say comfortably, so I'm rocking a base weight of about 9 1⁄2 at the moment. Okay
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So with food and water, yeah, you could get 2, 3 liters of water, like 3 liters of water
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very easily, especially with what I quite like, the shoulder pockets on the front
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Oh, they're low enough down so you can actually put bottles. Yeah. Yeah, I don't have one at the moment
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That's okay. I normally throw a small bottle in one of the shoulder straps, so I would rock up to
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2 1⁄2 liters. Cool. And with such a light bag, you're able to push that through the longer water carriers
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on the PCT. And so, how many miles are you getting out of those Cascadias
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I'd say anywhere between, I mean, it depends on the terrain, right? Yeah
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I got 800 or so miles out of my last pair. Yeah. And I could have kept going, but I figured when I was hitting the whites, I should probably
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have shoes. Freshen up. Yeah, which were just a little bit more grippy because I was just starting to slip on the
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wetter rocks. Okay. Cool. Well, thanks, guys. Have a wonderful continuation here all the way to Katahdin
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You'll enjoy Maine. It's really wild. Thank you. Thanks. Thank you very much
