CARROT QUINN aka CARROT ~ THRU HIKING GEAR & TRAIL WISDOMS
“I think long distance hiking, when you go out on a trail for five months and really lose yourself in it that way, you’re losing yourself in something that’s real but its also an illusion and at the end you have to leave it.
And that can be really heartbreaking”
GEAR
FEET
Brooks Cascadia
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PACK
• ULA Ohm
SLEEP
Western Mountaineering Versalite
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TENT & TARPS
Zpack Hexamid Solo Tarp
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• Sea to Summit Bug Net
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• Zpack Duplex
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MISC
• “Thru Hiking Will Break Your Heart” by Carrot Quinn
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• Black Diamond UltraDistance Z Poles
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WISDOMS
THRU HIKING
• I think when someone is new to something that is when the most growth happens.
• When I started, the stuff I thought I liked was different then the stuff I actually ended up liking.
• So no matter how much research you do, you’re still going to have to learn so much on trail…
On your first long distance hike.
• I think long distance hiking, when you go out on a trail for five months and really lose yourself in it that way, you’re losing yourself in something that’s real but its also an illusion and at the end you have to leave it. And that can be really heartbreaking.
• You put your trekking poles against something with the handles up. Cause if you leave the handles on the ground creatures will totally chew them because they’re salty.
• Your arm is supposed to be at a 90 degree angle while holding your trekking pole.
FOOD
• Binge eating is a time honoured long distance hiking tradition. Long distance hiking is very much disordered eating. It’s very much about binge and restrict.
• I think most people carry around 3500 calories a day once they have hiker hunger.
• The more you eat a bar the more terrible it becomes. I feel like its only a matter of time
before every bar becomes intolerable.