Me and some friends have this dream of walking from Seattle to Miami. I'm currently working through the logistics of the trip. Our current plan involves 15 hours of walking a day, well have packs with pad sleeping bag and mainly just a lot of water, we only want to carry enough food to get to the next place we can buy more with a little extra just in case. Timing wise the summer after we graduate is looking like the most likely time to do it. Heat wise I'm not really concerned about the Washington through Wyoming section of the journey, we've all done lots of intensive summer backpacking before, I've worked 10 hour shifts in 100+ degree weather before. I am however worried about Nebraska onwards. I'm from the mountain west and have no real experience with humidity which i am told makes things entirely different. a conservative estimate would have us at the Wyoming Nebraska border by the end of July and in Miami mid September, but we will likely be moving faster than this. Is covering this region on foot in this time of year doable or will our plans have to change?
>>2856182>involves 15 hours of walking a dayYou won't make it. Instead of fantasizing about going outside, why don't you just... go outside?
>>2856185> Instead of fantasizing about going outside, why don't you just... go outside?i do quite frequently. this is the just big goal. 15 hours a day really isn't that crazy at all especially once we make it past the Rockies. everyone in this group is pretty experienced, and we've all covered 25 miles of way worse terrain than we'll see at any point in this route in under 14 hours. those first two weeks might get a little rough as the days start to stack up, but will be totally doable. the pioneers did 15 hour days and half of them we're like midwestern shopkeepers and farmers who had never gained more than 500 feet of elevation in their life.
You're planning to spend all fall and winter hiking through the entire midwest and then spend all of peak summer hiking through the south? Don't be a retard. Just go hike the PCT or something
What's your plan so far as far as your route is concerned? I'm really interested to hear/see what you've got planned so far.
>>2856182the biggest threat is low iq southerners and especially super low iq southern cops. they are literally the dumbest people ever.
