Sometimes in the IT world just rebooting doesn’t work or fix
the problem. That’s when we go for the “Nuke
and Boot”. A Nuke and Boot is when you
wipe the hard drive clean, reformat the hard drive and reload the OS (operating
system, i.e. Windows)
That is where I am at, Nuke and Boot, I’m currently re-working
all the gear I took and take ½ of that! Different
rain gear, I’m taking a poncho instead of a rain jacket. Everything is being packed in dry bags, I’m
going to use a 55gal trash bag for a pack cover. I’m also taking a beefier tent that will hold
up to the rain better.
They say, “you pack your fears”, let’s just say the fear is
being soaking wet!
I’m planning on restarting the AT around May 14 ish, I’m
planning on going to the Trail Days festival
in Damascus, VA the weekend of May 14th and take off
northbound. This will leave a large gap
in the south that includes the Great Smokey Mountains NP. But I will come back and fill those in at
some point.
So for now it’s more training and gear adjustments.
See ya on the trail!
