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The full AT runs 2,194.3 miles, or roughly 3,531 km, and Ive found most thru-hikers average somewhere around 12 to 16 miles a day once … Read more

  A 170 lb hiker carrying 34 lbs hits that 20% body weight threshold — honestly thats where my knees start complaining. Drop to 15% … Read more

  A 155-pound hiker on flat terrain burns roughly 370 calories per hour,  bump that to steep uphill and youre closer to 550. Thats a … Read more

  2 pounds of food per person per day — thats the number I kept landing on for moderate backpacking trips. Sounds low but dehydrated … Read more