0{"id":9,"date":"2010-03-15T01:17:46","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T01:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/?p=9"},"modified":"2010-03-15T09:21:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T09:21:01","slug":"1st-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/1st-blog","title":{"rendered":"1st Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are in the final prep phase for our trip. \u00a0Today included researching train schedules, fares and a practice pack. \u00a0 \u00a0While trying to travel light, we must plan for extreme weather conditions and exposure issues as half of our time will be hiking the Dingle Way and several other smaller trail loops. \u00a0 \u00a0No outside overnights are planned as we look forward to evenings at B&amp;B&#8217;s and local pubs, however, should the weather prevent us from making the next town, we should be able to survive the night with our ultra-lite shelter and a few supplies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10\" title=\"Backpack at 27 pounds.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/P3140454-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"202\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The official weigh in says?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The numbers are in: Pack #1 weighs in at 27 pounds and Pack #2 weighs in at 25 pounds. \u00a0Not bad&#8230;when we hiked the Tahoe rim trail in &#8217;08 we carried 30 pounds each.<\/p>\n<p>Why keep it light? \u00a0Mobility and practicality. \u00a0 If you \u00a0plan a laundry stop during your trip, then you can keep your packing slim. \u00a0For a twenty-one day trip we are packing the following: \u00a0two tee shirts, long underwear, two pants, one skirt, \u00a0underwear x4, socks x4, fleece and rain jacket, hiking boots and spare shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Hiking gear: \u00a0ponchos from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixmoondesigns.com\/shop\/shopexd.asp?id=45\">Six Moon Design<\/a> (convert into ultra-lite shelter), \u00a0ultra-lite sleeping bags (good for hostels use), hiking poles, rain pants, gaiters and a jetboil stove.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12\" style=\"width: 182px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12  \" title=\"Testing Gear\" src=\"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/P3120450-e1268617499964-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/P3120450-e1268617499964-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/P3120450-e1268617499964-623x1024.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/P3120450-e1268617499964.jpg 1666w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My husband testing gear in Nevada weather with Vikki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other essential odds-n-ends include : maps, head-lamps, gloves, Kindle (my must have) and a book for my non-Kindle partner. \u00a0We are not taking cell phones but do have an emergency beacon (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.findmespot.com\">Spot messenger<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are in the final prep phase for our trip. \u00a0Today included researching train schedules, fares and a practice pack. \u00a0 \u00a0While trying to travel light, we must plan for extreme weather conditions and exposure issues as half of our time will be hiking the Dingle Way and several other smaller trail loops. \u00a0 \u00a0No [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[8,41,7],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.someguyinnevada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}