>>678552>Yall got mad really fast and scared him away.Lol I'm still here. Just didn't see a reason to reply.
I do appreciate the actual advice given. I'll also argue I was in pretty decent shape @ 165 lbs and deadlifting 4 plates around the time I went - pic related was about 8 months prior to going.
But being able to squat 3 plates or DL 4 doesn't mean hiking through slog like I was is easy at all. Nor does it mean your joints are ready for that kind of long term load bearing, as I found out the hard way. The pack was WAY too heavy for that long of a trek through that kind of terrain. I think it may have been around 55-60 lbs, but it's been at least 2 years.
Best advice seems to be to find something you want to go see that isn't accessible by a vehicle. That would seem like enough of a purpose to put the work in. Just roaming around near the swamp with a giant pack is misery. Lol, also learned my boots (steel toed work boots) probably were not the best for hiking through that kind of shit either, as they must have weighed 10 lbs each considering the mud caked up on them by the end. That's part of what destroyed my knees and made it much harder than it should have been.
