{"id":1189,"date":"2014-12-26T14:04:54","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T19:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnatow.com\/wordpress-happytrails\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2014-12-26T14:04:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T19:04:54","slug":"final-stats-day-in-the-life-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnatow.com\/happytrails\/?p=1189","title":{"rendered":"Final stats &#038; day in the life video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas \/ Happy Holidays \/ Happy New Year everyone! So it&#8217;s been over 3 months since we&#8217;ve finished our hike and we&#8217;re back to the &#8220;real&#8221; world.\u00a0I&#8217;ve been a lazy bum about finishing this post as promised for no particular reason, but I finally did it. I&#8217;d like to give many thanks again to everyone who helped us out (our parents especially), sent us goodies, donated to our gofundme campaign, sent us well-wishes, and followed along in any capacity. I don&#8217;t think we could have done it without that support.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s the day in the life video &#8211; apologies for the Blair Witch Project-esque jumpiness. Also, <strong>please<\/strong> be forewarned that I drop a few\u00a0curse words in this.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kFBrU1fjbxA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This was filmed all in one day of hiking in New York on Friday, July 18th. Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/hnatow.com\/happytrails\/?p=867\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a> from that day if you were interested.<\/p>\n<p>And here are the &#8220;stats&#8221; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final\u00a0stats :<\/strong><br \/>\n# of miles hiked \u2013\u00a02185.3 plus a lot\u00a0more\u00a0to get water, to get into towns, to find campsites, to go to shelters, etc.<br \/>\nStart date &#8211; Wednesday, April 16, 2014<br \/>\nEnd date &#8211; Monday, September 15, 2014<br \/>\n# of total days &#8211; 153<br \/>\n# of hiking days &#8211; 132<br \/>\n# of full zero days taken \u2013\u00a021<br \/>\nAverage miles hiked per hiking day (doesn\u2019t include zero days) \u2013\u00a016.56<br \/>\n# of steps (approximately) \u2013 5\u00a0million<br \/>\nTotal pairs of sneakers used \u2013 4\u00a0(<strong>C<\/strong>owboy), 5\u00a0(<strong>T<\/strong>rippy)<br \/>\n# of states hiked \u2013 14<br \/>\n# of bears seen \u2013\u00a012<br \/>\n# of campfires lit \u2013 3 (usually too tired or hot to bother)<br \/>\nFavorite state &#8211; no contest &#8211; Maine (C, T)<br \/>\nMost challenging state &#8211; Maine (C), New Hampshire (T)<br \/>\nMost challenging section &#8211; no contest &#8211; Gorham, NH to Andover, ME (Mahoosuc range in western Maine) (C, T)<br \/>\nFavorite section in 2nd half &#8211; Rangeley, ME to Monson, ME (C, T)<br \/>\nFavorite overall section \u2013 Rangeley, ME to Monson, ME (C), tie between Rangeley, ME to Monson, ME and Hot Springs, NC to Damascus, VA (T)<br \/>\nLeast favorite overall section \u2013 Duncannon, PA to Delaware Water Gap, PA\u00a0(C), Massachusetts to Bennington, VT\u00a0(T)<br \/>\nBest overall view \u2013 Avery Peak, ME\u00a0(C, T)<br \/>\nBiggest surprise \u2013 amount of rock scrambling required in the Whites (C), New England terrain in general (T)<br \/>\nBiggest annoyance \u2013 bugs\u00a0and water-logged trails (in Massachusetts)\u00a0(C), mosquitos and descending sheer rock slabs in New England (T)<br \/>\nFavorite overall zero day town \u2013 Rangeley, ME (C, T) (Gorham, NH and North Woodstock, NH were close)<br \/>\nFavorite unplanned stop &#8211; Cornwall Bridge, CT (C, T)<br \/>\nFavorite 2nd half town we didn&#8217;t zero in but should have &#8211; Salisbury, CT (C, T)<br \/>\nFavorite overall town we didn\u2019t zero in but should have \u2013 Front Royal, VA (C, T)<br \/>\nBest 2nd half accommodations &#8211; Autumn Breeze Motel North Woodstock, NH (C), Town and Lake Motel Rangeley, ME (T)<br \/>\nBest overall accommodations \u2013 Tree Streets Inn Waynesboro, VA (C), Hiker\u2019s Inn Damascus, VA (T)<br \/>\nWorst overall accommodations \u2013 Uncle Johnnys Hostel Erwin, TN (C), Budget Inn Franklin, NC (T)<br \/>\nHardest climb \u2013 Mahoosuc Arm, ME and Katahdin (C), Wildcat Peak E, Whites, NH (T)<br \/>\nSorest 2nd half body part \u2013 knees (C), back and shoulders (T)<br \/>\nFood that we packed before the hike started that became the\u00a0most unappealing \u2013 oatmeal (C), everything (T)<br \/>\nGrocery store food most craved &#8211; Mexican rice sides (C), Pop-Tarts and Velveeta shells and cheese with tuna (T)<br \/>\nTown food that was most craved \u2013 wings and beer (C), iced coffee\u00a0(T)<br \/>\nBest breakfast \u2013 Little Red Hen, Andover, ME\u00a0(C, T)<br \/>\nBest town meal &#8211; Forks in the Air Mountain Bistro, Rangeley, ME (C), SAaLT Pub, Gorham, NC (T)<br \/>\nThing most missed about the trail &#8211; Relatively stress free living (C), Simplicity of life (T)<br \/>\nThing least missed about the trail &#8211; Worrying about weather (C), Lack of toilet and\u00a0bugs (T)<br \/>\nWould you do it again if asked immediately after finishing? &#8211; Maybe (C), No (T)<br \/>\nWould you do it again? &#8211; Yes (C, T)<\/p>\n<p>For the fellow nerds out there, I made some graphs of our mileage hiking data.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1mbQSwiiXz-b-3_znKT8aoXDiUkIXeGO3K9cqNG_3FPg\/pubchart?oid=1114348770&amp;format=image\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1mbQSwiiXz-b-3_znKT8aoXDiUkIXeGO3K9cqNG_3FPg\/pubchart?oid=479259720&amp;format=image\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1mbQSwiiXz-b-3_znKT8aoXDiUkIXeGO3K9cqNG_3FPg\/pubchart?oid=4699&amp;format=image\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Final%20stats%20%26%20day%20in%20the%20life%20video&body=http%3A%2F%2Fhnatow.com%2Fhappytrails%2F%3Fp%3D1189&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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