If you want a challenge start at Dally Gap (NW of Blue Ridge) and hike through the Cohutta Wilderness Area and finish in Cisco, GA. There are plenty of wild hogs, bears, numerous crossings of the Jacks River, steep rocky terrain, little to no cell service and the trails are not marked well.
I spend a lot of time hiking through the Cohutta cutting blow downs off the trails and it can eat your lunch very fast especially if you do not hydrate or understand how to navigate in mountainous terrain. Plan on being wet, hot and do not camp right on the river if there are thunderstorms forecasted as flash flooding, especially in the bottom of the ravines can happen in a matter of an hour.
I hiked 800 miles on the AT in 2015 and my pack was never more than 29 lbs and that was with winter clothes, food, tent sleeping bag and carrying 2 liters of water but that was a hiking trip not a survival exercise. You need to decide if you are taking a hiking trip or a survival trip. If it is survival exercise then take a knife, some paracord, a firestarter, compass and a shotgun but plan on being hungry, cold at night, hot in the day, wet and miserable.
I spend a lot of time hiking through the Cohutta cutting blow downs off the trails and it can eat your lunch very fast especially if you do not hydrate or understand how to navigate in mountainous terrain. Plan on being wet, hot and do not camp right on the river if there are thunderstorms forecasted as flash flooding, especially in the bottom of the ravines can happen in a matter of an hour.
I hiked 800 miles on the AT in 2015 and my pack was never more than 29 lbs and that was with winter clothes, food, tent sleeping bag and carrying 2 liters of water but that was a hiking trip not a survival exercise. You need to decide if you are taking a hiking trip or a survival trip. If it is survival exercise then take a knife, some paracord, a firestarter, compass and a shotgun but plan on being hungry, cold at night, hot in the day, wet and miserable.
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