dmshoe

What do you do with the litter you pick up to pack out? Do you offload it in the first wastebin you come across, or are you coordinating with others who will take the litter from you?

Also, I'm always fascinated with the logistics of these long hikes -- how many nights are you in a hotel or other lodging along the way compared to staying out on the trail? Similarly, do you have people resupplying you with food/water along the way, or do you stop at stores along the way to buy more supplies?

My grandmother spend the last decades of her life compiling a vast trove of genealogical information about her family, with bookcases filled with binders and museum boxes tracking the family back through the Civil War, Revolutionary War, and even to the original colonists and where some family originated in England.

The question is - what do we do with all of this physical research? Is there an organization that we can donate it to? This isn't a small amount, by any means - it's like 2 or 3 large filing cabinets and 3 or 4 6-foot tall bookshelves. We don't want to throw it out!