Spring Break Backpacking in Sc

OVERVIEW

Let’s go Backpacking where its warm and marshy. Yippee!

Francis Marion National Forest, in Charleston SC is the perfect place 🙂
We’ll be hiking a section of the Swamp Fox/Palmetto Trail, connecting to the Awendaw Passage, which finishes up at the scenic Intercoastal waterway!
check it outttt:
http://www.palmettoconservation.org/swampfox.asp
http://www.palmettoconservation.org/awendaw.asp

Day one: drive to Charleston, camp at Trail Head
Day two: Set up car shuttle and HIKE hike hike
Day three: hike 10 miles
Day four: hike 5 miles, hike another 5 miles
Day five: hike 8 miles
Day six: hike 2 miles, pack out, maybe explore Charleston a little?
Day 7: Drive Home, home on the range

What you bring:

Backpack (club can provide)

Sleeping bag and pad (club can provide)

Headlamp (club can provide)

Appropriate clothes (could drop to 30s-40s at night)

Raingear

Bowl and Utensils

Capacity to carry at least 3 liters of water

Snacks

Reading material

Anything else important that I’ve forgotten

Club provides:

Space in a car

Gas up to $150 per car

$6/day/person for food

Water Filter

Tents