Next week i will be finally heading into the wilderness for a well needed several days away from society. i was supposed to do this in June in the White mountains of New Hampshire, but that was foiled from a broken foot i sustained. fortunately for me, my friend was kind enough to extend me an invite to his home in Atlanta, followed by several days on the AT in northern Georgia. I just finished gathering a few essentials this week such as a Snow Peak Litemax stove and and a GSI pinnacle soloist cooking system to complement the array of other gear i already own. of course as usual expect plenty of photos when i return, and provided my blackberry battery holds, updates from the trail can be had at www.twitter.com/patrickgensel.