Pit Crew

Pit Crew is the trail name for my dad. He's come up to visit me a few times to help me slack pack which has been a great time all around. So basically what he'd do is we'd pick a shelter close to a road, usually between 5 and 7 miles. Then I would strip down my pack to the absolute bare minimum of what I would need for that night. My dad would take most of it and I would carry my sleeping bag, sleeping pad, lunch and a few snacks. My dad would take the rest along with his stuff for the night. This worked really well because I could do big mileage days without having to carry a full pack. And my dad would be carrying a full pack but only have to go a few miles. So by the time I got to the shelter/campsite we planned to stay at he'd already be there with everything, just like a pit crew. So that's how he earned that trail name.
We even hit up a few trail towns such as Great Barrington, Hanover and North Woodstock. And like I said, we always had a good time and it was always a bummer when he had to go back home.