At one point when a cloud came up I stopped and took a picture of it. Like grass until late August. It is almost impossible to find a place to sleep without crushing a few. Lean - tos . Some carry tarps, a few bivys, very few take clip-flashlite tents, and some nothing at all.
Most hikers link up with others to camp however.
Forget your sweatband. Bring sunglasses instead. Horses and Llamas. Yeah some, not enough to bother in most sections. And a third set of two women doing 600 miles who gave up after discovering their first hundred trees they couldn't get over.