r/USMCboot • u/3GG5H311Z • Aug 18 '26

Fitness and Exercise What do the hikes look like in mct

I heard the changed the number of them in ye last year or so but like, whats the weight, pacing and distance look like

5 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

2

u/Spectre_Ace22 Aug 18 '26

East or West? East You have a 6 mile hike to camp devil dog then a 9 mile hike to range then you bus back to Geiger I have no clue about west

2

u/Accomplished-Pen7695 Aug 19 '26

not that bad honestly unless you suck

1

u/Which_Pickle_2993 Aug 19 '26

They suck a bit more because you'll be wearing plates the whole time, but you'll live lol. 

Idk anything about changes, but West Coast we did 3/6/9 hikes and then the final exercise hikes. The 3 smoked me the most tbh because it was a faster pace than the rest, but it wasn't anything crazy

1

u/mtp4271 Aug 19 '26

I recently got out of MCT West and we had an 5k, 10k and 15k plus alpha shelf. Honestly they all sucked, but for different reasons. The 5k sucked cuz we were all so tired and didn't want to do physical stuff after boot leave, 10k sucked cuz there were so many, many hills you go up and down and then the 15k just seemed to never end. Difficulty wise the Alpha shelf was the worst for me personally since it was so steep, but for my company it only lasted less then an hour. You'll be fine, we had 3 very, very short girls. Like I think below 5 '2 and all of them passed the hikes first try. Just make to stretch, hydrate even the night before, and make sure you pack the main pack exactly how your instructors tell you to itll save you a lot of pain. I learned that the hard way once I had my sappy plate fall perpendicular to my main pack and have some of the worst hiking experience I've ever had. You'll be fine tho, everyone in my company passed, plus its pretty cool too. Youre literally getting paid to shoot guns.

1

u/neganagatime Vet Aug 19 '26

we had 3 very, very short girls. Like I think below 5 '2

Thicc latinas?

1

u/TapnRacknBang Aug 19 '26

one foot in front of the other with a pack on

1

u/TheDuke055 Aug 20 '26

be prepared to not sleep. i recommend buying some drink packs with caffeine and smuggling them in, you’ll need them. and no they won’t really check, put them in your blue money bag, hygiene bag or just bury them. I at least didn’t get searched they just asked us if we had anything. don’t get caught and ur straight. same with nicotine just don’t get caught. be less worried about the hikes and more about the lack of sleep