[quote]SteelyD wrote:
reward. North to Applachians[/quote]
If you hike the Appalachian trail, learn how to say it correctly so people do not think you are an idiot, App-a-latch-in.
[quote]debraD wrote:
Forest fire from a trip last year.
One gadget that I just love is this:
You can set up a mail list, transmit your gps coordinates and it goes out to the email list. Or you can get tracking on google earth. I used t on my last trip and it was great. We were getting picked up by helicopter so we needed it to send out the pick up message but it was a cool toy.
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Haha, I love forest fires. As my dad said, watch out there is a fire infront of you (the fire was 30 miles away).
[quote]debraD wrote:
Shorter trip last year, these are all in the Vancouver area.[/quote]
Gorgeous. It’s hard to beat the Canadian Rockies for raw beauty…
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
reward. North to Applachians[/quote]
If you hike the Appalachian trail, learn how to say it correctly so people do not think you are an idiot, App-a-latch-in. [/quote]
No. App-a-lay-shin.
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
If you hike the Appalachian trail, learn how to say it correctly so people do not think you are an idiot, App-a-latch-in. [/quote]
I will say it however I want. Certainly not like that.
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
reward. North to Applachians[/quote]
If you hike the Appalachian trail, learn how to say it correctly so people do not think you are an idiot, App-a-latch-in. [/quote]
No. App-a-lay-shin.
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Ape-UH-lesh-EYE-ing
[quote]debraD wrote:
Shorter trip last year, these are all in the Vancouver area.[/quote]
Awesome picture.
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
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Lots of good tips. The world of camping clothing was a completely new one… ditching cotton was a little hard haha.
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[quote]angry chicken wrote:
I take a “walk in the woods” every chance I get. I haven’t done as much as I’d have liked since this damn recession started, but I still get out at least twice a year or so for a few nights.
My Aunt Sue was the one that got me into it. She has “walked” all the major trails in the world. Including 19000 feet of Everest at age 70. I used to help her maintain part of the Appalachian Trail every year for more than a decade (I carried the chain saw).
She had bad fall a few years ago down the side of a mountain in New Zealand and fucked up her shoulder pretty bad at age fucking 89. She’s 96 now, and STILL goes canoeing by herself in the everglades and goes on group hikes with her club where she is the oldest member by about 20 years. She’s a machine!
As for gear, her property just north of Annapolis, MD has what they call “the Spare house” Which is pretty much a guest room and the rest of it is divided into my Uncle John’s old workshop (with tools half a century old) and her equipment storage. So I have only every bought clothes and a few personal items.
I usually just borrow a tent, pack, and sleeping bag from her whenever I need it. She has like 50 YEARS of camping equipment! it’s a trip to look for stuff in there - like going into a time machine. But it all still works fine and has been well maintained.
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That is incredibly awesome. That’s a role model of a woman right there.
The equipment is probably crazy! That’s cool, because I don’t like how everything has gotten all “tactical”- lightweight, plastic, and ugly as fuck. I kind of like the “Indiana Jones,” wood and brown leather look, like an old school adventurer haha.[/quote]
She is amazing. Other than being a little deaf, shows no sign of her age. In fact, when I was about seven or eight, she sewed me a padded belt for my first frame pack (my hips were too narrow for the belt it came with). When the weather is warm, she swims in the Severn river every day. Her daughter moved to Alaska and ended up competing in the Iditarod bobsled race for several years.
I’m with you on the equipment now - “tactical” is a good word to describe it as. They’ve got a gadget for everything! I DO like the new LED flashlights and lighter weight boots, though. Most of the stuff that I use is very old school. I pack light, don’t need a lot of extra’s. As long as I’m warm enough, reasonably dry, and don’t run out of GORP, I’m a happy camper!
This is a picture of one of my climbs up Eldorado Peak in the North Cascade mountains. It has that classic knife edge ridge finish which gets you attention when your on it.
I love the outdoors. Mountaineering, climbing, backpacking, hiking and kayaking are my favorites. There are so many great places to explore in the Northwest where I live. I lead climbs for my local climbing club and I have a website devoted to physical conditioning for wilderness sports. If you’re interested the website is http://www.bodyresults.com
I was up at Bar Harbor last September, I 2nd all the advice about Acadia: it’s beautiful. I was the best man in a wedding up in Bar Harbor, and it really was a great week.
If camping gets to be a little too much, they have a great youth hostel there for only maybe 25 a night.
Good luck with everything.
Anyone got any trips planned for the spring, if it ever comes? I think I’m going to Bear Mountain, NY in April sometime to give a new trail a shot. Way closer to NJ than the Catskills, and they’re being dicks by putting “No camping” signs everywhere.
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
Hennesy Hammocks. I got one for x-mas. Lightweight, no sleeping pad needed.
Learn a few simple knots.
Good all around blade.
Liquer…beer weighs too much. [/quote]
Edit—Whisky… Liquer weighs too much.
I love getting into the Sierras every chance I get. A friend and I hiked to Alta Peak in Sequoia NP for the fourth of July a few years ago. We watched the fireworks in a half dozen towns in the valley below us, then spent a couple more days hiking cross country.
Here is a picture I took one morning on that trip before I even got out of bed.
[quote]Cheeky_Kea wrote:
Love the climbing, trekking, backpackin’ (we call it tramping here in NZ.)
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Do you do any sailing? That is another obsession I have is racing sailboats and I know it is pretty popular there.
[quote]Dai San wrote:
[quote]Cheeky_Kea wrote:
Love the climbing, trekking, backpackin’ (we call it tramping here in NZ.)
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Do you do any sailing? That is another obsession I have is racing sailboats and I know it is pretty popular there.[/quote]
I don’t sail myself but have several friends that do and so when I need a fix I go with one of them.
I do like to take my sea kayak out fishing though
Hey. It’s summer. Anyone doing anything, going anywhere, fishing, hiking, camping, whatever?
I’m going camping in Wales, planning on just spending the whole thing getting very drunk, fishing and trying to get laid.