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I actually did bring a pair of IR night vision goggles hiking once, and it was terrible because there there was zero depth perception. I kept getting thwacked with branches
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Look at all these scrubs rocking the monotubes.
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Proper night vision starts at about $3K per eye, the good ones go up to about $10K last I checked. They are also heavy as gently caress. I did get the opportunity to borrow a monocle once for a night hike/camp through RMNP once and it was pretty nifty. I keep thinking about getting one for the ranch because of all the bear and mountain lion poo poo I keep finding, kind of want to see if they're staring at me all night without spooking them off. Also stars are neat.
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Mar 7, 2016 15:17
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Does anyone have experience with GPS trail/hiking/map apps? I've been looking for something that will work when my iPhone is in 'airplane' mode (uses GPS chip) that will track/map your hikes, and that allows for map downloads when on LTE/WiFi. I would like something that allows you to upload hikes to the web, and also I love any form of stat tracking (speed, elevation gain, etc.). Right now I lending towards GAIA GPS, but I want to make sure I spend my money wisely.
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Mar 7, 2016 16:02
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I use MotionX GPS. It does everything you're looking for. I haven't used GAIA, but I think it has more map options built in, and downloads are supposed to be easier. I was mainly won over by the cost difference. MotionX is $2, and GAIA is $20.
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Mar 7, 2016 17:25
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I bought Gaia GPS a long time ago but never used it. It does seem to have the features you're looking for though. What I discovered and liked is that I can make a gpx file of a route using something like Cal Topo and import that into Gaia GPS, so it will show up in the app as a route and then I can tell it to download the maps needed to cover that route so I don't have to go around trying to make sure I have the correct one pre-downloaded, etc.
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Mar 7, 2016 17:27
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Picnic Princess posted:Can I just take a moment to say that the grizzlies in the Canadian Rockies are gorgeous? I'm seeing reports on Facebook that my favourite bear has already woken up, we've had a really mild winter! I hope to see him someday. From a safe and reasonable distance, of course.
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Mar 7, 2016 22:25
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there's no logical reason for bears to be that big 
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Mar 7, 2016 22:32
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I don't even like cattle and horses, I don't even want to be outdoors and without a safari rifle with animals like that around. I had a standoff with a tiny angry beaver last summer, that was enough wildlife interaction for me.
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Mar 7, 2016 22:38
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nate fisher posted:Does anyone have experience with GPS trail/hiking/map apps? I've been looking for something that will work when my iPhone is in 'airplane' mode (uses GPS chip) that will track/map your hikes, and that allows for map downloads when on LTE/WiFi. I would like something that allows you to upload hikes to the web, and also I love any form of stat tracking (speed, elevation gain, etc.). Right now I lending towards GAIA GPS, but I want to make sure I spend my money wisely. Depends if you're using apple or droid. For droid, I use PDF Maps, which has tons of maps available for download, or let's you load your own PDFs, like ones made from Caltopo.
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Mar 8, 2016 02:02
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Picnic Princess posted:I'm seeing reports on Facebook that my favourite bear has already woken up, we've had a really mild winter! I hope to see him someday. From a safe and reasonable distance, of course. 
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Mar 8, 2016 02:33
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cheese posted:Why is it so drat big Koz 'e's Da Boss.  Picnic Princess posted:I'm seeing reports on Facebook that my favourite bear has already woken up, we've had a really mild winter! I hope to see him someday. From a safe and reasonable distance, of course. He's also gorgeous. 
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Mar 8, 2016 03:30
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I remember hiking in New Mexico and seeing a big as hell bear. That bear up there is much bigger and hellish. Bears are cool, but terrifying, things.
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Mar 8, 2016 04:22
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I want to fight a bear so badly and it sucks you can't do that at state fairs anymore
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Mar 8, 2016 04:34
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cheese posted:Why is it so drat big Because of all those delicious hikers bundled up like pre-wrapped sausages  bongwizzard posted:I had a standoff with a tiny angry beaver last summer, that was enough wildlife interaction for me. Worst experience I ever had was a wild boar rooting around my hammock at three in the morning. At the time, I has no idea what the heck it was, and all I could hear were loud footsteps, crunching leaves, and heavy breathing coming from right outside my tarp. Freaked me the gently caress out
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Mar 8, 2016 04:55
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My worst has been ravens opening my bags and stealing poo poo. Ravens are crazy smart, and also dicks. Most wildlife here in California just kind of runs away when you look at them. Even the bears. We have tiny bears now. Killed the rest.
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Mar 8, 2016 05:10
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The bears in the Sierra Nevada are so used to people it's just kind of like "oh, you're not going to try to hang a bear bag so I can steal it? Using a bear can huh...drat, well, just moving on then... It's the marmots and chipmunks you have to be afraid of. Reposting this because it still cracks me up  Don't leave your bag/food unattended! Levitate fucked around with this message at 05:38 on Mar 8, 2016 |
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Mar 8, 2016 05:36
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Rodenthar Drothman posted:My worst has been ravens opening my bags and stealing poo poo. Ravens are crazy smart, and also dicks.
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Mar 8, 2016 05:37
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I got chased by a wild turkey once. I believe it was a nesting hen. I freely admit to turning and running. Wild birds are no joke.
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Mar 8, 2016 05:39
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TheMadMilkman posted:I got chased by a wild turkey once. I believe it was a nesting hen. I freely admit to turning and running. Wild birds are no joke.
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Mar 8, 2016 05:49
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I've been chased by turkeys in my friends driveway here in the bay area. Stupid people next door feed them so they always hang around and sometimes think they need to try to chase you off. The problem is if you turn or try to move away, that makes them chase you. So I had to act aggressively towards them to get them to back off long enough for me to find a big stick that made them all realize "oh ok maybe we should stop this and go somewhere else" loving turkeys
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Mar 8, 2016 05:51
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I will fight any bird to the death, team mammal needs to loving represent.
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bongwizzard posted:I will fight any bird to the death, team mammal needs to loving represent. You an me brother. Bay Area turkies are bitch made
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Mar 8, 2016 06:25
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https://youtu.be/xlEfjWxmll0 Canadian geese are some fuckers, not quite Australian magpies but they can be pretty aggressive. I wouldn't hesitate to choke a bitch.
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Hey neckbeards, just posted in the general Europe travel thread about this, but also wanted to sound it out here - I'm going to be in Turkey, then in the area around there (around Croatia, maybe Bosnia, nothing's set yet) for a couple extra weeks after my geology field camp in Turkey. Anyone with any hiking knowledge around there of poo poo I should to trudge over?
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Mar 8, 2016 09:05
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bongwizzard posted:I will fight any bird to the death, team mammal needs to loving represent. I have a macaw and he's bitten me before. Hurt like hell, but now I have no fear of most* birds. *most
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Rodenthar Drothman posted:Hey neckbeards, just posted in the general Europe travel thread about this, but also wanted to sound it out here - I'm going to be in Turkey, then in the area around there (around Croatia, maybe Bosnia, nothing's set yet) for a couple extra weeks after my geology field camp in Turkey. Anyone with any hiking knowledge around there of poo poo I should to trudge over? 
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Hungryjack posted:I have a macaw and he's bitten me before. Hurt like hell, but now I have no fear of most* birds.
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Passed my WFA today. I know my school offers WAFA, but I don't think I'll have the money around to pay for the class when it comes up.
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Pryor on Fire posted:Proper night vision starts at about $3K per eye, the good ones go up to about $10K last I checked. They are also heavy as gently caress. I did get the opportunity to borrow a monocle once for a night hike/camp through RMNP once and it was pretty nifty. I keep thinking about getting one for the ranch because of all the bear and mountain lion poo poo I keep finding, kind of want to see if they're staring at me all night without spooking them off. Also stars are neat. Holy crap is there a reason not to just get a cam and remove the IR filter? That'd save you like 2.5-9.5k right there.
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AceRimmer posted:Plitvice Lakes or GTFO. 10/10 would schlepp my poo poo over this twice.
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Hammock chat: Costco has the Chillax double hammock. As you can see, it's $30, which is attractice. it's also 2lbs in weight, which is pretty heavy. However, once I unpacked it, I noticed it had a ton (11oz) of heavy rope straps in it. Once I removed them and replaced them with my whoopie slings, it turns out it's actually lighter than my ENO Doublenest at 1lb 5oz. For the price, that seems pretty solid.  I'll do another test where I lay them out next to each other to see how they compare in size and feel, but so far so good.
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Plek posted:Holy crap is there a reason not to just get a cam and remove the IR filter? That'd save you like 2.5-9.5k right there. The eno would probably be lighter if you removed the buckle from the sac.
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Bear 122 aka The Boss was seen feeding on a black bear carcass at some point but it was never determined if he actually killed it. Probably did. He's awesome and I love him. I doubt my bear encounter when I was in my tent and one approached it and sniffed around at night was him, I wasn't really in his known territory. He likes the Lake Louise area. cheese posted:Why is it so drat big We never got to kill the big ones off. It's true unforgiving wilderness up here and even when hunting was allowed in the mountain parks region, it was hard to get any at all. SulfurMonoxideCute fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Mar 9, 2016 |
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Mar 9, 2016 05:57
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eSporks posted:IR is not the same as nightvision. A camera with an IR lens removed still requires an IR light source. Some nightvision goggles will use IR, but others will just amplify existing light. The ffect is pretty much the same, but a quaality set of goggle is probably going to have a clearer image than a tiny LCD on a hacked camera.  Retro night-vision.
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There we go. Or, you know, IR flashlight/LEDs or something. e: Or just use a plain flashlight and skip all the tech.
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Plek posted:
Fixed this for you. I've got a pair of toy Eyeclops ir goggles from a long time ago for shits and giggles, and you can't see further than fifty feet anyways. Neat stuff to play with though! Too bad they quit making them and people are trying to hawk them online for 20x the original price
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 Climbed 4377 at Joshua Tree two weeks ago with my wilderness training course and I like bouldering so long as I'm moving up, not down. I am generally uncomfortable with heights, but I believe that mindset is something I can also improve with time. Overall it was pretty fun. This weekend is snow hiking to make sure we can carry our gear and that everything works for 3-day snow camp. I strongly believe I will hate snow camping, but I'll at least get to try it and most of this gear I'd have to buy for my trip at the end of the year anyway. Speaking of stuff to buy-- I continue to use a my Petzl headlamp from about 2009. I have no idea how many hours are on it. Not that many? I've looked up replacement bulbs for this thing and they're really expensive when I can even find them since the model is so old. How long can the bulb be expected to last? Do people pack a second headlamp if they're going out for a multi-day trip in the backcountry?
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pack multiple batteries, not multiple headlamps, the bulb isn't particularly likely to burn out. no clue about how long your current one will last though. I have a real old one that's still going fine other than not being as bright as newer models. Also really depends on what you use them for. I've found recently on multi day trips I'm not spenidng a ton of time up and about at night and needing the headlamp. I'm usually in bed as it gets dark and am up with the sunrise. Other people who spend more time up in the dark might need more than I do, not to mention if you want to hike in the dark like some do.
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seconding extra batteries instead of a second light. biggest reason to own two headlamps is to have a choice between Li-Ion batteries or AAA because there's advantages and disadvantages to both. Li-Ion is going to give you a brighter light and more juice per gram of battery, and the batteries are going to hold charge better in extreme cold temperatures. But they can only be charged with a special charger and local availability for both the batteries and chargers is nonexistent in some areas. AAA's big advantage is that you can buy new batteries anywhere, a good choice to bring if you're going to be passing through towns. that said i wouldn't ever pack both at the same time, but owning 1 of each is a good idea.
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