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The InReach Mini is what I would get if I were buying today. Pair it with your phone/app via bluetooth and the usability and weight are impossible to beat. If I just wanted a cheaper/standard HELP SOS deal with a few preset messages like "I am safe, arrived at camp for the night" and "HELP NOW, NEED RESCUE" I'd get a SPOT Gen 3.
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Electoral Surgery posted:My hiking/climbing pants are getting too blown out to sew up again. I’d appreciate any suggestions that fit these criteria: Outdoor Research Ferrosi pants?
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DreadLlama posted:Good thing I only asked a dumb question on the internet instead of spent hours looking for something that shouldn't exist. Thanks for the info. Instead of wear anytime pants, I'm looking more for, well specifically, pants for digging maple trees out from the side of the road before the municipality gets them with a brushcutter. I'd rather have pants that say "don't hit me with your car" if you know of any. Consider getting one of these to throw down before you sit down: https://www.thermarest.com/seating/seats/z-seat
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Morbus posted:Honestly I have a stash of routes I'd like to try with 2-3 at the top of my list at any moment, and narrowing things down is usually handled for me by some combination of weather, water/snow/bug conditions, ease of getting a permit, driving distance, and time constraints. I guess doing everything at the last minute has the advantage of making it impossible to agonize over too many choices.. This is basically also how I figure out my weekend trips.
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Person Dyslexic posted:Hello! New to this thread as I just discovered it but I'll try and start adding some pics of my adventures in the White Mountains of NH; My fiance currently holds all the pictures hostage on her phone or I'd put some up now... I would recommend trying different lacing techniques as well, and being mindful of where you keep your laces tight on the boot and where you keep them loose.
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Ruptured Yakety Sax posted:So something I've been wanting to do is develop my ability to do back country navigation. I mostly just stick to pretty established trails and would like to do some more adventurous hikes. Of the people I go hiking with, I'm the one whose most keen, so I'm not getting those skills here. Our lord and savior Andrew Skurka has two good videos on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWaR_hWqm4E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGX8DB_3OzQ Just start small. Go hiking on an established trail and pick a destination somewhere on the map you need to off-trail to get to a short ways. 1-2 miles. Make your way there, then head back to the trail. This will build your confidence up.
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Nov 4, 2019 21:40
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Size 14 Altra Lone Peak / Timps / Escalante checking in. Best shoe I've found for my wide bois. I get ~400-500 trail miles out of the trail runners, and the Escalantes are still going strong with a load of road miles on them.
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black.lion posted:
Boots - every person is different, you really really really have to go try stuff on. Nobody can give specific recommendations for what will work for you. PERSONALLY I do all of my hikes and backpacking trips in trail runners, unless it's snow/winter. Then I use boots. Tent - 3 season tent is the default, otherwise you get a 4 season if you plan to do winter/snow camping. I would recommend these for 3 people or 2+ dogs -- both are pretty light and won't break the bank: https://www.tarptent.com/product/cloudburst-3/ https://www.rei.com/product/110841/rei-co-op-quarter-dome-3-tent Backpack - should be the last thing you buy so you know how much volume you need to fit your gear. I won't recommend the really expensive ultralight cottage brands because you can't really try them on before you buy. The REI Flash line is pretty light, pretty cheap, and gets good reviews: https://www.rei.com/product/148589/rei-co-op-flash-55-pack-mens https://www.rei.com/product/126709/osprey-exos-58-pack-mens https://www.gossamergear.com/products/mariposa-60-lightweight-backpack Prelim packing list - here are a few of my packing lists. I don't really bring too many comfort items, so if you bring your own version of each thing on this list you won't be forgetting anything essential: https://lighterpack.com/r/egbf8v https://lighterpack.com/r/d6rzfw For your water filter, just grab a pair of Sawyer Squeezes (not Sawyer Minis or Sawyer Micros) and never look back. They can screw directly onto the top of standard water bottles (most people use smartwater bottles/ tall and skinny) and you can drink directly from them. Personally I would not take a camp chair or hammocks but I like to go light (and my knees and back thank me). Skip the deodorant, you're all going to stink anyway and it will do nothing but attract curious wildlife. Bring a trowel (I recommend Deuce of Spades) so you can dig proper Leave No Trace catholes for your poops. Bring extra baggies to pack out used TP and trash. Good luck and have fun! khysanth fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Feb 13, 2020 |
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Boots don't protect you from rolled ankles -- strong support muscles do.
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Since we're still on footwear chat: I wear trail runners with gaiters to keep rocks/sand out pretty much all Spring/Summer/Fall with microspikes when necessary. I've enjoyed the Altra Lone Peaks and the Altra Timps so far. I wear a size 14 and have wide feet. For most of my easy class 3/4 Winter/mountaineering, I have some B1 boots (a little bit of flex) to pair with my strap-on crampons (with flex bars installed so they don't pop off). Lowa Renegade GTX Mid hiking boots are my choice since they come in wide models. Almost no break-in period on these either. For anything more difficult or sustained class 4/5, rigid B2/B3 boots with crampons. La Sportiva Nepal Cube GTX. khysanth fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Jun 9, 2020 |
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Just takes commitment and willpower honestly. Get all your poo poo ready the night before so that you can wake up, throw on your clothes, grab your pack, and go. This is how I manage to wake up at 4:15am on a Saturday to drive 90 minutes to a trailhead to beat the heat for my big day hikes.
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Wife and I did the High Sierra Trail over 5 days (9/2 --> 9/6). Got super lucky with smoke from all the fires. First day hiking in from Crescent Meadow to Hamilton Lake it was a bit smoky, but cleared up that night. Night two at Morraine Lake was the smokiest -- it started blowing in as we arrived and got pretty bad when we went to sleep. When we woke up in the morning though, clear blue skies! We dropped down into the Kern the next day and stayed north of all the smoke. Slept like babies at Junction Meadow Trail Camp. Got up early on morning four and climbed up to the east to Guitar Lake. Again, clear skies. Woke up at 2am and made the Mt. Whitney summit in time for sunrise. Didn't hit smoke until we got down to Lone Pine Lake, about an hour before getting to our car at Whitney Portal. A++ would recommend our luck.
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Just went snowshoeing this past weekend in a few feet of fresh powder. Trail was not broken, they were a lifesaver. On the way down, a dude was following our tracks up wearing just microspikes and he was post-holing up to his knee, even on the snow that we partially compacted with our snowshoes.
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a friendly penguin posted:I'm trying to break into backpacking without knowing anyone in the area who does (Maryland) and just need a couple more things before I finally just go solo. Any recommendations for best water filter for east coast backpacking? I keep wanting to go into my local shop and ask, but the covid thing is making me go further away from people. Get a Sawyer Squeeze
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PCT is my bucket list hike for sure. Will probably do it in sections because life.
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Not a Children posted:
Lighter gear will make backpacking more enjoyable. https://www.reddit.com/r/ultralight For your first overnight trip, general wisdom is to keep it very low stakes and short. Somewhere you can park, hike in 3-5 miles with all your gear, set up camp and stay the night, the hike out the next day. If anything goes wrong or something isn't working out, you're only a couple hours away from the car. It'll help you figure out what you want/need to adjust before getting into higher stakes/longer trips.
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 Topping out of Zen Chute on Mt. Baldy on 1/8. Started the hike at 5a and began the climb up the bowl at 6:30a before the sun started hitting it. Perfect conditions. Way too many people down below starting a bit late, and even more not starting until 11-noon at even greater avalanche risk.
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