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Nice and hot piss posted:I might be quitting my job come July. I'm pondering doing the oregon portion of the PCT. Remember to calculate your nugget burn rate and map out chicken joint locations along the trail where you can resupply.
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Grip it and rip it posted:Remember to calculate your nugget burn rate and map out chicken joint locations along the trail where you can resupply. All joking aside I'm hoping this comes to fruition. Oregon has some amazing places to get away for a while, and the most hiking I've done has been eastern oregon. So it'll be a nice change of pace
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The Rat posted:Work called a day off today due to excess cold. So I bundled up and tried to get up to Dream lake for a nice sunrise shot. This reminds me desperately of 49 Degrees, north of Spokane. It is a place I desperately want to get back to. Love the shot.
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Nice and hot piss posted:All joking aside I'm hoping this comes to fruition. Oregon has some amazing places to get away for a while, and the most hiking I've done has been eastern oregon. So it'll be a nice change of pace I spent 3 months in the Gorge scenic area hiking before starting my new job. It was definitely one of the most pleasant and beautiful stretches of daily hiking in my life.
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Nice and hot piss posted:I might be quitting my job come July. I'm pondering doing the oregon portion of the PCT. Remember to read the something awful classic thread by muerte, where he abandons a stroller after one day and gives up in Golden Gate Park two days later, the place he started in. He was trying to go to Florida. If you can do everything he doesn't do you'll be in good shape
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Hotel Kpro posted:Remember to read the something awful classic thread by muerte, where he abandons a stroller after one day and gives up in Golden Gate Park two days later, the place he started in. He was trying to go to Florida. If you can do everything he doesn't do you'll be in good shape I dunno, he seemed confident in his posts
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Saturday I went up to Granite Mountain via Cool Canyon out on the western edge of Anza Borrego Desert State Park, seeing as it'll probably be my last desert hike for the season since babby is coming very soon. I knew Santa Ana's were blowing in, but wasn't expecting 50-60mph gusts for the stretch that went ~4,500ft to the peak at 5,650ft Overall it was a fun hike, as once you get out of the canyon there's no real trail and it's just making your way up the ridges with some scrambling along the way. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() https://i.imgur.com/Xq1IF5J.mp4 This was at 4,600ft
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That looks like it was a fun time, apart from the wind. What sort of camera are you using?
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Camera's on a Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
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Made another attempt for a Dream lake dawn alpenglow shot this morning. Got to the lake about 20 minutes before dawn and was very happy to find that the moon wasn't all the way down yet.![]() Unfortunately the snow/wind haze around the peaks kept the alpenglow from hitting full force. Was still a fun time though! ![]()
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The Rat posted:Made another attempt for a Dream lake dawn alpenglow shot this morning. Got to the lake about 20 minutes before dawn and was very happy to find that the moon wasn't all the way down yet. That’s beautiful
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The Rat posted:Made another attempt for a Dream lake dawn alpenglow shot this morning. Got to the lake about 20 minutes before dawn and was very happy to find that the moon wasn't all the way down yet. That looks pretty chilly, you bring any specialized gear?
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Grip it and rip it posted:That looks pretty chilly, you bring any specialized gear? Apart from my camera and tripod, just cold weather clothing and the usual crap in my backpack (Waldo, first aid kit, emergency beacon, clif bars, etc.) It was pretty chilly, somewhere between 0-10 degrees. By the time I left around 7:30AM, I was shivering until I started moving again. Spent quite a bit of time proned out behind my tripod and camera and not moving a whole lot.
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Anyone know anything about oboz boots? They fit me really well just curious about durability or other problems. I hate shopping for boots as I'm very picky, so I'm thinking about getting the waterproof version and the vented, non wp version https://www.rei.com/product/857508/oboz-bridger-mid-bdry-hiking-boots-mens
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Thought we’d lost this thread for a while, I just wasn’t scrolling down far enough ![]() I’m working for NPS doing shorebird monitoring, and I’ve been taking a bunch of pics through the scope. Rufus red knots, in the morning sun/surf: ![]() A pair of american oystercatchers, fresh off terrorizing a nearby pair that already has their nest: ![]() The previously/mentioned terrorized pair, who finally JUST. HAD. ENOUGH. (Interlopers on the left). ![]() A ghost crab I found walking on the beach: ![]() And this was just perfect timing. SpaceX launched a crewed Dragon capsule to ISS the other day, and we happened to be walking to work as it flew overhead ![]() ![]()
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Outdoors thread! I seek ye input. As of now, this August I am planning on hiking the Oregon section of the PCT. I think it would be cool to semi-routinely post some endeavors of my 455+ mile trek across this neat-o state here in the outdoors thread, but also didn't want to just inundate said thread with a bunch of my postings. The questions I'm proposing: -Do you all even want to hear about such endeavors, the lead up to it, during, and my post hiking rants about how much I hate eating chili-mac 7 days in a row -Would it be cool to post my endeavors in this thread or should I look at another forum to post my adventures? Or, if it's actually something people are wanting to see, should I just make a new thread about some idiot veteran and his girlfriend hiking? -Which stroller would you recommend for such an endeavor? As of now my exercising consists of utilizing a shake weight and doing 15 air squats for each 1 minute of triceps blasting shake weight endeavor. I was a cub scout which gives me high end knowledge about wilderness survival and I was a Cavalry Scout in the National Guard so my combat skills, navigation skills and h2h bear combat is equivalent to that of a delta operator. Either way I figure it might be cool to show a bit of what I'm planning on doing; and our collective group of people have taken to the outdoors quite well. I'd love to share my experience with you all, but obviously want to see what everyone's perception is before I find myself posting whenever I can a bunch of pictures and fun/not so much fun times on this amazing adventure I want to partake in.
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I’d read the gently caress out of whatever you care to post about your adventures, be it in this thread, another one in GIP, or TGO. Bottom line is:![]()
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Yeah post here. Not like this thread is flooded with new content. You aren’t in danger of drowning anything else out.
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PookBear posted:Anyone know anything about oboz boots? They fit me really well just curious about durability or other problems. I hate shopping for boots as I'm very picky, so I'm thinking about getting the waterproof version and the vented, non wp version I got some Oboz boots a couple years back and they're still going strong. They're probably the most comfortable / best hiking boots I've ever owned.
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Alright, fair points made by all. I may just do some routine text updates as cell phone service is apparently "decent" on the PCT in oregon, but probably will make uploading difficult. If anything, at the end I'll make a big ol' post with some cool pictures at the end about all my endeavors.
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Wife and I are heading out to Utah tomorrow to hit up the mighty five parks out there. I also realized this is my first real week+ vacation I’ve taken in like 6 years. Granted, I’ve done some annual trainings and TDY’s to some really cool places with the Air Guard in that time, but that doesn’t count. I’m so excited to just to get away from everything and not have cell service for a long stretch of time.
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pkells posted:Wife and I are heading out to Utah tomorrow to hit up the mighty five parks out there. I also realized this is my first real week+ vacation I’ve taken in like 6 years. Awesome! It's so pretty out there, enjoy!
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pkells posted:Wife and I are heading out to Utah tomorrow to hit up the mighty five parks out there. I also realized this is my first real week+ vacation I’ve taken in like 6 years. Granted, I’ve done some annual trainings and TDY’s to some really cool places with the Air Guard in that time, but that doesn’t count. I’m so excited to just to get away from everything and not have cell service for a long stretch of time. Pro tip: in Canyonlands, try to spend at least some time hiking in the Needles, you won't regret it.
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The hike itinerary is posted for the Oregon section of the PCT. 32 days, two rest days and averaging between 15-21 miles a day. Got myself a good pack, sleeping bag and between the lady and I, $850 worth of Mary Janes organic dried food. I'm stoked beyond belief to do this trip.
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That is a ton of miles to do day after day and I hope you have a blast!
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This was 24 miles with 7200 feet of climbing. Parking where I did added 7 miles one way and 3500 feet of vertical![]() Some people would say this was a dumb idea, trust me it was one of many The views were good ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The plants were neat ![]() ![]() The injuries were painful but not threatening ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Jelly was quite tired after 8 miles of hiking ![]() Joy was too, but was trying real hard not to show it. ![]()
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:
Give those puppers a good pet/belly rub!
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We did a sea turtle hatchling release tonight, and it’s as ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Icon Of Sin posted:We did a sea turtle hatchling release tonight, and it’s as you can tell us..... did you eat one?
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Icon Of Sin posted:We did a sea turtle hatchling release tonight, and it’s as Well, that’s just adorable.
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Hiked up Mt Peale on Sunday and did Mt Tukuhnikivatz while I was there as well. ![]() The smoke kinda sucked ![]() ![]() ![]() Mt Peale was the 8th and last ultra prominent peak for me to climb in Utah so that's kinda cool
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Went hiking yesterday along the blue ridge parkway. The smell of autumn up there, the waterfall’s constant white noise…it did something to my brain. Like how a sore muscle or joint feels a ton better after you stretch it out some. ![]() ![]() (Cross post from good vibes thread)
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Sent out to Anza Borrego Desert State Park a few weeks ago and went up Whale Peak from the south.![]() First bit of the route went by some pictographs ![]() ![]() ![]() Looking east toward Salton Sea ![]() Looking south to the Carrizo Badlands and Sawtooth Mountains ![]() Route down
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Can anyone recommend a good two person tent for hiking? what brands should I look at?
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Before I became a hammock camper, I liked my Big Agnes Fly Creek 2. I bought mine in 2015 and it’s my understanding that they’ve only continued to improve on the design. That said, I think most gear manufacturers measure “one person” as someone 5’ tall and 90 lbs so if you actually want a little room to stretch out you may want to get a three-person tent instead.
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