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wandered around a bit last weekend and planning on doing some more this weekend https://i.imgur.com/3Gg6oeC.mp4
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echinopsis posted:my dad stressing out about a gps unit for going off the beaten track and i’m sure it’s not a terrible idea although it literally is the beaten track. there will be many people and I think they’ve extended cell access to a bunch of it, huts at least. gps won’t save me falling into a 2” stream and drowning tho dad I did the routeburn+greenstone and Kepler tracks a couple years back. I had brought a radio for the first and then didn't bother with it for the second. on the great walks there's enough people that you'll be found in like 5-10 minutes by the next group behind you if there's a problem. it makes sense for a more obscure track where it's poorly marked and you're the only one there that day but for a great walk you're probably better off saving on the amount of weight you need to carry
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Jun 24, 2019 21:04
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I have an advanced elements inflatable kayak (either an advanceframe or advanceframe sport, I forget which) and while it is nice that it fits in the trunk it's not very good as a kayak. it takes several minutes to get rolled out and inflated, and then dried, deflated, and folded up again later. meanwhile its profile is so wide with the side air bladders that it ends up feeling really slow and inefficient compared to any regular hard shell. also they sell a spine bar that goes along the bottom from front to back as an "optional extra" but it's basically required because otherwise the boat ends up being floppy and listless (text me) its been nice to have around as a spare but i recommend getting a basic plastic one if at all possible, or just renting one when you want one but if you don't mind a slow kayak, it's worth pointing out that rei's standard exclusion of boats from their 20% off coupon doesn't apply to inflatable kayaks
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Jun 24, 2019 22:02
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oh also I'm 6'0 and I juuuust fit in that kayak, often with cramped legs/feet afterwards
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Jun 24, 2019 22:04
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oh yeah should've mentioned I mainly just use it on lakes/reservoirs, or slow streams a couple times
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Jun 24, 2019 22:21
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do I get to pet them as they pass me or
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Jun 24, 2019 22:39
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went to castlepoint this weekend, climbed a big rock big rock in distance  partway up the big rock looking back
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Jun 25, 2019 22:28
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posting from the mountains the huts along the ridge to the right have p2p wifi to the village below
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Jul 30, 2019 11:27
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Sagebrush posted:which mountains? a mild part of the carpathians in romania
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Jul 31, 2019 07:53
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went on a short hike a few days ago, watched some sheep have lunch while having lunch
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Sep 4, 2019 12:34
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weekend hike on a fire road up mt climie the name is accurate, it was a steady incline the whole way 
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Oct 1, 2019 18:31
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mountain house, imo haven’t found any others nearly as good can also just bring your own pasta I guess
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Oct 27, 2019 02:40
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psiox posted:work at an independent coffee shop or dive bar and immerse yourself in the real(er) world if you’re in the us then only do this after moving to a country with health care
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Nov 22, 2019 21:31
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bump with a pic
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Nov 27, 2019 21:57
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echinopsis posted:Looks like around Kaikoura? yea kaikoura city next to the “fyffe house” ruin out on the peninsula
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Nov 28, 2019 08:11
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echinopsis posted:just visiting or you live around that part of the countyr? just visiting with some family, normally up in welly otherwise. folks are old so we didn’t really do any hiking or anything this time but got to see a bunch of areas another picture bump, from a trail head at the Lewis Pass 
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Dec 1, 2019 01:00
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theadder posted:starts like a typical echi post loled irl
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Feb 28, 2020 10:37
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had a dream last night that I was hiking
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Apr 18, 2020 07:41
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:why in the gently caress are backcountry campsites and trailheads closed this is so stupid the nz reasoning is "if people need to rescue you then they'd need to break isolation with you and with each other" also you're not supposed to be traveling around at the moment anyway
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Apr 22, 2020 00:50
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early june is only 2 incubation cycles away
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May 3, 2020 21:05
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Cybernetic Vermin posted:back out in the cabin. still too much snow to drive all the way, and two cranes and i scared each other half to death don't go chasing construction sites, please stick to the rivers and lakes that you're used to
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May 9, 2020 16:06
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the annual 20% REI coupon excludes real kayaks while inflatables are included so that can be a good way to get one inflatables are a compromise for a situation where you can't get a real kayak - they cost more and are slower and more maintenance intensive than a regular kayak but you can fit one in the trunk of your yaris. very similar niche and tradeoffs to a folding bicycle now that i think about it also for the advanced elements models the "spine" accessory is basically required, otherwise it handles like a wet noodle with efficiency to match
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May 9, 2020 21:41
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oh yeah not dissing it at all, its the only kayak i have as well. just pointing out that if you can make a regular kayak work in terms of storage/transport then you're a bit better off going that route but any kayak better than no kayak obv
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May 9, 2020 22:50
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went snowshoeing yesterday, found a hut
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Jun 23, 2020 21:16
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Methanar posted:does new zealand even have winter? Your whole country is coastal which should be a good temperature moderator the winter is mild outside of southern south island but nz only discovered that housing should have more insulation than a cardboard box about 10 years ago and people still use log burners as a primary heat source, even in urban neighbourhoods, so hope you like a dense fog of PM2.5 every time there's a chill but regardless of that, that's like saying boston doesn't have winter because it's coastal
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Jul 24, 2020 23:15
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like people are still flummoxed by mold issues in houses, while spending thousands a year to power electric space heaters to keep warm, and then deciding that 3k for underfloor insulation is too much to spend it's really hosed up mlmp
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Jul 24, 2020 23:18
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took the van on a short drive to a beach
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Aug 24, 2020 10:18
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Kazinsal posted:imgur appears to have blocked either my IP or my entire ISP because every single request returns 403. and of course because they've effectively monopolized image hosting much like photobucket did circa 2002 this makes most of the internet unusable for me homedepot.com doesn't load if you try to visit it from romania just a blank page
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Sep 9, 2020 01:05
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took a train from kansas city to flagstaff, was p good but the train wobbled a lot, and a couple weeks later the same train derailed in ks tried taking a train from la to san jose but it was delayed several hours because the engine broke and then they needed to wait for a replacement engine. the train got as far as burbank or smth then had to crawl backwards back to the station. ended up getting tickets refunded and doing a one-way rental
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Nov 5, 2020 20:39
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just make sure that they always pronounce it "mister two"
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that reminds me i have some hike pics       the trail itself isn't particularly scenic since it's effectively an old access route that never got upgraded to a road, but it's got some good spots saw two takahe though, incl the one pictured above
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