still fuckin with climb cuz climb pays: the ILX hiking thread

that picture is A++++

Sounds scary. I am glad you're OK and yeah, that pic is beautiful.

Holy shit that looks awesome but ugh cold and dehydrated not so good.

awesome, em!

i'm doing little si tomorrow morning. only a short hike, but at least i am going somewhere!

beautiful. in tn i hiked ramsay cascades in gsmnp on a midweek 95deg/95%humid day with my pops and some family. very few people that day, fantastic falls at the top.

ive never been to ramsay cascades, amazingly.

did you plan to camp there, or was it an emergency thing because it got too dark to finish the hike?

no, we planned to camp further up actually (on Mount LeConte!), but it got too dark to go up the really rocky parts. we had no idea how cold it would be.

the weirdly memorable thing about our hike to ramsay cascades was that it was maybe a coupla days after all of the rhododendrons had dropped their blossoms. it seemed like the we walked half the way on this runner of flowers.

any hiking in the rain tips?
i suppose i'll take a dry shirt or something in a plastic bag inside my pack?
is this going to be a terrible disaster? i don't think rain is avoidable at all tomorrow, but i have lots of layers...

take lots of clean socks in a ziploc! you will love yourself. and wear a poncho over your pack

ended up not going at all bc of thunderstorms :(
rain i can deal with but lightning is ehhhhh.
i'm a wimp.

no you are smart

thanks, mr. que.
feeling kinda frustrated at not getting any mountains.
i went back to bed at 6:15 and when i got up again the weather was really nice (here) so i don't know, maybe i freaked out for nothing :(

haha i was trying to post "no, you are just smart" to this thread 100x and it wouldnt let me

we sound so retarded here, blame hypothermia, but here is the bear i met

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nogDb2z1YGg

lol @ me saying its just like a dog

haha awesome. what is he eating anyways?

omg!

justine was watching that video this morning, and i thought it was from the "oh shit a bear" thread - eg: two people with a digital camera get mauled by bear, etc. knowing that it was roxy and friend doing the filming, i'm glad that's not the case.

i think he might be foraging for bugs

video captures the wtf-ness of wildlife encounters really well, so great

were you really that close or was the camera zoomed in?

It was zoomed in, but we were quite close. I could not have reached out and touched him, but I could have taken one step and done so.

damn. i would not do that. dont wanna end up like chimp lady

planning a toadtrip next week from knoxville to nyc and considering hiking the highest mountains in each state on the way there and back -- kind of a cool idea imo

imHo

awesome idea!

even new york?????

mount marcy? child's play

will u do mitchell?

http://www.carolinamtnclub.com/SB6K/SB6K%20Index.html

The South Beyond 6000 is an organized program to encourage hikers to climb the 40 peaks over 6000 feet in the Southern Appalachians. The privilege of belonging is earned and can only be shared among those who have pushed onward and upward on foot to the tops of these peaks. The Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club started this program after they had studied similar concepts used in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Adirondack Mountains in New York.

you should get in on this imo

i will have done 12 of those by the end of this year iirc!!

2. Climb all 40 peaks by routes involving hiking at least 5 miles with an ascent of at least 500 feet. In many cases, roads come close to the summits, and the return trip may be made by auto. However, where descent by trail is specified, return trip must be made on foot.

weak sauce

so that's why clingman's dome isn't included

i might hike in shendandoah too/instead

it feels misleading tho - thinkin like 40 hikes to 6000+ ft when the min requirement is 500 ft ascent?!
i know you can't start at sea level all the time, but...

yeah its incred rare iirc

well yeah, my point was that the requirement should be more stringent than 500 ft of climb.

i know i might be spoiled by the smokies, but fuck shenandoah natl park form what i can tell, kinda? what kind of nat'l park has as it's main attraction a DRIVE

xpost i think it should just be the 40 peaks period, its weird to have any other requirement imo. if it is going to be the highest/most difficult elevation gains that's a whole other ball of wax

i just think that the actual hiking to the summit should count for something.

i mean, the hill i live on goes from almost sea level to 390 ft in like, a mile... i would not consider that a hike if i added an extra 110 ft and 4 miles?

4 miles???

min requirement is 5 miles and 500 ft... which is... nothing?

mount marcy? child's play

― e\m/ily (roxymuzak), Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:27 PM (Yesterday)

it's not that hard but i think it's like 6 hours from nyc is all. kind of out of your way prob

Douchechill. I might just do VA's highest because it has miniature ponies on it and is beautimous, and then some Shenandoah stuff.

I'm also sleeping outside on the way up and back every night <3<3<3

did a nice hike with justine yesterday to the top of pine mtn in marin county. really nice views of mt. tam, the bay, richmond bridge, and even mt. diablo (where we were last weekend). i have a cell phone pic of justine climbing on top of the summit marker, but i can't upload it to the computer, because i'm dumb and she wouldn't let me post it anyway.

xposted to wdyll but

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/mebunion.jpg

xp i would kill you, since i look like a pudding in my hiking clothes