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

Trekking poles? Never used em. Never needed em. I can pass on that people whose knees are shot seem to swear by them, so if your knees need help, it's probably worth investigating them.

If you look into them, have some one who knows show you the proper use. I guess there's a bit of technique that, if you know it, is a big improvement over randomly stabbing the poles at the ground as you walk and hoping for the best. Do not assume the salesperson at the outdoor store knows anything on this subject. That's a crapshoot.

how do you hike 20 mi w/just a water bottle? no replenishing along the way? camelbaks are the way to go def.

this weekend: http://www.localhikes.com/Hikes/Maryland_Heights_8872.asp

used to play a game where you find a creek and race your friends upstream until you find either a] a spring or b] something interesting, good times

love big south fork btw, i have a really detailed trailbook from the late 70s somewhere in the uh attic maybe? i should dig it out and pick out some stuff.

it seems like i only hike when i'm camping, i don't do day hikes any more...maybe i should? red river gorge is only a 40 min drive from here.

I thought about doing harper's ferry around now,though I remember it bring a little underwhelming. Gonna be hot this weekend.

yep, but it's a sister fun day and it will be swell.

i have the day off tomorrow... it's either hiking or mountain biking, and i can't decide.

what have you done more of lately? do the other one.

i was already leaning toward mountain biking, but that clinches it... thanks, tza.

hi dere i'm going on an 84-mile trek starting tomorrow, got my bag packed and everything

holy wow! where?

hadrian's wall (http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall). i'm taking six days over it, camping along the way.

a friend of mine did that, said it was great!

i am thinking about doing the superior hiking trail, up north

Esbits are good mostly for boiling water that you can use to rehydrate dried food, or make tea or coffee with.

this is all i need! maybe i will get one

I did not make it to Harper's ferry because we did not have enough time but we did a v easy hike @ great falls and I have some pretty cellpwn pics.

i really advise against esbit stoves. they take forever, they smell like crap, the chemical in the esbit tablets is super toxic, and they barely work if there's any wind. i know they're really cheap, but that's about their only advantage. you find a good deal on any pocket canister stove (olympus, MSR, snow peak), take a small fuel canister, and have a nice little setup that is light and costs less than $40. i'll get off the hatin' train now, just wanted to say it one more time.

also- was mountain biking today and came across a dude who MANGLED his legs in a crash. when i first saw him, he was limping a little bit, and then when i realized how fucked his legs were, my stomach lurched a little bit- his flesh was torn to ribbons, blood everywhere, weird blue lumps where there should be no lumps, and both of his socks were completely soaked with blood. definitely the worst on-the-trail injury i've ever seen. i got out my first aid kit and helped him out as best i could (he was with two friends who looked shellshocked), but he was insisting on walking out, rather than staying put and getting evacuated. i did what i could, but i hope he got out okay.

ok i didnt know they str8 sucked

xpost wow.

i have always wondered about waiting to be evacuated, how long it would take, and how long it would take to even get in touch with someone in the first place assuming you are in a place without cell phone reception.

poor dude.

i have only been evacuated one time- luckily it was on a fire road, so the fire department was able to put me in a jeep, instead of having to pay big bucks for a more involved procedure. i had fallen and hit my head, and i had a concussion, so i couldn't walk more than a few paces without getting dizzy and falling again. i was probably out there for about a half hour until another biker passed me and went and got help.

today, it was really crowded on the trail, so i knew that if this guy had an emergency, it wouldn't be more than a few minutes before they saw someone else. if it had been really remote, i probably would have stayed or somehow made sure he made it back.

xpost- that's why i always carry a medical kit, even if i'm only going on a day hike or something.

was he on foot and crashed with a mountain bike????

no, he was a rider. wait, so does that make this story inadmissible in this thread, since neither person involved was hiking?

you were hiking, right?!

no, he was on a bike too! gtfo this thread, impostor!

haha

its ok, its still relevant to hikers.

oh man yall harkening back to something upthread, at deathfest a guy offered me whiskey from a nalgene flask with an entombed sticker on it, pretty much fell in love

one time me & my bros were out exploring in big south fork (menifee co ky i guess?) and found some repelling bros who had seen our band in richmond haha, what a day.

this guy micah we were camping with spent that whole 5 day camping trip borrowing our lighters then throwing them into the fire that night and scaring the shit out of us. also by the end of the trip he was the only one with a lighter, which kind of gave him a lot of POWER.

camping!

a friend of mine did that, said it was great!

it was! amazing weather, too.

i am thinking about doing the superior hiking trail, up north

this looks awesome

yeah, i'm pysched about it

say more about the trip

did 6.6 miles in the rain two days ago

it was stupid

hiking in the rain can be sublime sometimes... if it's not cold and windy and driving right into your face the whole time.

it was hot and boring, tbh

does anyone know about hiking in norway?

it's basically like this

http://ll.vimg.net/imagesoa/cms/images/APNews/Music/20090427/US-Opera-Met-Ring-61b7dc28-f364-4945-8555-ab2f846e05e2.jpg

knew it!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG:
http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/519248.jpg
(lol)

Finally got this:

http://www.mysigg.com/ProductImages/MYSIGG/8025.50.JPG
+ nalgene flask!

Got some $220 hiking boots for $20, a fluffy pillow that collapses into nothing, an enamel percolator and a bear bell, which when "silenced" just sounds like you're constantly near a rattlesnake.

Did a jazz square on top of Jake's Gap.

Oh and my hiking buddy almost accidentally picked up a black snake thinking it was a lock on a grill near a campsite. Lol

School ends next Thursday. I gotta get out on a trail soon. I have some winter gut to work off.

hoping for this in September!

http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/309653.JPG

(Galdhøpiggen)

skoal!

xpost- what boots? nice score.

say more about the trip

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 23:49 (5 days ago)

sorry, i only just saw this.

it's a great walk - particularly the sections in the middle, where you're walking this long craggy ridge with great views on either side. the rest is mostly flattish, farmland-type terrain, but nice all the same. i camped four nights and on the last day walked 22 miles ending in newcastle. i met lots of awesome people on the way too (both trekkers and local types). it's quite a popular route, but not so busy it gets annoying.

a few pics:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3361/3595184291_c5c16ae008.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3379/3595180925_92d33372f1.jpg

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