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

actually more like August xp

ok here is the mountain:
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_8966.jpg

and here i am on top of it:
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9012.jpg

wow awesome

So, where are you all going on Sunday? :-)

http://www.wbbm780.com/Nude-hiking-buffs-prepare-for-summer/4635232

i have done this

not as part of like a nat'l day or whatever, but by myself, it's pleasant

aren't the bugs a pain

if i'm nude it's on an empty beach

i was movin pretty fast, tbh

i just spent 12 days hiking around the southwest (mesa verde, valley of the gods, north and south rim of GC, tiny bit in sedona)
FUN

this was after going into the canyon, was eating an apple
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3350/3639374258_d7515a1376.jpg

only regret: not going to mt zion b/c we ran out of time during the utah portion

oops it's just zion
anyway the angel's landing trail looks terrifying and so cool
http://www.micksmtn.20m.com/zion2.JPG
there's a part where you have to grab onto a chain!

woah--we did angels landing about a year ago. i loved zion soo much, wanna go back.

we also did grand canyon, bryce and capitol reef=would go to all of these places again.

Aw yeah I did angels landing years and years ago - wld hike again. And Bryce is the coolest! Like a super mega sized version of those drip sand castles we used to make.

some cool looking shit here^^^^

i did bryce on horseback though. cheating. but i was also like 14 then.

!!

Fun fact: that same trip I came to Seattle for the first time and decided I wanted to live here.

i am in the san juans and ~not~ hiking due to cares, but i can say with some certainty that i would move here in a heartbeat

Do it!

Also check yr webmail!

emailed u

i just spent all day working at a big gear sale at mountain hardwear's headquarters... really made me want to get out on the trail.

I can't wait to go somewhere round here!

can u tell mountain hardwear to fix my jacket the zipper busted

they have lifetime warranties on their stuff, i think? maybe you could send it in and get it fixed

i did take a look at their warranty area- i didn't realize that they repaired the stuff in-house. but yeah, if you send it to them, they will fix it.

great!

btw can i just pimp my friend's project: http://www.biolitestove.com/BioLite.html

this shit is dope as hell

point reyes today:

big elk we saw:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/821832/king%20elk.JPG

weird caterpillar:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/821832/caterpillar.JPG

lotsa labybugs:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/821832/ladybug.JPG

we hiked just past where you can see the big rock out near the end (about 8 miles there and back):
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/821832/view%20of%20point%20reyes%20hike.JPG

baby elk looking it's gonna pee on it's mum:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/821832/stretching%20baby%20elk.JPG

This looks like a great day! Need to find someplace for next weekend when my friend visits. Based on my experience kayaking with her last summer and my knowledge of her cardio machine endurance at the gym, it should be not too hard. Maybe we will just find a nice place to explore rather than hike? Eh.

from young hill (the hike was really short; i think i confused it with another one in my fast/lazy planning):

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btw, fuckin with climb, in action, courtesy of dadrza:
http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz47/ppcpp/Machupicchu040.jpg

oh man

just a hint of climb

guys think i'm gonna hit up the superior hiking trail one of these days soon

did not quite realize how good it (reportedly) is: awesome shelters, never crowded, ridgelines with views of the lake, <3 <3 <3

srsly considered stealing yr tat idea, rox

looking for some west connecticut hiking to do tomorrow. got the whole morning to blow

xpost go for it dude, we can be tat bros

~knucks~

~bones~

"urban hiking"
this sounds so funny.
i'm gonna do this today.
i like the idea of being able to take the bus to a park/trail.

still lollin' at gab's comments upthread: "those don't really do much for me"

was thinking about hiking. rox did you hike in CT?

also whatever gabbneb says there is good hiking in new york state. who cares if it's not like the best anyone has ever seen ever. there's a lot of interesting stuff and weird little towns to drive through on the way, and it smells good up there

that trail he mentioned before - breakneck ridge - is supposed to be good. my friend who lived in fishkill used to go do it after work all the time. hudson valley is v v pretty.

yeah i haven't done anything "downstate" (or is it upstate? depends where you are) but the adirondacks is nice. i bet hudson valley is great too, just has less elevation. my grandparents live in CT so we used to drive through the berkshires and western CT a lot and it looks fun, there are a lot of streams with beaver dams too

i haven't been to the dacks but i could see them from parts of the green mountains in VT and they are fucking gorgeous, gabb is retarded and i hate him

The Adirondacks are one of the coolest parks I've ever been to. They are astounding and not for novices. Folks think just because they're in New York that they're not badass, but that's all hogwash. The parks is filled with unbridled wilderness. Here are some cool facts:

1. The Adirondack Park is comprised of about 6.1 million acres (9,375 square miles).
2. The park is the size of the state of Vermont.
3. There's no marked boundary to the park, no "entrance gate" and no admission fee.
4. The Adirondack Park is the largest protected area in the contiguous United States, delineated by the famous "blue line."
6. The Adirondack Park is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier, Grand Canyon and Great Smokies combined.

I'm hiking a part of Mt. Mitchell tomorrow. That's outside Asheville, NC, on the Blue Ridge. Very awesome. Elevation change of about 2,300 on the trail.

god why didn't i go to the adirondacks ever

i wanted to become a 46'er (do all 47 peaks above 4000 ft iirc) but i have only done 7 and i don't live in ny anymore so
i used these nice french canadians' site as a resource, still recommended http://www3.sympatico.ca/jgrimard/

As soon as school ended my wife and I went on an extended road trip with camping and hiking features.

We did a variety of short hikes (less than 7 miles, all of them) near Mt. Shasta, Mt. Lassen and in the Tuolomne Meadows area of Yosemite NP. Then we skipped down to the Little Lakes Valley and McGee Creek Canyon south of Yosemite. Also the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest preserve in the White Mountains.

On our way back we hiked in Jedediah Smith State Park, among the redwoods. And did some beach walking near Cape Blanco and Cape Perpetua on the Oregon coast.

Great trip!

Now I am prepping for some backpacking later this summer by lugging a 30 lb. pack around my neighborhood and agitating the local dogs. Next week I will get out for a three-nighter somewhere near here. A lot of snow on the Cascade mountains still, so finding open trails is a bit of a problem.

I love this time of year.