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I'm on the hunt for a power bank to keep my phone charged. The longest I'm away from civilization (a wall outlet) is perhaps 4-5 days. Looking for experience on what to get. Figure my requirements are:
The Anker powerbanks seem to be the lightest of the bunch and are capable of charging quickly (at least 2 Amps). Anyone got experience with them?
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Ankers are baller. Never had a problem with 'em
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Jul 17, 2020 14:06
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LordAdakos posted:I feel like I'm not training nearly enough. Before the quarantine hit, I was at the gym 5 times a week, mostly heavy lifting, some cardio. I’ve trained a million ways, stair steppers, mock ‘hikes’ (long walks) with a weighted pack, just lifting, etc. I don’t live in an area with mountains, so I can’t simply ‘hike’ to train. In the end, the answer is and has been: Run
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HamAdams posted:Anyone have a recommendation for insoles? I’ve got some hella flat feet and some extra arch support probably would be nice on a long backcountry hunt and possibly heavy packout I use Superfeet or the prescription insoles that my insurance paid $980/$1000 for. The big benefit to the prescription one is the material doesn't seem to wear out and flatten like the Superfeet insole does. I tried the cheapie insoles and found them to be squishy and not offer much support even if they feel super soft initially.
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Yooper posted:I use Superfeet or the prescription insoles that my insurance paid $980/$1000 for. The big benefit to the prescription one is the material doesn't seem to wear out and flatten like the Superfeet insole does. I tried the cheapie insoles and found them to be squishy and not offer much support even if they feel super soft initially.
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Hey backpacking goons. Some people over in what used to be Take A Hike The Take A Hike subforum is currently kind of dead so we’re doing what amounts to a relaunch. It was in DIY which is kind of bizarre. It’s basically getting turned back into an RSF for a bit and I’m going to do a bunch of drumming up attention for it. The basic idea behind the new forum is going to be outdoors stuff. Hiking, fishing, hunting, camping, all that kind of good stuff. Here's the moved forum, bumped to be top level for the time being like all RSFs are. I suspect it will find a new home besides DIY in the future, since it was always kind of a weird fit as a sub there. The new name of the forum is The Great Outdoors. Anyways forums live or die by having specialist, niche threads. A lot of other subs have outdoors-y threads that are general purpose subject chat things which is good and fine. We don’t need to fill the forum with ten different camping/chat threads with different crews. TFR can have a video game thread even though Games is a forum, for example, because a general chat thread for gun nerds to talk about what they're playing today can't replicate the dozens upon dozens of unique threads that delve much deeper into specific subjects that a dedicated Games forum has. So, we are going to need some threads on the sort of niche outdoorsy poo poo that an actually goony outdoors forum would talk about. So if any of you ever wanted to have an OP of a thread about what hiking boots are good or how to make your own fishing lures or UrbEx or what the gently caress ever here’s your chance. I've already started what amounts to a soft launch of the reinvigorated forum. It's now a top level forum and we'll see where it goes from there. We've press ganged a couple of current mods into keeping an eye on it and, in true RSF fashion, if it takes off again we'll pull some people as mods from within that community. As an aside, if this thread thinks that it would be a better fit over there I'm open to talking about that. I don't want to force moves on threads that are happy where they are, but I do think that some of the more specifically outdoors threads might be a better fit over there. Of course if this rebooted forum doesn't take off the threads will be moved back to their original homes before it's shuttered.
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:Run Yes running and if you can, trail running is even better. I am lucky to have what they call urban wilderness trails near downtown Knoxville. Trail running on those has made hiking so much easier. It helps if you have some elevation gain (nothing is really flat in East Tennessee), and I can end up with 1,500 to 2,000 feet in total climbed over 10 miles or so. While that is not a lot when it comes to hiking, it does help. Also trail running beats up your body in a way like hiking does.
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George H.W. oval office posted:Ankers are baller. Never had a problem with 'em Agreed, I love my Astro Mini. It doesn’t meet the OPs specs but I’m sure they have a product that does. It’s been solid: durable, light weight, good for a couple of phone charges, and can trickle charge off my lightweight (but kinda wimpy) Renogy E.Flex5. JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:Run I put this in my previous post but wanted to emphasize again. Run. Everyone else in my group just put on heavy packs and did stairs—they didn’t do any running. 80-90% of my training was running. I came out the better for it on the trail and it wasn’t even close. I spent extra time on foot care every morning, so I left camp later than everyone else. By lunch, I’d caught or passed them, and at the end of the day I’d hit the mileage goal and be waiting for them to catch up.
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I think the sweet spot is mostly unencumbered trail running, but paired with some weighted hill climbs/repeats for strength.
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Jul 17, 2020 17:27
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Sigmund Fraud posted:Sure you haven't added an extra 0 to the cost? Prescription insoles don't cost that much! (souce: work with 'em) Pretty sure that's what the EOB said. I walked on some big glass plate hooked up to a PC and a month later they arrived. The insurance covered it so I didn't really give two shits.
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Cyrano4747 posted:As an aside, if this thread thinks that it would be a better fit over there I'm open to talking about that. I don't want to force moves on threads that are happy where they are, but I do think that some of the more specifically outdoors threads might be a better fit over there. Of course if this rebooted forum doesn't take off the threads will be moved back to their original homes before it's shuttered. I know about the hiking forum but yeah, it's always pretty dead. if moving this thread is helpful, see above,
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:I just have this thread bookmarked, if it makes more sense to be somewhere else, I say do it. Any other opinions on this?
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Jul 17, 2020 18:32
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I think a general outdoors forum makes sense. Can move this, the bike threads, and ski thread there too fwiw. One goon's opinion
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Jul 17, 2020 18:36
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Cyrano4747 posted:Any other opinions on this? A centralized spot makes sense unless, like you said, there's a cultural reason it belongs elsewhere. I'm all for sticking it all in one place. Bikepacking would probably work here, but the generic MTB or Road Bike or Commuter bike threads work better in YLLS.
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Yeah. We’re not trying to cram anything outdoors in there. Just more the REI end of “I wanna go hang out in nature” end of things if you get my drift. People asking for advice on trail biking to loose weight probably belongs here. Does AI have a bike geek thread? Because I could see them having their own take on it that doesn’t need to be shoved in the outdoors forum too.
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OK then is there really greater demand out there other than those that have migrated here? I never really noticed huge traffic in the take a hike forum even when it was top level
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We’re giving it a shot to see if it has legs as an outdoors forum. I think take a hike was too narrow a concept to begin with. If it does great. If it doesn’t well retire it and part out the active threads to subs that make sense for them.
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Jul 17, 2020 20:00
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Oh no my coolest place youve pooped outside thread is locked and hasnt had activity in...3 years. Oh.
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Jul 17, 2020 20:07
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George H.W. oval office posted:Oh no my coolest place youve pooped outside thread is locked and hasnt had activity in...3 years. Oh. Make another. Talk about your goony poops behind taco bells across the world.
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Bilirubin posted:OK then is there really greater demand out there other than those that have migrated here? I never really noticed huge traffic in the take a hike forum even when it was top level I think that was partly due to it being an RSF. If the forum is gonna disappear, nobody wants to make a big effort post. After that it was a sub of DIY which kinda put it in a weird place where nobody knew to look for it. It probably should have been under YLLS while a subforum, but since its top level again that's really here nor there. And the interest in general outdoors activities is there judging by the outdoors themed threads scattered around SA in general so it made sense to give this another go. This thread and the mountain biking thread would be awesome additions to the general outdoors forum and we're talking to outdoors threads all over SA. I've posted asking a handful of AI outdoors activity threads about how they feel about moving there, staying or just having parallel threads. All are good options and its up to the posters in each thread about where they wanna be! EDIT: If we can have an active fast food forum, I think we can manage a mildly active outdoors forum. 
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George H.W. oval office posted:Oh no my coolest place youve pooped outside thread is locked and hasnt had activity in...3 years. Oh. When you do make another link it here so I can post my photos.... Of my campsite not my poop.
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Elmnt80 posted:EDIT: If we can have an active fast food forum, I think we can manage a mildly active outdoors forum. yabut goons man
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Bilirubin posted:yabut goons man I'll get goons to post about going outside or die tryin'. (rip me) EDIT: Since I posted it to a handful of other YLLS threads and wouldn't want ya'll to feel left out, have a bunch of  Hi backpacking/hiking thread! I'm one of the temporary mods of The Great Outdoors. Before we rebranded take a hike to its current form there was a bunch of discussion about how best to keep up activity in the forum. One of the things that was brought up is that there is a ton of interest in outdoors activity, but its scattered across multiple forums. A/T had its own fishing thread, AI had threads on boats, sailboat racing and offroading, TFR had its hunting thread and YLLS of course has a number of threads on biking, skiing, backpacking, hiking and rockclimbing. All activities and threads that would be a wonderful fit with a new outdoors forum. The problem that we felt we had would be getting posters from those old established threads interested in posting in the new forum. Of course, just moving the thread would do the trick, but some posters don't want the thread outside of the culture of the forum it was started in which we understand. This is why I've been going around to different threads and asking them how they feel on it. The A/T fishing thread got moved to TGO and merged with the fishing thread that had been made when take a hike was still opened as an RSF after the fishing goons agreed that the discussion belonged in TGO. The AI threads have elected to stay in AI, but the boat and sailboat threads agreed that a thread for general boating adventures in TGO would be a good idea with the AI threads being more of a "Lets fix what broke on our boating adventure" thread for the boat thread and the sailboat racing thread staying as it is closer to racing cars that outdoor adventures. The TFR hunting thread decided that a TGO thread focusing on the actual hunting and outdoors aspect of hunting running alongside the existing TFR thread for gun recommendations and setup was the way to go. DIY has been having discussions with its gardening and plant threads about where they want to be. This is all fine and cool too! If you feel your thread is better suited to staying in YLLS because it has more of an exercise vibe than an outdoors activity vibe, then I'm cool with it staying in YLLS. In the end its entirely up to the posters of each thread where they feel they would be most at home. I should mention that this isn't just the normal RSF deal of "Hey, lets just make the forum and see what happens". Rather this is a go of making it an actual home on the forums for outdoors activities. I want to make it an easy source for information and discussion on these topics where any goon feels comfortable coming in and posting about it. Before they had to fiddle with a broken search system or hop from forum to forum trying to find where the op of a thread felt they were most comfortable starting the thread. I think we can all agree that wasn't the most ideal way to do it. As for the culture of the forum, well that's still developing. My hope and what I'd like to see is something close to what AI has where if AI is a bunch of goons in a garage bullshitting, TGO is a bunch of goons around a campfire bullshitting. Just a relaxed place to go for information and chat with your new posting friends about a subject you enjoy. I have seen some concerns about what happens if the forum fails to drum up activity and it was already decided that we would be moving threads to wherever most suits them. Threads that already came from a certain forum would go back to that forum. My belief is that if we can get the big long running threads from various forums into TGO or at least have parallel threads, it stands an extremely good shot of working and can even have new posters come to those threads that may not have known about them before! I mean, if we can have an active subforum about fast food, I figure we can manage a halfway active forum about going outdoors, right?  If you got this far, I wanna thank you for reading through my long winded and look forward to seeing how you feel about this subject. Hopefully we get to hang out in the great outdoors together.  tldr: lemme know how you feel about hanging out with us in an awesome new forum. Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 12:10 on Jul 19, 2020 |
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I’m not sure if it was this thread or another but someone posted a really good article about plantar fasciitis and how he treated his track athletes. Anyone know what I’m talking about or sound familiar?
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George H.W. oval office posted:I’m not sure if it was this thread or another but someone posted a really good article about plantar fasciitis and how he treated his track athletes. Anyone know what I’m talking about or sound familiar? It was posted in the running thread a few times This: gohuskies posted:These foot strength drills helped a ton when I had PF and I've seen other people respond after I've posted the link that it helped them too. They are quick and short but they work. http://files.meetup.com/445445/footDrills.pdf The Fool fucked around with this message at 05:39 on Jul 20, 2020 |
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The Fool posted:It was posted in the running thread a few times  Got another source? My PF is flaring up and I'm all  .
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3522054&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1219#post506630862
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The Fool posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3522054&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1219#post506630862 Thanks dude! That's a nice simple workout. 
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Currently enjoying my annual recovery after a backpacking trip, marked by incessant laziness and sleepiness. Seems to increase each year. I did five days in John Muir Wilderness, essentially in the Humphreys Basin region over Piute Pass. Ascended a significant portion Mount Humphreys, but my partner and I called off the ascent once the talus became too loose and steep for our comfort (the drawn line in the picture below was the extent of our route). We even brought along climbing gear for a Class 4 section at the top. Oh well - you either win or learn as the saying goes, or - if you succumb to "summit fever," die.  Humphreys Basin has perhaps hundreds of alpine lakes, and the views on Humphreys were great. 
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Planning an overnight / shakedown hike in Zaleski state park in Southern Ohio this upcoming weekend. It'll be the first time trying out some of my newer gear (finally replacing my 8 pound backpack and 9 pound tent!!) It'll also be the first time I've been to Zaleski in almost 20 years, so I'm stoked about that too. Anyone have an experience with or suggestions for good hikes around Ohio/Southern Michigan/Eastern Indiana/Upper kentucky or western West Virginia or western Pennsylvania? Anything within a few hours of central Ohio?
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Jul 21, 2020 03:34
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LordAdakos posted:Planning an overnight / shakedown hike in Zaleski state park in Southern Ohio this upcoming weekend. Dayhikes or backpacking trips? I know a ton of the former, not many of the latter.
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Time Cowboy posted:Dayhikes or backpacking trips? I know a ton of the former, not many of the latter. I have been looking for places to spend at least one night. I'm somewhat familiar with a lot of the shorter day trails, but have been coming up dry with the overnighters
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LordAdakos posted:Planning an overnight / shakedown hike in Zaleski state park in Southern Ohio this upcoming weekend. might be just outside of your mentioned striking distance, but one of my favorite places to hike is in northeastern PA: Pine Creek Gorge, or the "Pennsylvania Grand Canyon". relatively speaking, it's a hidden gem.
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For the Bitterroot locals we got in here: what's the story with Ajax Lake? I saw a picture of it recently and was poking around on google maps, and some dang fool built a road up there that goes to 9000 feet. Obviously an old mining operation, which more googling confirms, so I'm more curious about the conditions of the area. I have no illusions one can drive up there because I bet the road has been unmaintained for 40 years but it sounds like there's good camping along the way too?
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I'm way behind in the gear thread in the old hiking forum so I figured I'd ask here. Are there any headbands or something recommended for keeping sweat out of your eyes? I'm finally getting out hiking this year and I picked a wonderful time to do it. 80-90F with 80% humidity. I went out yesterday and was wiping sweat from my brow constantly. What do you guys use to solve this problem?
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Pennywise the Frown posted:I'm way behind in the gear thread in the old hiking forum so I figured I'd ask here. When I'm out running or biking I just wipe sweat from my brow. I would be miserable in a headband. I do sometimes double up a buff on my wrist, and use that to wipe sweat away when needed though, rather than using my sleeve or pulling up my shirt of whatever. armorer fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Jul 21, 2020 |
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Pennywise the Frown posted:I'm way behind in the gear thread in the old hiking forum so I figured I'd ask here. bandana. i always bring a couple with me for this and a dozen other purposes, they're so dang handy to have.
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armorer posted:When I'm out running or biking I just wipe sweat from my brow. I would be miserable in a headband. I do sometimes double up a buff on my wrist, and use that to wipe sweat away when needed though, rather than using my sleeve or pulling up my shirt of whatever. I'd really like something else. My arms and hands are sweaty anyway so when I wipe my brow I just get the droplets off but it's still going to be wet. I'm guessing a buff is like an 80s headband material on your wrist? That'd probably work but not ideal. Chard posted:bandana. i always bring a couple with me for this and a dozen other purposes, they're so dang handy to have. I don't think I have a bandanna but I could always get one. Also useful for injuries. I was hoping there'd be some new high tech fabric thing that wicks sweat and dries fast or something.
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buffs are stretchy, thin polyester(?) sheaths that can go over basically your whole head and neck, depending on how your wear them. they make fuzzy winter ones but that's not what most people are referring to https://www.buff.com/
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Pennywise the Frown posted:
It's not gonna turn your head into a freezer but it fits nicely under a helmet and will keep sweat out of your eyes. The elastic will wear out after a year or two so it won't last forever. https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/under-armour-mens-armourvent-skull-cap-16uarmmnsvskllcpxgaa/16uarmmnsvskllcpxgaa
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