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Does anyone else like to go hiking, but ignoring nature? I mean using your GPS, smartphone, Kindle, or whatever. Nature is boring imo, there's way more fun stuff on my smartphone or other device. Talk about experiences itt. One time I was hiking in the woods. I was close enough to a city to have cellphone reception. I played Angry Birds for 5 miles then took some selfies to make sure my social media bros knew where I was. It was a nice hike.
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This is an irony-free forum
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Dec 21, 2015 14:33
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Sometimes at my old apartment, I would walk up the side of lookout mountain, sit in the shade of a juniper, and browse the forums. But at least I wasn't on the couch.
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Dec 21, 2015 15:02
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I'm taking a walk while posting on the forums, no irony here Edit: have a selfie for proof 
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Dec 21, 2015 15:50
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Hiking with podcasts can be good and cool, but only in places where there are no things to eat you.
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Dec 21, 2015 19:35
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I have my drone fly through the local trails with my phone attached, so I can upload the gps data and photos to facebook. I put in the work though, but I do my miles on a treadmill while watching david attenborough documentaries. I love hiking and I love people knowing that about me, but without professional camera work to frame and narrate it nature gets kind of samey. And you can keep the UVA damage, thank you very much.
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Dec 21, 2015 20:16
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bradzilla posted:I'm taking a walk while posting on the forums, no irony here Looks like 30-something and overcast. A nice December day for walking and posting.
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Dec 21, 2015 21:12
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I don't bring any gadgets with me on hiking trips, save for a weather radio of course, which ended up saving our asses on one trip so now I always bring one out of fear of freak thunderstorms and landslides happening again without my knowledge.
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Dec 21, 2015 22:27
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But anyway there's no cell service in the canyons and most of the valleys and hell, most of the everywhere away from major roads/towns so I've never brought a phone camping with me or whatever anyway.
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Dec 21, 2015 22:29
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In Training posted:I don't bring any gadgets with me on hiking trips, save for a weather radio of course, which ended up saving our asses on one trip so now I always bring one out of fear of freak thunderstorms and landslides happening again without my knowledge. Forumgoers of Take a Hike!, Take Note! This poster busted open his rear end hole while hiking and nearly died in a hospital bed from bleeding profusely out of his rear end for 3 days straight, in which time he completed a Dragon Quest game on his DS.
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Dec 22, 2015 00:25
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It was a Dragon Quest game on PS2, but otherwise the story checks out.
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Dec 22, 2015 00:28
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Realtalk though I can't understand people who hike through the most beautiful places but are only focused on grr hrr pushing myself to the limit. There are gyms for that.
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Wormskull posted:Forumgoers of Take a Hike!, Take Note! This poster busted open his rear end hole while hiking and nearly died in a hospital bed from bleeding profusely out of his rear end for 3 days straight, in which time he completed a Dragon Quest game on his DS. How did it happen.
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Retarded_Clown_ posted:How did it happen. It's not very exciting. A long time ago on my first hike I fell on the trail and got a cut on my lower back and never properly cleaned it out and continued to hike for a few days, and this wound eventually developed into a pilonidal cyst over the course of a decade as I ignored it, until I finally got it surgically removed this year because I had a job with health care, at which point I bled a lot for a few days during the early recovery period and played 60 hours of Dragon Quest VIII while lying in bed hopped up on pain killers.
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In Training posted:It's not very exciting. A long time ago on my first hike I fell on the trail and got a cut on my lower back and never properly cleaned it out and continued to hike for a few days, and this wound eventually developed into a pilonidal cyst over the course of a decade as I ignored it, until I finally got it surgically removed this year because I had a job with health care, at which point I bled a lot for a few days during the early recovery period and played 60 hours of Dragon Quest VIII while lying in bed hopped up on pain killers. i enjoyed following your adventures.
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Epitope posted:Looks like 30-something and overcast. A nice December day for walking and posting. Are you a meteorologist? That's right on the money.
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Strategic Tea posted:Realtalk though I can't understand people who hike through the most beautiful places but are only focused on grr hrr pushing myself to the limit. There are gyms for that. Probably because trail running is a much more interesting than running on a treadmill or on a track? Likewise exploring a new city while running gives you a chance to look at cool buildings or landmarks without having to pull over or find parking a bunch, only time it almost went poorly for me was when I accidentally ran into the ghetto in Kansas City, but the amount of boarded up windows and abandoned buildings let me know to turn around before I got jumped or anything
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Dec 22, 2015 13:52
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I usually take my kindle with me. Stays drier than any book, is lighter, and I can carry maps, trip plans, and reference books on it. Having it loaded means that waiting or bad weather is never a problem. Stuck on a hillside? book it up. Stuck on island? Get literary Tom Hanks. I pity the fool who doesn't bring his cellphone. Oh hey guys, just spent several days lost wandering around these badlands and initiating a huge search effort. Sure I could have fixed everything with a call, but I wanted to feel closer to "nature."
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Dec 22, 2015 17:53
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Once i hiked out into a Florida swamp in order to have a quiet place to read.
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No Such Thing posted:Once i hiked out into a Florida swamp in order to have a quiet place to read. How bad were the mosquitoes? Seems like you would be trading one distraction for another
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Zeta Taskforce posted:How bad were the mosquitoes? Seems like you would be trading one distraction for another It was 'winter' so it wasn't as bad. But mostly I have come to terms with mosquitos taking my blood,
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Ace of Baes posted:Probably because trail running is a much more interesting than running on a treadmill or on a track? Likewise exploring a new city while running gives you a chance to look at cool buildings or landmarks without having to pull over or find parking a bunch pathletes are the scum of the earth. spandex wearing pudgies cursing at children to FOLLOW THE loving LINES on Sunday afternoon should have a foot chopped off or similar cartoonish fate. its mostly cyclists but i have come across a few runners who think they're hot poo poo too
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Free Market Mambo posted:I usually take my kindle with me. Stays drier than any book, is lighter, and I can carry maps, trip plans, and reference books on it. Having it loaded means that waiting or bad weather is never a problem. Stuck on a hillside? book it up. Stuck on island? Get literary Tom Hanks. I did a solo backpack last summer and my only regret was not having an e-reader. I did bring a paperback but finished it the first night, when I was stuck in my one man tent during a gnarly hailstorm near treeline for hours. Then the thing just became dead weight. I guess I could have thrown it at the guy that kept coming to my camp asking if I was ok. I actually bought a Kindle yesterday primarily for backpacking trips.
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It's genuinely some of the best money I've ever spent. Only problem is that e-ink doesn't like super cold weather.
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Free Market Mambo posted:It's genuinely some of the best money I've ever spent. Only problem is that e-ink doesn't like super cold weather. Dang, that's a bummer.
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I've used it in - 30 C, just a question of warming it under your jacket or sleeping bag.
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I take my phone and use the kindle app
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Save me jeebus posted:Dang, that's a bummer. It just gets slow to update like every other liquid crystal display.
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Levitate posted:I take my phone and use the kindle app or buy a kindle fire, duh why do you think they call it that hmmm?
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Save me jeebus posted:I did a solo backpack last summer and my only regret was not having an e-reader. I did bring a paperback but finished it the first night, when I was stuck in my one man tent during a gnarly hailstorm near treeline for hours. Then the thing just became dead weight. I guess I could have thrown it at the guy that kept coming to my camp asking if I was ok. I actually bought a Kindle yesterday primarily for backpacking trips. This is why you buy trashy paperbacks and burn the pages as you read them.
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Lutha Mahtin posted:pathletes are the scum of the earth. spandex wearing pudgies cursing at children to FOLLOW THE loving LINES on Sunday afternoon should have a foot chopped off or similar cartoonish fate. its mostly cyclists but i have come across a few runners who think they're hot poo poo too maybe people should stay to the loving right or get off of the MUP oh i need asphalt to walk on because im a bitchmade failson, everyone else just go around me
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like i said, scum of the earth
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OMGVBFLOL posted:maybe people should stay to the loving right or get off of the MUP pedestrians have right of way no matter where they walk, hth
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http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Man-Dies-After-Falling-Off-Cliff-at-Sunset-Cliffs-Lifeguards-363534491.htmlquote:A man distracted by his electronic device who fell 60 feet to his death at San Diego's Sunset Cliffs on Christmas Day has been identified, San Diego Lifeguards confirmed to NBC 7 San Diego.
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bradzilla posted:pedestrians have right of way no matter where they walk, hth you heard it here folks, take your kids for a sunday stroll on the interstate
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OMGVBFLOL posted:maybe people should stay to the loving right or get off of the MUP OMGVBFLOL posted:you heard it here folks, take your kids for a sunday stroll on the interstate that's some impressive goalpost moving
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no the goalpost is still to the right, where walkers should be
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bradzilla posted:that's some impressive goalpost moving Do not engage the ice rear end human being.
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Or how about "walk wherever you want, but certain places are more likely to get you yelled or honked at/hit by something heavier and faster than you."
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