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oh, it's a harness? hahahahaha, toot toot pack mule comin through!!
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but it is recommended by "the canadian prepper"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RmeNtT6saQ
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You know that feeling when you're embarrassed when something really terrible exists and you hate yourself for knowing about it yeah I'm getting that right now
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Screw the haters. I'd use one of those if I was gonna camp for like a week away from (legal) vehicle access. You think I'm gonna make more than two trips?
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Instead of writing Facebook updates from his phone he would write updates in his journal and take a photo with his phone and then post that.
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One of my favorite hiking/fishing tails is a flat canal towpath and that dumb thing would be perfect for through hiking it.
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you could also hike without a mountain of garbage you don't need i guess a wok and pizza stone are necessary camping items to some people though
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hiking goon with shopping cart full of pizza MREs
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Macasaurus posted:you could also hike without a mountain of garbage you don't need Food for 15 days is a bit much to carry. Also my dumb state banned grain alcohol so I have to carry fuel and booze.
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bongwizzard posted:I ran into a couple who were hiking from Pittsburgh to DC, pushing and pulling this huge garden cart done up to look like an old covered wagon. They we like 20 miles out side of DC so clearly cart hiking is possible. They were Jesusfreak hippies so maybe that gave them the will to do it. There is a very nice crushed limestone bike trail with very little slope that runs all the way from Pittsburgh to DC so it's actually a half decent terrain for pulling a cart. I'd still rather use a backpack though and make like 4x the pace
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alnilam posted:There is a very nice crushed limestone bike trail with very little slope that runs all the way from Pittsburgh to DC so it's actually a half decent terrain for pulling a cart. Eh, it is pretty rough in some of the northern spots and unless you plan to get resupplied a few times you will never be able to carry enough food for all of it. Also Jesus-hippies, I am sure there were a few pounds of bibles in there somewhere. I was just excited to see a hiking cart in real life. And if you ever want to do a chunk of the trail, PM me, I would love company as non of my friends seem interested 
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he tried and that makes him a hero to me
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He didn't even make it out of the park he started in, he lost his hashtagged baby pram, and he had to give back his fundraising money. That makes him the best E/N failure in years. On the other hand, I thought he would at least make it to Nevada, so I lost the death pool.
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Kandak Sayaqa posted:On the other hand, I thought he would at least make it to Nevada, so I lost the death pool. after he abandoned the walking, his car did die in nevada, or arizona or somewhere. he had one of those bmws that overheats if you decide to drive it in any climate warmer than an alpine ski resort
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He ran his AC.
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That's a really bad map.
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I didn't see it but now I have thanks to this thread. Good stuff!
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Echoing the "No, but now I know!" sentiment. That was the best thing ever.
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Thanks for sharing this it makes me feel better about my day. And by my day I mean how I just ate half a box of cheezits and passed out on the couch for an hour and a half.
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Jesus gently caress, that monowalker  I hope whatever bullshit societal collapse fantasy he has happens so he can get shot and hopefully teabagged by some obese guy with a scoped rifle.
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No wishing for violent death here please, just wish he would stay out of the wilderness forever because he littered and that is extremely not cool.
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Has he tried the second trip yet? Did it already happen and I missed it?
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Picnic Princess posted:No wishing for violent death here please, just wish he would stay out of the wilderness forever because he littered and that is extremely not cool. is gentle death okay? actually i wish he would enter the wilderness and not come out ( Then maybe he'd learn a thing or two in there! ( unless he died a gentle death  ))
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I don't want anyone leaving anything behind for any reason, even a body. Except for a tropical rainforest because bodies get disposed of and scattered within hours there. My guide in the Daintree told us if we ever needed to dispose of a corpse, leave it in a rainforest. You'll never get caught.
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Picnic Princess posted:I don't want anyone leaving anything behind for any reason, even a body. Except for a tropical rainforest because bodies get disposed of and scattered within hours there. My guide in the Daintree told us if we ever needed to dispose of a corpse, leave it in a rainforest. You'll never get caught. A crevasse in a glacier is also a pretty pro disposal spot, given enough time it will hamburger up whatever get's tossed in. Downside, convincing your intended prey to rope up with you. Also, getting back alone.
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I wouldn't call the area he was in "wilderness" since it's like at best a couple of miles from a road and houses and that was still too much for him.
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Levitate posted:I wouldn't call the area he was in "wilderness" since it's like at best a couple of miles from a road and houses and that was still too much for him. He was our generation's Thoreau.
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Free Market Mambo posted:He was our generation's Thoreau. He truly showed the world the transformative power of hiking and camping for people with mental illness.
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His original planned route is what you get when you enter Los Angeles to Jacksonville into google maps.
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Pekinduck posted:His original planned route is what you get when you enter Los Angeles to Jacksonville into google maps. That's how hobos get around you know
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Squalid posted:He made it 30-40 miles on good trails over low hill country in like 4-5 days including one spent resting at a hostel before he collapsed on a stairwell, passing out and got carried to a taxi by concerned campers. I think the final tally was under 30 miles. He only walked for two days, and spent the next two days shivering in a heap in a well-traveled national park cabin in the middle of the bay area. Some day hikers helped him make the five minute walk to an Uber. He refused to eat anything besides pizza and buffalo wings. He brought a "hiking umbrella" and "camp soap". He hadn't used his sneakers before starting the journey. When people asked him what he was going to do for food, he sniffily declared that boiling water was something he'd never done and shouldn't have to do - he would instead live on Cliff bars (which he had never even tried before). Goddamn was that a good thread. Edit: the talk about leaving bodies behind reminded me of the best part. He planned to bring a toy gun to use to scare off would-be robbers. Nevermind the fact that toy guns made to look like real guns are illegal in several states, and never mind that brandishing a child's toy gun would only escalate a bad situation... but he legit thought this was a good idea. Thursday Next fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Feb 3, 2016 |
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Levitate posted:*eats only raisins* Nastyman posted:gorp Levitate posted:gor Now I need to meet a hiker with a peanut allergy
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Thursday Next posted:He refused to eat anything besides pizza and buffalo wings. He brought a "hiking umbrella" and "camp soap". He hadn't used his sneakers before starting the journey. When people asked him what he was going to do for food, he sniffily declared that boiling water was something he'd never done and shouldn't have to do - he would instead live on Cliff bars (which he had never even tried before). Am I bad person for usually bringing a small bit of biodegradable soap with me when I go backpacking? A little bit goes a long way so it you only have to bring little and it weighs almost nothing, as long as you are using it a ways away from water sources its low impact and I have found that it is often useful. It's too bad if that guy ever tries we probably scared him from ever posting about it here. What a hilarious read. I love how the guy didn't even make it a week.
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TheGreySpectre posted:Am I bad person for usually bringing a small bit of biodegradable soap with me when I go backpacking? A little bit goes a long way so it you only have to bring little and it weighs almost nothing, as long as you are using it a ways away from water sources its low impact and I have found that it is often useful. A small amount of biodegradable soap (like a 1oz bottle of bronners) is a critical piece of first aid kit and also good for before you take your contacts out, I never go backpacking without it. But as you say it's important to use it away from a water source.
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Yeah I always bring some dr bronners. It's nice to clean your hands a bit especially after digging and using a cathole! I've also seen serious backpackers advocate for using a sun umbrella for high altitude sunny areas but a wide brimmed hat is probably better
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Eh, I just bring hand sanitizer instead of soap. It also doubles as a fire starter.
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Eh, I just bring hand sanitizer instead of soap. It also doubles as a fire starter.
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also doubles your posts apparently hand sanitizer doesn't clean poo poo though and I have a need to clean things
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