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10-21-2012, 08:02 AM
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#31 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,305
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Agreed, don't beat yourself up over it! Things happen in their own time.
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Yesterday, 09:32 PM
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#32 | | Outdoor Member
Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Alabama Posts: 84
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Hiking solo is about as, well more safe than driving to the hiking site. Stay on trail in a well used area and camp in well established camp sites. Carry a dog. Even a small one will help.
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Yesterday, 09:39 PM
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#33 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 1,534
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Thanks Gunny, Even though I canceled the solo backpacking trip, my bags are packed for both car camping and backpacking. Women can be so fickle! The mountains are calling and so is the sea, but my poor pup has no clue what to be ready for tomorrow. Neither do I. ;-)
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." Anonymous | |
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Today, 12:09 AM
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#34 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 1,534
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As an aside, I've heard about end of trip burger feasts, but should one enjoy a Denny's type Grand Slam with two eggs, 2 bacon, 2 sausages and 2 pancakes plus a little fruit before embarking on an overnight trip or two? Oatmeal packets, Via coffee and a freeze dried meal or two plus tooth paste and jerk elk should not be a problem to hang if ONE wasn't starving to death at 6pm. What do you do if you hang the goodies and you need a midnight snack? I am always hungry after a workout which might not be successful like tossing a sock full of rocks over a limb far away from my tent to keep bears from eating my next meal.
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." Anonymous | |
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Today, 05:21 AM
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#35 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Idaho Posts: 3,751
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Originally Posted by Judy Ann  As an aside, I've heard about end of trip burger feasts, but should one enjoy a Denny's type Grand Slam with two eggs, 2 bacon, 2 sausages and 2 pancakes plus a little fruit before embarking on an overnight trip or two? Oatmeal packets, Via coffee and a freeze dried meal or two plus tooth paste and jerk elk should not be a problem to hang if ONE wasn't starving to death at 6pm. What do you do if you hang the goodies and you need a midnight snack? I am always hungry after a workout which might not be successful like tossing a sock full of rocks over a limb far away from my tent to keep bears from eating my next meal. | A grand slam type breakfast is a good start and you'll get real good at raising and lowering the bear bag. 
Just remember a little trail mix or something before bedtime to get the metabolism fired up to keep you warm.
If PRO is the opposite of CON, what is the opposite of Progress?
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Today, 07:41 AM
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#36 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Liberty, N.Y. Lower Catskill Mountains. Posts: 2,271
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Hi...
(this is NOT today's tip)
Yes, we also have a local ptomaine joint that serves the 'grand slam' all day long. I love it...but it doesn't love me back. Drat. 
"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness." Seneca | |
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Today, 11:17 AM
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#37 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,305
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I always go for the high protein/high fat breakfast. One thing we learned on the AT section hike was that we needed more trail mix for snacking on the trail. Lots of nuts,chocolate and dried fruit to keep you going. I'd recommend a handful or two of that before bedtime.
We made up our own omelettes from powdered eggs, dried cheese, dried minced onions, dried chopped sweet peppers and lots of (real) bacon bits. It still could have used more fat to get going in the mornings- I'm leaning toward adding some hard sausage to the mix, even if i have to cut it off the stick and add it in the morning.
For oatmeal, I'm looking at adding butter or margarine to it. That's kinda heavy though.
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Today, 12:49 PM
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#38 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: eastern idaho Posts: 523
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Originally Posted by Gunny Webb Hiking solo is about as, well more safe than driving to the hiking site. Stay on trail in a well used area and camp in well established camp sites. Carry a dog. Even a small one will help. | I don't know. I've always preferred a stealthy campsite when I'm alone. When solo, I'd much prefer to not share my campsite with anyone, or have anyone wander through or even notice that I'm there. YMMV.
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Today, 01:17 PM
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#39 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: I'm Out Wandering Around Posts: 151
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There is a lady on another website* who heads into the Thorofare region of Yellowstone for weeks at a time. She just posted some photos from this year's excursion... Some Photos from Last Summer In The Wilds
* a spin-off of the mostly defunct Total Yellowstone website, I have been posting there for 15 years
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Today, 02:03 PM
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#40 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 1,534
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Originally Posted by ponderosa I don't know. I've always preferred a stealthy campsite when I'm alone. When solo, I'd much prefer to not share my campsite with anyone, or have anyone wander through or even notice that I'm there. YMMV. | I'm thinking that stealth camping might be best for me, but we'll see. 
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." Anonymous | |
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