The Hiking/Camping/Backpacking Thread

Snap.

 

Fucking broken axels.

 

Fucking dysentery.

 

Fucking Aids

 

you mean hike from alabama to maine? wtf do you do for food?

 

Fucking cholera.

 

You need seclusion why?

 

have you seen man vs wild?

 

I heard that Mark Sanford knows a thing or two about this

 

eat berries and deer shit for 2100 miles on foot? sound like fun/hell

 

Came in here to make an Oregon Trial joke. Kudos to those who came before me. I laughed.

 

i hiked a 25 mile trek in a few days on the AT through a "virgin forest" and has never been touched by machine or been replanted. it was awesome too. I will look it up in a little bit and let you know what part I did. Yellowstone is unreal, I did parts last year. Ozarks are close to oxford and the fly fishing is great so I love going there in the fall.

 

Wouldnt it take more than 50 days?

 

hiked from roane mountain to fontana dam in tennessee. very nice

 

Bring these and you will have a great time assuming you have been good to otherwise it could get pretty scary.

 

i've hiked in the smokey mountains several times but never the appalachain trail. i actually have a fraternity brother that's supposed to hike the entire thing all the way to maine. he's just the kind of guy that would actually do something like that

 

Did the Vermont/New Hampshire/Maine/Mt. Washington part.... peaked 12 mountains in 7 days... good times but I didn't have any weed since it was through jesus camp

 

I've got 4 friends that started hiking in March and are almost done now. They were somewhere in NJ about 2 weeks ago. PM me and I'll send you their blog if you want. It's really interesting.

 

To do a thru hike?? Most people take like 7 months dude. 47 days would be over 40 miles per day. Not happening, especially in Maine, Massachusetts, Tennessee, and NC.

 

I've hiked various parts of the App trail, still have a few more states to cross off. I'd estimate I have did a couple hundred miles altogether.

To me, it isn't that great of a hike. Your experience will be dictated by the people you hike with, which can be hit or miss.

I've hiked a lot of the National Parks as well and some of them are just breath-taking. I was hiking alone in the Tetons and it was as 'spiritual' as hiking can be. I also recommend Southern Utah, Zion, Bryce, Arches, etc. Some of the best natural scenery in the world is in Southern Utah.

I didn't care for Yellowstone (Wilderness Disney imo) but places like Glacier National Park are where it is at.

I encourage all you 'kids' to go out and explore this great country of ours. F work, it can wait for a year or so.

 

I have hiked a portion of it. We did it during the summer though. We went through a large portion of the TN trails. We did the NewFound Gap area and Clingman's Dome. I've hiked other parts of it in winter in the area, and it can get pretty nasty 4000+ ft. up.

 

I once traveled along the oregon trail for 2000 miles

 

I died of dysentary on that trip, and lost half of my family fording across a river in a wagon.

 

One of my best friends hiked the entire App trail before starting med school. Kid is rail then now looks like a Somolian.

 

I didn't say it was a fun trip :cry:

 

Longs.

 

36 holes of golf.

 

Around 80 miles in NC and TN over a week.

 

Did 10 around South Manitou Island up here in Michigan about a month ago in one day. I was dying. It's all fucking uphill sand. As an example of how the island is set up.

 

I went up and down Half Dome earlier this summer. I think it was 14 miles total, with an elevation gain of around 4500 feet.

 

45-50ish

 

Did an outward bound trip my junior year of highschool, did 270 miles in 26 days in death valley.

 

About 95 miles over 12 days in Philmont, NM