Maybe. But it also might dump snow and rain on you. I froze in a 40 degree bag, with my thermals on, and an insulated top. Temps were consistently down below freezing in June. A 30 probably would...
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Maybe. But it also might dump snow and rain on you. I froze in a 40 degree bag, with my thermals on, and an insulated top. Temps were consistently down below freezing in June. A 30 probably would...
Rather than a loop, try hiking up to Mount Baden Powell. It's very pretty and should be hikable pretty much year round. Otherwise, get it in the car and drive to Mammoth and hike a loop based out of...
You could try hiking up Oyster Dome (single day) or up Tomyhoi (climbing/scramble). If you have a second car or are willing to arrange a shuttle or hitch, you could hike up and over Hannegan and...
June is tricky because most of the PCT north of Kennedy Meadows (i.e, the start of the Sierra Nevada) is under snow then. You could start at Walker Pass or Mojave and hike north. This gives you some...
This is going to sound a little snide, but if you don't know much about SLRs, the OM-2 isn't a good place to start. Put it on your mantle and look kindly on it, but choose something different to...
I was totally going to steal HMYDI and pawn it off as my own.
Pure gold. Put it in the articles section.
Have fun on the Hayduke. Someday, maybe. Buckskin and Paria are absolute gems and I wish I could spend a long time in the area.
Mags and I went for a little stroll in southern Utah and managed not to get lost despite frequently being somewhere other than where we thought we were. I finally finished the photos and the text and...
ADZ is great for former and future hikers and I'll be there this year a bit ahead of time. I'm going to hike from Morena up to the view of Anza-Borrego by Mount Laguna, camp, then hike to Pioneer...
The clothing thing isn't necessary and I don't know of anyone who actually does it. I'm only carrying the clothes I'm wearing, except for a set of thermals and rain gear.
On a long hike it is easy...
To be honest, if you don't know how to use an ice axe and are not going to devote a day or so to learning, then I wouldn't bother bringing one. Take your chances with your poles and you will probably...
1) The best parts of the Sierra are near tree line. You won't find a lot to eat. You can find Mormon Tea to drink, though.
2) See above. If you work at it you can run into poison oak and nettles....
Head to the UP and hit Pictured Rocks. The hike is about 40 miles one way, but you can set up a shuttle to take you back to the car. You could do this over two days. The Porcupine Mountains, also in...
The Timberline Trail around Hood is also good. Two days and a morning is all you need, so a long weekend hike it very doable (I think its about 40 miles). I hiked this a couple of years back:
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Four days and a wake up is about right for the WT. It does go up and down, but it is a trail. There are some good views, but there is also a fair amount of time spent in the trees. I'm not sure if...
Well, the program updates old posts with the new age.
We got a snow dump recently, which has helped. However, the snow is still on the low side. No predictions until late March or early April, though, will have any accuracy.
Mags and I are going hiking in Utah at the end of March, so there will be plenty of time to get into the finer points of French and Norwegian culture and their application to the Sierra High Route.
Telemark is Norwegian for "Wait up"
In 2003 I hiked with a ULA Zenith (no longer made, about 16 oz), Western Mountaineering Highlite (40 deg, 19 oz), and a Dancing Lite Tacoma tarp (about 11 oz) with a Tyvek groundcloth (about 7 oz).
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Don't skip the desert. It isn't what you think it is and was one of my favorite places. 100 degrees in SoCal isn't 100 degrees in VA. Besides, I found the heat a lot harder in NorCal, where it isn't...
Yo,
I haven't posted much here since I moved out West, but thought some of you might be looking for that "What next?" project. During the summer of 2008 I hiked the Pacific Northwest Trail, or...
Yeah, I hiked back in 2006. I didn't do the whole thing for a variety of reasons, but enough of it to get a good taste, see some fabulous land, and move on to other projects. Neat area, just give...
They also helped put up a fence to keep people away from the border fence and adorned it with various racist slogans. New addition since 2003 and I feel much safer. The PCT is far safer than the AT,...