what do you listen to during your hikes????

[d.o.c]

we all listen to music but alot of us i notice listen to ipods when we are in the forest so my question is whats on in your head phones????

well past few outings for me have been Railroad Earth, Del McCoury band, john coltrane and some phish.. i hiked past a girl going the oposite direction didnt stop to ask but i wondered for a min what she was listening to..

[dshideler]

....nature....

[Northern Lights]

....nature....

Me too....

[d.o.c]

i shoulda said besides that i listen to the sound of the forest as well..

[Summit]

....nature....

Me three . . . .

[Summit]

i shoulda said besides that i listen to the sound of the forest as well..

I love music but I rarely ever desire to listen to it while hiking/camping.

[Megapixel]

Ben Harper.

[rusty bumper]

Make it four.

[lemon b]

Once i awhile I bring music for stops. Roy Buchanan and Stringbean.

[Lone Wolf]

....nature....

that gets old. drive by truckers! hell yeah!

[MuddyWaters]

Banjos.....

[Spokes]

The voices inside my head.....

[carpattack]

Different podcasts with some music mixed in

[Hikes in Rain]

Birds. The trickle of springs and streams. Wind whistling through the trees. Footsteps on the trail.

[Papa D]

I love the sounds of the woods - crickets and cicadas, a pileated woodpecker, the sound of water flowing over rocks, snow thumping to the ground off of a tree, whatever ... even the sound of a freight train in the distance. This is what I always listen to when hiking but I do have a new habit (something that I never would have thought of thru-hiking). I carry an i-pod mini - it weighs like 1 ounce. I love listening to jazz or alt country (Son-Volt, Railroad Earth, Neil Young) or really all sorts of things for a little bit in the evening before I go to sleep -- it's really quite nice. It's also wonderful in shelters as it drowns out any excess chatter. I don't do it every night -- the night sounds of the woods are great too -- but its good.

[d.o.c]

that gets old. drive by truckers! hell yeah!

i second this ... i need to get some more truckers on this ipod

[strollingalong]

why did all you guys put nature on your ipods? sounds pretty redundant to me

[SpecialK]

NATURE

Me 5

[DLANOIE]

Nature. I havent had portable music since the walkman.

[smithjerd]

Nature, particularly birds. But occasionally I find myself counting steps without knowing what number I started on or for what purpose. When things get tough, I chant a mantra in rhythm with my trekking poles -- "Toward my Goal. Toward my Goal . . . .".