Tippi seems more hikers on this trip...Thats awesome.How was it good? Your trips have always been different compared to everyone else varying route that aligns with other trails. Whens the next one so I can catch your next trip report...
My love for life is quit simple .i get uo in the moring and then i go to bed at night. What I do inbween is to occupy my time. Cary Grant
I always love your trip reports - thanks once again for sharing. Just curious - how do you kill the time when weathered in on a zero day out there?
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I really like tent-living especially during bad storms so it's not hard for me to pull zero days.
** Listen to radio.
** Read books (and later burn books).
** Look at my camera trip pics.
** Write copious crap in my trail journal.
** Do yoga meditation.
** Snack---eat cooked meals.
** Study my topo maps.
** Walk around from camp on dayhikes.
I can certainly see the appeal, I would imagine you are more immersed in your surroundings than a hiker crushing miles. Nothing wrong with either.
Mr. Tipi,you have always had my respect.I totally understand your style.Where does one get roll up books?
Wouldn't a Kindle be lighter and ultimately cheaper & less wasteful?
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Back when I was younger, we could buy these cools things we called books that were often printed on pretty light weight paper using both sides and bound along one edge too keep the pages together and in order. They required an external light source, so now I generally prefer my phone as a reading platform. But compared to the time and expense of printing at home, I'll bet those books things might work pretty well if you can find them anymore with the content you want to read in them. Heck, I recall going into stores that were entirely dedicated to just selling books. Many of them were really cool stores. I don't know if any of those stores still exist today.
I'm not lost. I'm exploring.
In my opinion the internet has replaced your local library and/or bookstore and has become a vast library of information for anyone with online access. Therefore I can bookmark a wide variety of subjects not available in a single book---wikipedia is a huge resource---and copy/print stuff I find momentarily interesting to read on my backpacking trips. All I have to do is ask the right questions on google.
I still use my local libray and take books on backpacking trips from them.I also signout guide books for parks from them. Some quide books are pretty decnt.I borrowed one for all the hikes and trails in shenandoah...
My love for life is quit simple .i get uo in the moring and then i go to bed at night. What I do inbween is to occupy my time. Cary Grant
Oh don't get me wrong. Wouldn't be caught dead w/ a Kindle or any such obscenity. But I don't really read on the trail either.
Here's a pic from the museum @ the Naval Weapons Lab in CA:
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Tippi planning on any trips to greyson Highlands this year?
My love for life is quit simple .i get uo in the moring and then i go to bed at night. What I do inbween is to occupy my time. Cary Grant