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Did the narrows hike at zion this week, ended up being over 10 miles in total. Little changes in elevation but very technical. First time I ever felt a walking stick felt needed as it helped to balance while walking over wet rocks almost constantly.
1/5
You pass this little waterfall right before the first deep water section (can get up to chest level a few times).

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>>2780113
2/5

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>>2780114
3/5
Despite being close to 100 degrees outside the narrows, inside it felt like around 65 degrees, sometimes with a strong breeze which felt great. Started at 8am, finished around 4pm and most of the time there was no direct sunlight, so by the time I was done I had hardly sweat (or used my sunglasses or hat), didn't need much water and probably could've skipped sunscreen. Temperature-wise it was the most comfortable hike I've ever been on, surface-wise the most uncomfortable.

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>>2780115
4/5

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>>2780116
5/5
This is what you see at the ~4.5 mile mark (not including half a mile from the shuttles to the narrows), my understanding is that to go beyond this point you need a permit, so this is the end of the normal full hike. You just turn around and go back, no loop. Overall a great experience, I can see why some people have it on their bucket lists, really beautiful the entire time and most people don't do the full hike so there's not much traffic past the beginning section. My home board is /fit/ but I wanted to stop by here and share, glad I do cardio because this was a hell of a workout, more than any other hike or trail I've done before.

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>>2780009
Damn, where was this? I didn't get much by me, just a little thunderstorm.

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From today
I would be very surprised if anyone guessed the country/location correctly

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>>2780139
>>2780140
That French island, what was the name uhhhhh Reunion???

Reunion, next

>>2780143
>>2780147
correct

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C'mon it was just a little prank bro

AHAHAHAHAHA

thank you for the link, Pole ruined it

It's not like there won't ever be another occasion c'mon, I had to do it once

>>2780154
There will be
Now you have to monitor this board every day for the next 3 years

>>2780156
Easy

>>2780157
No
You WILL get your life together and you WILL be happy

>>2780160
That's impossible

>>2780161
What about your """""project"""""

>>2780163
I try but I get depressed and feel like it's not worth it

>>2780165
Of course it is
Fake it till you make it
It's a process you're not gonna stop being depressed overnight

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>>2780007
Bluebird fall days out west. took my kiddo camping

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No flooding for us [real] mountain chads

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>>2780175

>>2780173
>>2780175
>>2780176

10/10

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>>2780118
New River

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>>2780202
coolio
do you know m3/s?
Picrel is +/- 800m3/s

>>2780175
>real mountain Chad's
posts photo of a road

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Spent a couple days in the Shoshone NF. Hiking and fishing.

>>2780175
Can't flood if it never rains.

>>2780204
wow that's insane look at the color you can just see how raging it is like milky

130,000 cubic feet per second

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Voyageur NP

>>2780219
Where's your photo

>>2780173
that looks so comfy

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>>2780007

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>>2780007
Couple of pics from this evening. Had to come in early I got slaughtered by mosquitos.

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It's not quite hot tent season, but it was fun to finally use it again.

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>>2780899
oi, I even resized the pic. fml

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>>2780899
Anon do you want to explain to us why you have a city in your tent?

>>2780899
Seek outside tent? Cozy setup.

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>>2780905
Luxe Minipeak XL. Great 4-season tent, I've been using it for a few years now and it's held up perfect.

>>2780904
what the fuck

>>2780654
Whenever I see landscapes like this, I want to start trekking straight ahead into the middle of the mountain range. Everything looks so awe-inspiring and I just want to be in the middle of it.

I went on a 5 day hike through Sierra National Forrest, Ansel Adams, and Yosemite this last week. It was a great trip but I still get sadge seeing how burnt out SNF is now.

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>>2780007
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjwfrSYA1ZA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04slL3ptgV4

Sasquatch Expeditions

Not really, no

>>2780351
>no reply

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Superstition Mountains, Flatiron summit.

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I saw almost zero old growth trees in this forest.
This was, by far, the oldest tree I saw. There were some slightly bigger ones on the steepest slopes but on the flatter parts the trees looked to be no older than 20 years max.

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This is the "driveable trail" i.e. unmaintained ungraveled road (boggs ridge) that leads eventually into a trail (I dunno if there's a gate or it just ends) and the trail takes you 900 vertical ft down to the base of the holler, though apparently it has been rerouted to 100 ft above the creek to avoid getting flooded out and is in terrible shape.

There's usually a closed gate but since it's fall, the gate was open and I got to drive to where there's a pullout at an intersection with an abandoned ATV track. One source said to hike on the ATV track, but that's stupid. The ATV track is in shitty shape. Just walk down the road until you line up with the overlook, then you have to blaze downhill into the forest to get to it - there's absolutely no trail whatsoever.
I'm not sure when the gate closes, but I recommend going there nowish to not have to hike the extra mile each way from the gate - it's a steep hike.

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The background valleys are the confluence, I believe, of Babb Creek and Pine Creek. Babb Creek is gorgeous and I'd like to go back there and recommend it if you are in the Tioga County area. The Mid-State trail runs near it and there's some other trails along it near Landrus Rd a bit upstream of the confluence. And Sand Run Falls is one of the nicest in PA, but a bit tricky to access.

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This is Boggs Ridge Vista (west), there is also Boggs Ridge Vista (east), which is easier to access.

https://endlessmountains.wordpress.com/2020/03/24/west-boggs-run-vista-sproul-state-forest/

If you are adventurous, you can camp either at the vista, or hike back tot the road and down to the water itself, and there's campsites there, but of course, this being rural PA, the trail is in awful shape and poorly maintained (I'm told).

Also you can see across the West Branch Susquehanna River as you descend Boggs Ridge, and theoretically there is a trail that runs all the way downhill to it, but it probably exists in name only mostly since it goes onto what looks like private land.

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about 900 ft I think top to bottom
this is as steep as tributaries get in PA

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This is Elleber Knob. You can drive to the top, but only when the gate is open sept-feb
otherwise you have to park at the gate and walk I think maybe .5 mi, not too long to get to the summit where there's 360 views

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There used to be official trails connecting the summit in a loop with the nearest creek, running along the old railroad that used to be there. I looked at the historic topo maps I'm pretty sure there was a logging railroad then a hiking trail then abandoned in the 1980s or so. It might still be passable terrain, haven't gotten to explore it fully. You could theoretically park at a lower-elevation trailhead to complete the loop, but getting there involves a creek crossing by car, and the end of it is sort of just where the boundary of public and private land meet, so I dunno if it would be a no trespassing zone. But its an interesting backcountry area to explore that's mostly national forest land.

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>>2780007
Did a camping trip with my GF but it was a little too glamping. Want to do a backpacking trip on BLM now that the weather isn’t pushing 90 in CA

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>>2784339
Also been doing some hikes near my house and found a hollowed out tree some animal is using as a den. I think bobcat but might be coyote

Nope.

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I did Mt. Tom, Willey and Field on Monday.
Bluebird day, I ended up being overdressed but once I stripped down it was a fantastic hike.

The tards at the Willey overlook were feeding the grey jays, which is a shame though. They were completely tamed, on the way up a few of them flew right up to me only 8 or 10 inches away.

>>2780117
cool to see your thoughts anon, been thinking about doing it sometime soon

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Just got back from a trip in the balkans. A few days in a city and the rest hiking around some mountains and island hopping.
Hardly saw any other people and slept under the stars.
Will dump a few photos

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>>2780007
Ye, I've unironically got a shit tone because my street washed away

>>2785082
moar?