>>2858675
/out/ has many mentally disabled "hikers" who never even leave their basements.

>>2858675
If it's not reachable via a metro line I don't go. It's 2010+16 tf do you mean "use your legs", bus or funicular might do

>>2859465
I mean physical disabilities, but any will do I suppose.

>>2858675
I walk with a cane and I hike, fish and forage. I stick to fairly easy/short trails that I can access by vehicle.

>>2859516
Do you think you could do longer trails with trekking poles? What is a long hike for you?

>>2859520
>Do you think you could do longer trails with trekking poles?
No, I've tried them and I found them to be more trouble than help. It's a completely different stride than my stride with my cane. And double canes were not helpful either.

>What is a long hike for you?
anything over 3-4 miles flat or 1-2 miles with hills

>>2859523
Based. Keep outdooring, brother.

>>2858675
I prefer to walk long distances vs intense difficult hikes

I have p intense fibromyalgia and need to use crutches/a walker sometimes. If it's a day where I think I'll be fine I'll do moderate hikes and if I end up in pain during it I just man through it, which I know I shouldn't be doing at all but I literally can't fucking live like this anymore man. I have places to go and shit to see, I've kind of stopped caring. it's either this or straight up killing myself lol.

>>2859652
I've lived with chronic pain for almost 20 years now. It's related to my Ankylosing spondylitis, which is basically rheumatoid arthritis of the spine. I've got sciatic nerve pain, scoliosis(caused by the arthritis, not childhood scoliosis, my spine was normal until my 30s) and a couple spontaneous fusions in my neck and back. I've learned that, because I'm always in pain, some of it can be tolerated and ignored. I'm not doing damage to my body, I'm just getting erroneous pain signals. I'm in a similar situation when it comes to hiking or doing anything in general on my lower pain days. I go out and do something and may end up having to "man up" and keep going in spite of the pain in order to make it back to my car. But I know the difference between, this hurts and it sucks and I'm going to be laid up for a week after this. And that's something you only learn through experience. So, get out there and live your life. Learn what your pain signals mean. Try not to let it rule your life. It sounds like you're already doing that to some extent. Keep it up anon. Life stuck on the couch isn't worth living. Don't give up!

I have a pretty unique case of IBS which means i'm on the porcelain throne for 4 hours minimum at a time, but usually good to go afterwards. It's a bit of a gamble but I try to do a few miles a day and on the better days, there's a disused railway line that was converted into a walking track that I take to the next village and back. I make walking canes and hiking poles as a hobby, so usually take one along to make sure everything is assembled properly.

>>2858675
Kinda. I'm mostly blind in one eye after a cornea transplant. I have to take specialty eyedrops throughout the day to manage my eye pressure and to keep my body from rejecting the donor tissue. I don't really do extended trips anymore way offgrid; the logistics of keeping prescription meds like that which are sensitive to extreme temperatures and contamination is just too much for me to bother with.

I'm happy with my day trips mostly. If I wanted to spend several days /out/ I would make sure to bring a partner and have them carry a backup bottle or two.

>>2859866
jesus
i had lasik and they said my corneal flaps were really thin and I might have a risk of damage to them if I did it but luckily all I got was just permanent dry eye which is also managed by drops but they aren't temperature sensitive, I keep them in my backpack (also use antihistamine drops)
I guess being blind in one eye would kinda ruin your depth perception and a lot of the hiking (tho easy) I do can involve scrambling and steps and that would not be fun with one eye
I bring a cooler everywhere with me. As long as you can get ice every 2-3 days a rotomolded cooler will be fine.

>>2858675
I was getting into hiking to go remote and do some gold panning for fun and enjoy the outdoors. I was slowly buying the pack, tent, foods, stove all the supplies and taking some easy day trips to build up experience and endurance but my hip started hurting (not from the hiking). Kept getting worse and soon I had to stop hiking for about two years. I had to get a hip replacement a few months ago and so far its working well. But now I am a lil concerned about " I fell and cant get up" out in the bonnies so I am hesitant to go for a hike again, but I still have all the crap I bougth.

>>2860425
>gold panning
i take it ur west coast
too bad I can't find someone else who is slow/disabled for my adventures
I want someone to share the driving with - innawoods means fucktons of driving and that's by far the most annoying part

and yeah, having a buddy in case one of us falls would be nice

>>2858675
I’ve had to slow down recently. I’ve been having issues with my lungs even though I don’t smoke. Had a lot of issues with pneumonia and asthma, so I just slow down and take more time. It’s been nice, just plop on a rock, maybe draw a bit, then get up and hike some more.

>>2858675
No but I've been thinking about taking my dad out on one to get him some exercise and bonding time.

I have nerve damage on the left side of my body. All the way down the left leg, chest, back, and down the left arm.

I will be the first RECORDED person in my country to cross a wilderness preserve on foot. It will take 10 days. At first the pain was devastating, after some years I have grown to like being in pain, it motivates me.

>>2859871
It's not easy lacking depth perception but you adjust fairly quickly. I just have to take it a little slower and "test" each step before I fully commit my weight to it on uneven slopes. I trip over rocks all the time but that's because I'm being retarded and trying to go at my pre-injury pace, if I actually take the time to slow down then it's really not that bad.

What sucks the most is that I'm "mostly" blind in that eye. I can see very rough shapes, colors, and outlines, to the point where I suffer from major double vision where one eye is clear and sharp and the other is, well, not. That can get disorienting.

I like the cooler idea, too. I thought about packing an icepack or two, haven't gotten around to trying it yet.

>>2861290
>It's not easy lacking depth perception
my hiking ends up doing a lot of stumbling through thickets of brush and having to climb up and around boulders at the edge of cliffs so that would be much no fun without binocular vision
>to the point where I suffer from major double vision where one eye is clear and sharp and the other is, well, not. That can get disorienting.
have you seen an eye doctor about that? maybe they can do something
cooler is life
ok i booked my first trip of the year! im taking it easy, no "real" hikes yet probably
but there's a local winter festival I want to visit