ok, mr smartypants young punk, i'll look into hiking poles.Mason wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:57 am You need to listen to me about the hiking poles for the AT old man!
got any recommendations? remember, i'm ch... er, frugal!
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ok, mr smartypants young punk, i'll look into hiking poles.Mason wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:57 am You need to listen to me about the hiking poles for the AT old man!
I still sleep out in the yard at least a few times a year. Just because.YankeeTarheel wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:40 pm When I was young up to my early 20's I LOVED camping out, in my little 2 person canvas tent (still have it). I camped out in my parents back yard in my pre-teens and teens. Later in my early twenties, I still did it, no problem sleeping on the floor of the tent with no cushioning, just ground with the rocks and roots removed. I slept outside like that and got the very best sleep I've ever had --and when it rained, and rained HARD, I slept even better.
But when my eldest son was young we slept out in the back yard, and I had a thin air mattress. I was in my 40's and I was totally miserable. Age had caught up with me in that one way, even with a pad. Haven't tried it since...
Ah, well. I STILL remember those wonderful nights in upstate NY, when even in the summer, the night air was chilly and the sleeping bag was warm and I slept SO well!
Hmmm... or a rifle monopod?YankeeTarheel wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:56 pm Leki makes GREAT hiking poles. Collapsible, light, repairable, multi-use. With a rubber tip it's an everywhere pole. Pull off the tip and there's an ice tip. You get a snow flange as well. And, all the joints are replaceable. Some even can function as a camera mono-pod! And they look like hiking sticks, not canes.It also has a built-in shock absorber.
I forgot who but somebody makes a hiking stick with a V-rest on top to allow it to double as a shooting stick/monopod.K9s wrote:Hmmm... or a rifle monopod?YankeeTarheel wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:56 pm Leki makes GREAT hiking poles. Collapsible, light, repairable, multi-use. With a rubber tip it's an everywhere pole. Pull off the tip and there's an ice tip. You get a snow flange as well. And, all the joints are replaceable. Some even can function as a camera mono-pod! And they look like hiking sticks, not canes.It also has a built-in shock absorber.
Asking for a friend.
Just a standard camera mount like a tripod. I suppose you could rig something up. Tried to answer last night but, um, you know, the forum was having its own "24 hour stomach flu" yesterday.K9s wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:34 pmHmmm... or a rifle monopod?YankeeTarheel wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:56 pm Leki makes GREAT hiking poles. Collapsible, light, repairable, multi-use. With a rubber tip it's an everywhere pole. Pull off the tip and there's an ice tip. You get a snow flange as well. And, all the joints are replaceable. Some even can function as a camera mono-pod! And they look like hiking sticks, not canes.It also has a built-in shock absorber.
Asking for a friend.
Did most of my backpacking/camping 60's thru early 90's. Can't count the times I met older people on the road or in camp areas that wish they had done what I was doing when they were younger and able. To this day I encourage youngers to do it while they can and to quit procrastinating - just do it!! to steal Nike's words. From deserts to woods to snow and ice. Spent weeks to months at a time on the road between jobs. Then got lucky and found work that paid me to be in strange outback places plus world travel. No 'regerts'!lurker wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:17 pmexactly. i've done the math, at best i can expect 7,000 more days, less and less capability toward the end. seems like a lot, but very, very finite. i'm viewing this as something of a "use it or lose it" scenario. my back hurts more the more i sit, but most everything else still works. might as well enjoy what i can while i can.
Yeah, back in the summer of 1977, I spent most weekends camping at a lake in upstate New York. Just cleared away rocks and roots and never slept better in my life, with no air mattress. Then, I guess about 20 years ago, I "camped out" with my older son in the backyard. By then I had one of those self-inflating camping mattresses and I was never more uncomfortable in my life! What a difference 25 years made!highdesert wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:17 am I agree YT. Sleeping bags now are lighter and warmer than the heavy ones I used to carry around growing up, but sleeping on the ground is for the young kids not me. I could do it if my life depended on it, but I much prefer a cabin in the wild which has the best of both worlds.
Well, you know who to consult..."Dr, what do I need?"tonguengroover wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:22 pm I've had a hankering for years to hike up the front range of the Catalina mts to this huge rock face where giant boulders sheered off and the sun reflects to my house in the evening.
It speaks to me.
Then I can flank it and go up the top of a ridge where both sides have several hundred foot cliffs.
Problem is it will require off trail hiking and spend two nights.
The ole left knee is acting up.
The wife wants nothing to do with it. Lol
Maybe my youngest son to do it with me and He's a Rock climber soon to be doctor.
It's one of the bucket list things to do before I die.
I need gear.
That sounds like a blast. We aren’t getting any younger so best to do it sooner rather than later.tonguengroover wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:22 pm I've had a hankering for years to hike up the front range of the Catalina mts to this huge rock face where giant boulders sheered off and the sun reflects to my house in the evening.
It speaks to me.
Then I can flank it and go up the top of a ridge where both sides have several hundred foot cliffs.
Problem is it will require off trail hiking and spend two nights.
The ole left knee is acting up.
The wife wants nothing to do with it. Lol
Maybe my youngest son to do it with me and He's a Rock climber soon to be doctor.
It's one of the bucket list things to do before I die.
I need gear.
I went to Peru onboard a Warship in 2006, but I did get some time to explore some Inca ruins and see Lima and the surrounding environs. I’d love to go back and spend some time there for real.tonguengroover wrote:Yup, getting old sucks. I'm glad I did Peru a couple years ago. Hiking at 10,000 to 12,500 ft is tough. I'd need oxygen now I think.
I keep seeing these military surplus sleeping bags and stuff on sale at Midway and wonder if they are any good. Not sure about climbing into a sack some stinky dude has been in. lol
Speaking of Peru, I'm eating Peruvian blueberry's in my cereal this morning. Turns out Peru is now the worlds leading exporter of blueberries. I didn't even see any while flying around Peru. Most are north on Lima.
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