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Hiking & Biking
PostA long recovery is better than no recovery. Good on 'ya for getting out and giving it some movement. As the PT's say... "Motion is lotion."
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Quote from IMScotty: “Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park: This was a place of refuge for Hawaiians sentenced to death for breaking one of the many 'Kapo' laws. Of course to live, you had to reach this place. Today it is still considered a sacred place by the Hawaiians and is a very nice park to visit. appalachiantrailcafe.net/index.php/Attachment/16383/” BTDT appalachiantrailcafe.net/index.php/Attachment/16389/
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Hike in VA
PostDo you have a geographic preference within Virginia? I section-hiked the entire state and can offer recommendations for convenient starting and stopping points.
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My son and his wife honeymooned in Hawaii last year and got to see the September eruption through a telescope from HVNP. I mean literally seeing lava spurting into the air. I flew over Kilauea in 2005 and got to see lava running down to the ocean. appalachiantrailcafe.net/index.php/Attachment/16376/appalachiantrailcafe.net/index.php/Attachment/16377/
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AT 2024
PostThe relo must have taken place after I hiked it. I definitely kept to the lake side of the knoll.
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AT 2024
PostLast spring, I hiked from Stecoah Gap to Fontana Dam to link up my sections south of the Smokies and the southern half of the Smokies. Since my hiking partner Smoking Sox was laid up with his knee injury, I was ahead of him (from a mileage standpoint) for the first time in 20 years. 16.1 miles. I called Sox the other day with some bad news. Although the AT got one mile shorter, the trail between the Fontana Marina and the Dam actually got 0.1 miles longer. So now Sox is 16.2 miles behind me.
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My 2024 Hiking Plan depends on how well Sox's ACL repair is progressing. At the least, we are planning on knocking off Clingmans Dome to Newfound Gap as a day hike, then Davenport Gap to Max Patch as a second day hike. If his ACL is ready to go, we'll switch gears and just hike our remaining 54.5 miles in / around the GSMNP in ~5 days. I will be hiking sections 4 and 5 of the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) in July. Kind of an amazing set of circumstances. My wife and I will be visiting my sister in Si…
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No new videos last week. How am I going to fill my time this week when most of my co-workers are on vacation? I was telling my daughter about Matt_C this past weekend, in particular his inability to figure out how to use the plastic guy line tension adjusters. She thought I was kidding. I'd pay to see his first experience with bear cables. And the subsequent berating of a ranger because there were no posted instructions. Looks like he paid us a return visit on 12/7 but didn't jump back into any …
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Betelgeuse
PostQuote from LIhikers: “Quote from odd man out: “Tonight we had a once in a lifetime celestial event when Betelgeuse was occluded by a passing asteroid. Unfortunately, in Michigan it was occluded by clouds. ” what's a Betelgeuse ? ” Say it two more times and it will show up. appalachiantrailcafe.net/index.php/Attachment/16323/
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I'm stewing a bit on the "My new health insurance policy doesn't start for another four days" comment in the video. Just went through that with my son. He quit his job before his wedding, and started a new job after his honeymoon. I stressed the importance of obtaining COBRA coverage when he left his old job and he assured me that he did. A month ago, he admitted that he gambled and went without insurance for ~two months. "What's the worst thing that can happen?"
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The AT guides for each state list the landmark mileage in both S->N and N->S directions. For 20 years now, I have summarized the guidebook data in spreadsheets for each section so I'm only carrying one or two sheets per hike. That would be a bit cumbersome for a 1000-mile section. But I like having the guidebooks and the maps. I also do a lot of research on each section (trail journals, hiking forums, Google Maps, etc.) and add notes in my spreadsheet for services at road crossings, epic camping…
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Quote from rhjanes: “I'm a bit lost. Well, I didn't know Garmin offered SAR insurance. I just got on the Garmin site but they only show two plans. SAR100 covers up to $100,000. Their other plan is "high risk" and covers "other high risk activities", which I've not researched includes WHAT (Sky diving?, hurt at 28,500 feet on Everest?). So was her $50,000 plan an older plan grandfathered in and no longer offered? ” Timely, as I just received an invoice for the next year of SAR 50 coverage through…
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I had time to kill over lunch yesterday and watched a few more 360 Investigations videos. Apparently, ultralight has no relationship with the mass of an item. It's all about volume. And 90% of the people out there who don't understand this have no right to be hiking or camping. Oh, the expected interactions with other hikers on the trail. I'm hoping they get posted on trailjournals.com or on TOS. "I ran into this hiker named Matt_C and got an earful about how all of my gear choices were wrong."