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Quote from PaulMags: “"There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym" Bill Nye ”

That is taken about 15km from the southern terminus of the Bib. The ocean is the Southern Ocean. Temp was low to mid 70's. Glorious day. On the way back to town I picked up a section hiker 5km from town. I could tell he wanted a lift. Walking painfully on the grass verge next to the (at that point) tarmac footpath. Had a coffee with him while he had a burger. Great day.

My TV news showing damage from storms and tornadoes from Virginia to Pennsylvania. I hope all of you are well and unscathed. But the bast#rd in me can't resist posting this picture I took today.....

While it's never been common, "common sense" is actually something that you learn, it's not built in. We used to teach it to our kids. Somewhere along the way they stopped learning it.

I was a member of a gym once. Told the nice young man running it that I was going to walk the Bib. He said that with a good year long program that he could organise he thought that I should be able to do that. Stopped going a week or two later. Two months later I did the Bib about 20 - 30% faster than the average.

Quote from WanderingStovie: “Has anyone ever thought of pony blazing the Grayson Highlands? ” As resident multiblazer .... no. The Grayson Highland ponies are little, stunted and unhealthy looking 4 legged seagulls. The only possible use I could think of for them is the centrepiece of a good fire and spit combination.

I think when you handle the canister you also handle food and that helps them. But yeah, odour resistant is not odour proof.

Quote from SarcasmTheElf: “Quote from OzJacko: “Expect it to become a rule for various sections as the ATC and the Forest Service seek to deter numbers in subtle ways. ” To quote LW, tear down the shelters in the southernmost section. ” Start with Smokeys.

Expect it to become a rule for various sections as the ATC and the Forest Service seek to deter numbers in subtle ways.

Haven't they been required there for a couple of years? Just need to hike through that section. I wouldn't take a canister. Not as good a pillow as a food bag.

Let me know when they do an Antipodean edition.

Quote from SandyofPA: “You guys will be so disappointed that they completely reworked the trail going up Albert Mountain. I did it last spring and it was like walking up stairs! I hiked it in 2013 and crawled on my hands and feet so I really noticed the difference. ” I can assure I would not be disappointed.

Albert Mountain was my first time hiking that I put my poles away and used my hands. Suffering a chest infection at the time it tested me.

If you're not in good shape, missing Albert Mountain might not be a bad point.

IM and I joked a couple of times on the AT when the trail went onto a footpath like section like the Creeper Trail "turn onto old rail formation". This instruction occurs regularly in some sections of the Bib. A lot of the Bib goes through old forest logging areas where rail used to take the logs out. The rails are long gone but the formwork they laid on remains. After some up and down sections, it is usually a very welcome guide book entry.

I only saw specs on this gas stove for the first time a few days ago. (A guy on a Bibbulmun Facebook group has one.) It looks great and I would consider one as a replacement for the Pocket Rocket but I am a bit concerned about it's longevity. Given the Chinese manufacture I would have reservations about the swivel points of the arms lasting. I have been caught before by poor quality control on Chinese manufacture. Other than that it looks a great buy. At the price it's definitely value (but mayb…

Cats on the other hand....

Nice piece. In my madder moments I get a hankering to come back and do the trail again. If I do it's most likely that I would be with my wife. A flip flop would probably be the best way to do it. As an extra benefit it would set us up nicely to jump over the border into Canada and then back, scoring a fresh entry date into the USA. One of the hassles for an Australian hiker is that I only get 3 months in the country without an extended visa (which costs). Even then you only get given 6 months. I…

Quote from WanderingStovie: “Has anyone stayed in all ~200 shelters? ” Maybe the likes of Warren who have done multiple hikes. From my observations, you would have to be a masochist. Just about any tent is preferable to two thirds of them.

Yes. Minced meat. I did notice it's much more common over here. I can buy a MH style package that is just dehydrated mince. I then add a portion of it to about 4 or 5 meals of noodles etc to add some protein. Similarly a packet that is just mixed vegetables like peas carrots beans...