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2017 - Hiking Plans.
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meat wrote:
I did have plans tonight, but "the godfathers" on, so ya know.
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Trillium wrote:
meat wrote:
I did have plans tonight, but "the godfathers" on, so ya know.
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2017 hiking plans: Maybe I'll get to hike. I got a cortisone shot to a bad tendon a week ago, and it's feeling much better. Now to try to figure out the balance between getting out enough to get into better shape and getting out too much and doing further damage. I'm probably going to err on the "further damage" side.I'm not lost. I know where I am. I'm right here.
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AnotherKevin wrote:
2017 hiking plans: Maybe I'll get to hike. I got a cortisone shot to a bad tendon a week ago, and it's feeling much better. Now to try to figure out the balance between getting out enough to get into better shape and getting out too much and doing further damage. I'm probably going to err on the "further damage" side.
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I will try and hike at Cheaha. A day or two before the bicycle race in May. I looked at the text only trail guide by a hiking club in the general area. They say Adams Gap to Cheaha. trail head is 7.5 miles and the park sketch map says 12 miles.
The guide says there are several campsites before the stairway to heaven. SOBO. is the direction I have decided on going. I will stop short of the stairway.
Not much but it gets me out of the house and hiking.
If I make 5 miles round trip I'll be astounded.--
"What do you mean its sunrise already ?!", me.The post was edited 1 time, last by JimBlue: Info ().
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JimBlue wrote:
"Not much but it gets me out of the house and hiking"
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Kathy and I are home from our successful end to end hike of Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, which covers 70 miles, despite a bit of a medical emergency last Thursday.
I'll offer up a trip report and some photos after the laundry is done, gear is inspected and put away and all that other mundane stuff is finished. -
LIhikers wrote:
Kathy and I are home from our successful end to end hike of Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, which covers 70 miles, despite a bit of a medical emergency last Thursday.
I'll offer up a trip report and some photos after the laundry is done, gear is inspected and put away and all that other mundane stuff is finished.
Lest we forget.....
SSgt Ray Rangel - USAF
SrA Elizabeth Loncki - USAF
PFC Adam Harris - USA
MSgt Eden Pearl - USMC -
LIhikers wrote:
Kathy and I are home from our successful end to end hike of Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, which covers 70 miles, despite a bit of a medical emergency last Thursday.
I'll offer up a trip report and some photos after the laundry is done, gear is inspected and put away and all that other mundane stuff is finished.
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I am in a holding pattern until my new shoes show up at the nearest REI. I guess I will camp and test my alcohol burner. I bought ramen. Maybe I should get some oatmeal so I feel like a hiker. Hopefully I will have new shoes on Friday and can go take a hike.
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actually. It was for this week. I didn't feel well Wednesday so didn't go that day. Went today. Pack about 40 pounds with food and water. Left sleeping bag at home.
I got about a tenth of a mile. It was less than 4 tenths because that is the distance for the first camp site from the trail head.
I moved very slowly. Decided to stop for a rest. I sat down and fell over onto dirt. Sat back up. Unbuckled the waist belt. Rest for 5 minutes. Getting back up was a chore so I went back to my car and drove home. Don't have the money right now to stay at a camp site or I would have.
I need to exercise more.--
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JimBlue wrote:
actually. It was for this week. I didn't feel well Wednesday so didn't go that day. Went today. Pack about 40 pounds with food and water. Left sleeping bag at home.
I got about a tenth of a mile. It was less than 4 tenths because that is the distance for the first camp site from the trail head.
I moved very slowly. Decided to stop for a rest. I sat down and fell over onto dirt. Sat back up. Unbuckled the waist belt. Rest for 5 minutes. Getting back up was a chore so I went back to my car and drove home. Don't have the money right now to stay at a camp site or I would have.
I need to exercise more.
Then you can start the cycle of the further you walk the better shape you are in, the better shape you are in the further you will walk, ....The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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yeah. Just a day hike with a light load of lunch some water rain gear first aid. Keep it below 15 pounds. There are some less than 1 mile hikes at Cheaha.
I could have done that but I was too tired to think of it then.--
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LDog wrote:
Whelp, I'm planning on an LT E2E which may or may not be in September, and which may or may not be a nobo.
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Hopefully I can get out on a trail once this fall. And hopefully a couple of kayak camping trips.
Last Wednesday I had another back fusion. Problems arose and Friday they went back in to fix a few more things. .... Time will tell.
The Percocet 10's have had me hiking everywhere this last week, and I never left the couch. I need ST to do a trip report for that one...... -
Dmax wrote:
... I need ST to do a trip report for that one......
Heal up fast, brother. Hope yer back gets sorted out sooner than later.Trudgin' along the AT since 2003. Completed Sections: Springer Mountain to Clingmans Dome and Max Patch NC to Gorham NH
"The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations...those are pretty good days." Ray Wylie Hubbard -
Just so people know, the "medical emergency" that we experienced on our recent hiking trip of the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail did not affect Kathy or I, but our dog Tora. We always hike with her on a leash which is attached to Kathy's belt, during the 4th day of our trip she was attacked by an unleashed dog belonging to a day hiker. Once we finally pulled Tora away from the other dog we noticed blood pouring from her mouth and found the right, upper, canine tooth displaced to the side by about 50 or 60 degrees and partially out of her jaw. The rate of blood loss was drastic and all we could think to do was push the tooth back into place to "plug" the leak. It took alot of my strength to push the tooth back into place while Kathy held Tora's head still. Once that was done we hiked away from the other woman and her loose dogs, two of them. We soon came to a stream and were able to wash the blood off Kathy, Tora, and me. By then the bleeding had stopped and we hiked on. While the other woman did nothing to separate her dog from ours (I think she was in shock) she did offer us a ride to where ever. We declined and hiked on. For a couple of days Tora didn't eat much but then her appetite returned. When we got home Kathy took Tora to the vet who was surprised we were able to push the tooth back into place to stop the bleeding. Now we need to keep a watch on the tooth to see if it turns dark, or black, indicating a dead nerve and the ultimate loss of the tooth..........and that's the rest of the story
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Maybe my shoes will come on Monday. Until then, I am camping and playing with alcohol burners.
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One shelter along the GAP looks similar.
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NoAngel wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
Yep, I'm old, and it sure beats the alternative
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
Well....I believe there's something in the Bible about grey hair and wisdom
Astro wrote:
NoAngel wrote:
LIhikers wrote:
Yep, I'm old, and it sure beats the alternative
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WanderingStovie wrote:
One shelter along the GAP looks similar.
Each camping area had 5 all of the same design.
A couple of nights we made fires in the fireplace while we sat with our after dinner cup of tea, and listened to rain on the roof.
And maybe the best part, there was firewood cut and split, supplied by Pennsylvania Parks Dept.
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Hopefully, a trip report is in the works. I've driven under the Laurel Highlands Trail on the PA Turnpike but never did any research on it.
Glad to hear that the PA DCNR is doing something right. All I see is the rape of the State Forests for natural gas drilling pads.Trudgin' along the AT since 2003. Completed Sections: Springer Mountain to Clingmans Dome and Max Patch NC to Gorham NH
"The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations...those are pretty good days." Ray Wylie Hubbard -
StalkingTortoise wrote:
Hopefully, a trip report is in the works. I've driven under the Laurel Highlands Trail on the PA Turnpike but never did any research on it.
Glad to hear that the PA DCNR is doing something right. All I see is the rape of the State Forests for natural gas drilling pads.
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Drybones wrote:
I don't mind if it turns color as long as it don't turn loose.
Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less. - Robert E. Lee -
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Grinder wrote:
Drybones wrote:
I don't mind if it turns color as long as it don't turn loose.
Lest we forget.....
SSgt Ray Rangel - USAF
SrA Elizabeth Loncki - USAF
PFC Adam Harris - USA
MSgt Eden Pearl - USMC -
Dan76 wrote:
Grinder wrote:
Drybones wrote:
I don't mind if it turns color as long as it don't turn loose.
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