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Posted: 6/13/2017 5:15:57 AM EDT
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Congrats! Man I'm sliding lately. School, work, and family are preventing me from taking a nice day out. Plus the weather being so hot. I hate mosquitoes.  Quote HistoryQuoted:
Dude look at my last screen cap. 7am and 78f... I had to jog the first 100 yards faster than normal to out run literally the yellow/deer flies. They are worse than mosquitoes at times. Lol . Rained again last night. So no walk for me. I may go anyway rain or not before my call rotation. |
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Posted: 6/13/2017 8:37:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/13/2017 9:07:21 AM EDT
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Speaking of bugs, my hike Saturday was probably the second shittiest hike I have ever been on (I broke my foot on one hike so that will take first). It was in a pretty nice place I have hiked probably a half dozen times but this time there were literally tens of millions of gnats and small biting flies. It was so bad I had to keep my head down facing the ground because if I looked forward the bugs got in my eyes. They kept trying to crawl in my nose, ears, mouth and underneath my hat to get in my hair. I was covered in both deet and permethrin. I finally happened to find an old hood that detached from one of my winter coats in the bottom of my pack. I tied that tight around my head and that solved the problem. I probably looked ridiculous though.
9.17 miles. This was part of the area that was affected by the fire last year.  Attached File Attached File Attached FileTotal mileage YTD: 139.51 |
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Posted: 6/13/2017 1:28:03 PM EDT
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In Shenandoah with 70satvert right now. Did about 25 yesterday, maybe 20 today.
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Posted: 6/14/2017 6:14:15 PM EDT
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Said goodbye to 70satvert and his wife, and hike out to Skyline Drive, and caught a hitch after about 3 miles of walking down the road.
6/12 24.1 miles, 4320 feet gross elevation gain 6/13 18.5 miles, 3720 feet gross elevation gain ______________________________________ sub total: 42.6 miles, 8040 feet gross elevation gain YTD: 149.7 miles, 35,900 feet gross elevation gain |
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Posted: 6/17/2017 6:15:24 PM EDT
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Right now I'm sitting at the edge of cecret lake. Was a 4 mile hike up. I'll update after I get down. Here is the view from my hammock
 Attached FileTotal mileage today was 7.5 miles and 1322 ft climbed. YTD total 88.94 miles 14021 feet of elevation gain |
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Posted: 6/18/2017 8:50:04 AM EDT
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My hike yesterday out at Lavon . Five gallon buckets of soured corn are way harder to carry than a pack.
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Posted: 6/23/2017 9:02:19 AM EDT
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Challenge completed. Another 1,189 for me to go.
ETA: This is the 2017 1,000 mile marker on the AT, just south of Harpers Ferry, WV, 
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Posted: 6/26/2017 11:17:32 AM EDT
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Did a piece of the AT on Saturday that went from the Rock Spring Cabin parking area to the Horse Stables at Skyland in Shenandoah. Took a couple of parallel side trails on the way to and from to mix things up. One of these went to the top of Hawksbill which is the highest point in Shenandoah. 9.69 miles.
Views from Hawksbill:  Attached File Attached FileI happened to find this pic on my phone - its the same area on the right of the above picture but in the winter from about 4 years ago:  Attached File Attached File Attached FileTotal Mileage YTD: 149.2 |
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Posted: 7/3/2017 12:50:43 AM EDT
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Today I hiked 5.5 miles and gained 540 feet. Went with a friend to scout out the trails for a scouting trip he is taking his sons troop on.
 Attached FileYTD total 94.44 miles 14561 feet of elevation gain |
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Posted: 7/16/2017 1:58:32 PM EDT
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Did the Rip Rap Trail and Wildcat Ridge circuit again. 9.45 miles
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Posted: 7/16/2017 11:06:04 PM EDT
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went up to the Albion basin. Hiked 3.39 miles and gained 833 feet. Should hit the century mark next weekend.
YTD total 97.83 miles 15394 feet of elevation gain |
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Posted: 7/23/2017 1:21:27 PM EDT
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January totals mostly from the same trail 7th: 5.2 8th: 5.2 14th: 5.2 15th: 8.3 21st: 3.1 28th: 5.2 29th: 9.6 (may not count, was pig hunting on ranch?) Along with daily runs and some day hikes we are gearing up for a couple day and over nighters over the next two weeks while in Washington. WAR CREEK TWISP PASS] CHELAN SUMMIT These are planned hikes, we might change plans who knows... |
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Posted: 7/23/2017 3:34:01 PM EDT
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Did a short overnighter this weekend. 8.66 miles with 1311 feet of elevation gain. Hiked up into the Grandaddy Basin and stayed the night in my hammock and hiked out this morning.
 Attached FileYTD total 106.49 miles 16705 feet of elevation gain |
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Posted: 7/24/2017 1:38:32 PM EDT
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Haven't hiked any since around May. It's currently 90-something and about 80% humidity. Actually that's down from this morning when it was 90% humidity.
I'm going to resume in the Fall, lol. |
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Posted: 7/24/2017 3:05:51 PM EDT
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Haven't hiked any since around May. It's currently 90-something and about 80% humidity. Actually that's down from this morning when it was 90% humidity.
I'm going to resume in the Fall, lol. Also, I just hit my 100 
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Posted: 7/25/2017 8:35:48 AM EDT
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You should fly out to Utah and hit up the Uintas. Give it a month and there will be frost in the mornings and no bugs. Also, I just hit my 100 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Haven't hiked any since around May. It's currently 90-something and about 80% humidity. Actually that's down from this morning when it was 90% humidity.
I'm going to resume in the Fall, lol. Also, I just hit my 100 Congrats! |
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Posted: 7/25/2017 10:39:41 PM EDT
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Oh man hiking in Zion last year is what started this whole kick for me in the first place. One day I'll get back there. Congrats! Zion is awesome. I still have much of this state to explore. But I'm working on it. |
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Posted: 7/30/2017 10:54:18 AM EDT
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Haven't hiked any since around May. It's currently 90-something and about 80% humidity. Actually that's down from this morning when it was 90% humidity.
I'm going to resume in the Fall, lol. I decided it was time to adapt. Too hot or raining during the day? Time to hike at night.  Attached FileWent from Rockfish Gap on Afton to the top of Bear Den Mountain where there are 5 or so communications towers. It was a nice night; low 60s and a breeze. Moon was out for the first half of the hike so that wasn't too bad. It was very dark for the second half so we went a little slower even with the nods. Other than one deer, we saw no animals but did see some bioluminescent fungus. We got back to the truck at about 1:45am. 10 miles even. Pictures are all from the top of Bear Den. They all suck but thats what you get from taking phone pictures through a PVS-14.  Attached File Attached File Attached FileIgnore .35 of the miles in this screenshot and the 33 miles an hour - I fogot to stop the health app until I was already driving.  Attached FileTotal Mileage YTD: 168.65 |
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Posted: 7/30/2017 2:50:48 PM EDT
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Between the heat and the rain we've been getting lately, I haven't been able to go as often as I would like. I decided it was time to adapt. Too hot or raining during the day? Time to hike at night. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/434644/20170729-230601-266552.JPG Went from Rockfish Gap on Afton to the top of Bear Den Mountain where there are 5 or so communications towers. It was a nice night; low 60s and a breeze. Moon was out for the first half of the hike so that wasn't too bad. It was very dark for the second half so we went a little slower even with the nods. Other than one deer, we saw no animals but did see some bioluminescent fungus. We got back to the truck at about 1:45am. 10 miles even. Pictures are all from the top of Bear Den. They all suck but thats what you get from taking phone pictures through a PVS-14. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/434644/20170729-225857-266558.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/434644/20170729-225608-266564.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/434644/20170729-225812-266565.JPG Ignore .35 of the miles in this screenshot and the 33 miles an hour - I fogot to stop the health app until I was already driving. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/434644/Screenshot-2017-07-30-10-56-37-266566.JPG Total Mileage YTD: 168.65 |
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Posted: 8/5/2017 9:49:39 AM EDT
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A couple of friends and I are doing a week on the Appalachian trail next month. Guessing 50+ miles before the end.
This last month I have put in over 20 miles in training. pack weight has varied between 30-40 lbs. |
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Posted: 8/6/2017 3:49:26 PM EDT
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So awesome. All my night hikes have been headlamps and flashlights. Night vision could really take it to the next level. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Between the heat and the rain we've been getting lately, I haven't been able to go as often as I would like. I decided it was time to adapt. Too hot or raining during the day? Time to hike at night. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/434644/20170729-230601-266552.JPG Went from Rockfish Gap on Afton to the top of Bear Den Mountain where there are 5 or so communications towers. It was a nice night; low 60s and a breeze. Moon was out for the first half of the hike so that wasn't too bad. It was very dark for the second half so we went a little slower even with the nods. Other than one deer, we saw no animals but did see some bioluminescent fungus. We got back to the truck at about 1:45am. 10 miles even. Pictures are all from the top of Bear Den. They all suck but thats what you get from taking phone pictures through a PVS-14. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/434644/20170729-225857-266558.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/434644/20170729-225608-266564.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/434644/20170729-225812-266565.JPG Ignore .35 of the miles in this screenshot and the 33 miles an hour - I fogot to stop the health app until I was already driving. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/434644/Screenshot-2017-07-30-10-56-37-266566.JPG Total Mileage YTD: 168.65 |
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Posted: 8/6/2017 3:58:45 PM EDT
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Hiked the Priest yesterday. Started at Rt. 56 at Tye River and hiked to the top and back. 8.48 miles
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Posted: 8/15/2017 3:08:36 PM EDT
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No one else hikes in the summer?
This past Saturday I did a piece of the AT from Beagle Gap north to a spur trail to Turk's Head Mountain and back again. 14.59 miles I thought I took pictures at Turk's Head but apparently I forgot. I met an Austrian hiker on the return leg and hiked with him for about 5 miles. He had been in Shenandoah a week hiking on the AT. This is a picture from the top of Calf Mountain. You can see the comm towers that I took pictures of during my night hike on top of Bear Den Mountain in the background.  Attached File Attached File Attached FileTotal Mileage YTD: 191.72 |
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Posted: 9/1/2017 11:40:01 PM EDT
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Finally starting to cool off. I just wish I had a day I could get up into the mountains. Ugh. I'm gonna get this 100mi pin dangit!
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Posted: 9/2/2017 1:34:33 AM EDT
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I think I'm over 300 miles now....best I can figure.
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Posted: 9/16/2017 5:40:02 PM EDT
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Finally starting to cool off. I just wish I had a day I could get up into the mountains. Ugh. I'm gonna get this 100mi pin dangit! Got 3 miles in at Great Basin national park. And yes that's snow on wheeler peak  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/16/2017 7:37:55 PM EDT
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Gorgeous. Still pretty buggy here and miserable, although temps got down to the 50's the other night. Today it's back to 87.
I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm through for the year.  Not by my own fault. While coaching cross country I have either torn, stressed, or otherwise damaged my achiles tendon. I thought it would go away, but here we are 6 weeks later and every step feels like a knife digging into the back of my heel. I could attempt hiking, and would more than likely manage with the pain as I have been, but if it finally gave out and tore on me 5mi up the mountain somewhere, let's just say it wouldn't be a responsible thing to do.  
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Posted: 9/19/2017 11:50:47 AM EDT
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I am at 244.13 for the year so far. I've split the last month or so between hikes on Massanutten and hikes in Shenandoah. Somehow I had never been on Massanutten before and kind of regret not going sooner. It's a bit different from the Blue Ridge: creeks everywhere, fewer people, and less dense forest.
8-19-17: Signal Knob - I pretty much followed the route on hiking upward . I thought this was an overrated hike. Hiking Upward has it in their top 5 for the state. Had a good view of Strasburg from Signal Knob though. - 10.28 miles 8-26-17: Strickler Knob - I sort of followed the hiking upward route on this one but instead of doubling back, I took the road back and then took a little side trail to another view point back near the truck. Strickler Knob itself is, IMO, the single best view in the entire northern part of Virginia. - 12.32 miles. Strickler Knob Northeast View  Attached FileStrickler Knob Southwest View  Attached FilePond I found on the walk back:  Attached File9-3-17: Massanutten Hike - I went off of a map for this one - I don't have it in front of me and I don't recall the trail names. Ended up doing a crazy bushwack on this hike that went off what was basically a cliff and a rock slide. - 9.14 miles. 9-9-17: Big Meadows and other areas in Shenandoah NP. I went down a bunch of small connected trails to make a big loop around the general Big Meadows areas - 10.54 miles 9-16-17: AT in Shenandoah from Ivy Creek Overlook to south of Loft Mountain Camp Ground. - 10.13 miles Total Mileage YTD: 244.13 If all goes according to plan, I should have a Colorado 14er or two by the end of next week. |
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Posted: 9/20/2017 6:04:05 PM EDT
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Just checked my miles rucked.....looks like over 360 miles.
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Posted: 10/7/2017 9:00:43 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/8/2017 12:51:01 PM EDT
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Appalachian Trail thru hike completed 10/5. ~2200+ miles this year. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/125849/IMG_7622-326680.JPG I did 1.75 yesterday. Got some fall colors. Climbed 430 ft. First hike I've done in a while without a pack of some kind. Felt like I flew up the trail.  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 12:52:48 PM EDT
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Gorgeous. Still pretty buggy here and miserable, although temps got down to the 50's the other night. Today it's back to 87. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm through for the year. Not by my own fault. While coaching cross country I have either torn, stressed, or otherwise damaged my achiles tendon. I thought it would go away, but here we are 6 weeks later and every step feels like a knife digging into the back of my heel. I could attempt hiking, and would more than likely manage with the pain as I have been, but if it finally gave out and tore on me 5mi up the mountain somewhere, let's just say it wouldn't be a responsible thing to do. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 7:51:10 PM EDT
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Today was fun. First hike was 1.75 miles and it started snowing heavy enough that I turned around and went and found a lower elevation hike that was 1.67 miles.
3.42 miles  Attached File Attached FileThen I stopped on the drive down for some fall foliage pics  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/17/2017 8:12:14 PM EDT
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Gorgeous. Still pretty buggy here and miserable, although temps got down to the 50's the other night. Today it's back to 87. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm through for the year. Not by my own fault. While coaching cross country I have either torn, stressed, or otherwise damaged my achiles tendon. I thought it would go away, but here we are 6 weeks later and every step feels like a knife digging into the back of my heel. I could attempt hiking, and would more than likely manage with the pain as I have been, but if it finally gave out and tore on me 5mi up the mountain somewhere, let's just say it wouldn't be a responsible thing to do. I think I'm going to try to do some short hikes as soon as work slows down. Thanks again for asking. |
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Posted: 10/17/2017 9:24:32 PM EDT
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Hey thanks for asking. I've been having good days and bad days. I've been trying to work it out as much as possible, and have had some success, but then I'll have a day where I wake up and can barely walk. I think it has something to do with the way my foot is positioned throughout the night while sleeping or during the day. I'm going to experiment with a brace or something to keep it stretched. Either way, it's one of those injuries where it's not important enough to go to the doctor, yet has the potential to be really bad. I think I'm going to try to do some short hikes as soon as work slows down. Thanks again for asking.  
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Posted: 10/30/2017 1:08:08 PM EDT
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I finally got out again. The last two miles were horrible.
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Posted: 10/30/2017 1:17:03 PM EDT
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OP Shoot me a PM.
We have rucking clubs |
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Posted: 11/7/2017 9:19:32 PM EDT
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Rucked 24 miles last week.
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Posted: 11/13/2017 12:00:58 AM EDT
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only Rucked 21 miles this week...
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Posted: 11/28/2017 1:42:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/1/2017 2:15:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/2/2018 12:43:05 PM EDT
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So, how did everyone do for 2017?
I'm disappointed to report that, due to an ankle injury that's been plaguing me since August, I didn't hit my 100mi goal like I wanted. The good news is that I seem to be getting better and will start a new thread for 2018. I think my total for the year was 64mi hiked. Nothing compared to many of you. I appreciate keeping this thread alive and frankly, it's about the only thing that keeps me coming back here nowadays. It's been one of the most positive threads in the forum that I've seen. 
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Posted: 1/2/2018 1:02:04 PM EDT
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OP, if possible, tag me in the 2018 thread. My wife, daughter, and I will be in. I don't know if we'll hit the 100 mile mark (a three year old kinda gets bored sometimes), but we'll try!
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Posted: 1/2/2018 2:02:11 PM EDT
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OP, if possible, tag me in the 2018 thread. My wife, daughter, and I will be in. I don't know if we'll hit the 100 mile mark (a three year old kinda gets bored sometimes), but we'll try! I didn't make my goal this year due to injury, although I had time to do so in the summer before I got hurt but got too busy and I hate mosquitoes. The point is, no worries if you don't make it! We are just trying to live vicariously through other people's hikes. Here's the link to the 2018 thread. https://www.ar15.com/forums/Outdoors/100mi-Hiking-Challenge-2018/1-691219/ |
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Posted: 1/2/2018 11:05:05 PM EDT
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I'm in.
Don't have the trails a lot here have close by but do have a state park with white a few. Actually helped make several of them . |
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Posted: 1/16/2018 6:37:41 PM EDT
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My son is getting ready to enlist in the Army.
So I'm helping him get in shape and me too. We haven't hiked since first part of last year on a camping trip. We did 1 6 miler first day and a 12 miler the second. This is our first this year. My pack had a 10lbs gravel; bag in it plus water. He had a 15lb bag of gravel. I made up several bags of different weights a few years ago but only 1 size each. He's younger and enlisting so he got the 15 pounder. When I was going to try and re-enlist back in 90 I would load my pack with sand bags and I had a curl bar I put weights on the simulate the weight of an M16. Letting my son use the very same bar. 
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Posted: 1/21/2018 5:45:55 PM EDT
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Went on another hike Saturday.
Only went 5 miles. The wife said she'd go with us to keep us out of trouble. I felt bad so I added another 5lbs to my ruck to equal his. Plus water for both my wife and me. Son's feet still got a few blisters but hopefully they'll toughen up soon. The ample supply of rocks around this part of the state probably doesn't help that either. We were going to another one today, but since his feet are tore up a bit we're going to wait until his days off to do another one. 
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Posted: 1/21/2018 7:02:50 PM EDT
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Went on another hike Saturday. Only went 5 miles. The wife said she'd go with us to keep us out of trouble. I felt bad so I added another 5lbs to my ruck to equal his. Plus water for both my wife and me. Son's feet still got a few blisters but hopefully they'll toughen up soon. The ample supply of rocks around this part of the state probably doesn't help that either. We were going to another one today, but since his feet are tore up a bit we're going to wait until his days off to do another one. <a href="<a href=" https:="" imgur.com="" vqjcili"="">  Attached File</a>"><a href="https://imgur.com/VqJCIli"> Attached File</a> <a href="<a href=" https:="" imgur.com="" 9kkatcv"=""> Attached File</a>"><a href="https://imgur.com/9KKatCV"> Attached File</a> <a href="<a href=" https:="" imgur.com="" f0ndepg"=""> Attached File</a>"><a href="https://imgur.com/f0ndePg"> Attached File</a> <a href="<a href=" https:="" imgur.com="" bybi8ad"=""> Attached File</a>"><a href="https://imgur.com/BybI8ad"> Attached File</a> QUESTION:: I'm not sure how these pic's are loading on here. They look a little large to me. I have a new cell and not sure how resize them on there. If they appear to large or causing it slow to download let me know and I'll try to resize them if I can. I think most of the people that were in this thread are now following this one though. here |
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Posted: 1/21/2018 9:02:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Great job keeping at it. I think most of the people that were in this thread are now following this one though. here Couldn't remember the forum it was in. Looked in this one also but I missed it. No one has posted anything in this one yet . |
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