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Quoted: People who don't live in the mountains don't understand that the weather can turn to shit rapidly. My day bag has spare wool socks, sweater and hat. As well as a rain coat and gloves among other things. it rides with me in my truck every day October-May. |
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Quoted: Well that's one or two fewer Subarus with OR plates that I'll have to put up with on Gifford roads  The Gifford is no joke. They never found that girl who wandered off naked from the Canyon Creek campground in 2013. It was cold and raining, how far could she have made it? It's also incredibly beautiful (see avatar).  Yeah, the PNW will fuck your day hard if you go into it with an expectation that everything will be hunky-dory.....and that's why I enjoy hiking in the fall and winter as it tends to filter out the shitbirds before they hit the trail. |
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Quoted: I’ll say I was n Oregon / Washington area at ft Lewis circa 1992, was there for 6 months with the shit assed 4/7 Ada who just relocated from dexheim Germany, our barracks was directly across the street from the ranger batt. Anyway….one Jan - feb night me n my buddy and 2 chicks we just met the day before at Taco Bell  tried to light a campfire with local wood at 1am…. Used fast food cartons, cardboard, whittled sticks, 2 lighters, in a light on and off rain etc. while using his Jeep to warm up between tries. Never got shit to light, everything wet as fuck, outside of logs / sticks, inside , underneath, everything fucking wet as shit, and 37* air temp, really sucked. I have zero doubt those Oregon / Washington woods will kill you quick if you’re not WELL prepared, mentally and gearing/ equipment too. We tried for a hour, never made fire, and a game warden came by, pulled us out of our make out sessions, eyed the two of us…..and the two roughed up girls in the Jeep, our sad pile of firewood and damp blankets….and said… “ look guys, I REALLY understand what your trying to accomplish here, I REALLY DO, and hate to say this to you…but… .take your girls and get the fuck out of here.”  Sad soldiers.  This is why the experienced campers (homeless) make a tarp city to try and keep some semblance of water repellant. But yeah, once all your shit is soaked including any branches or wood you can find, seeking fire without some sort of accelerant is seriously not easy. You watch the survival videos with a dude with just a flint and some sticks and just laugh at that ever working in that environment. Kinda fun camping when you do get a good fire going and some tarps to cover the area though. |
| I hunt the wet/westside during elk season. My pack always has two 15 minute road flares, a folding saw, and a knife big enough to split branches open to get to the dry wood. There is a perfect dead but not too dead wood to look for, too dead/old it just soaks up water like a sponge. |
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Huh... A “flock camera,” also known as a license plate reader, picked up the vehicle in which the men had traveled to the woods of eastern Skamania County, https://www.breitbart.com/local/2024/12/29/police-2-men-searching-for-sasquatch-found-dead-in-washington-wilderness/ |
| Gonna go with less than 10 miles from the highway. |
 Joe Rogan On Bigfoot | Rocky Mountain High |
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Quoted: Well that's one or two fewer Subarus with OR plates that I'll have to put up with on Gifford roads The Gifford is no joke. They never found that girl who wandered off naked from the Canyon Creek campground in 2013. It was cold and raining, how far could she have made it? It's also incredibly beautiful (see avatar). It's the only thing about Washington I truly miss. |
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Quoted: Apparently if you want to find Sasquatch, just turn on the news there. Pretty plain jane for a news anchor and that voice yeeesh. "Buzz, your girlfriend!" 
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