Went hiking in the moutains while only a small cake. Parents tell me to stop moving. Look down and see copperhead snake slithering by, rubbing against my foot.
never look up again rest of life
of course, should have been looking up to avoid bear later
I've never been hiking and it does not sound like a fun prospect
Are you a fan of nature?
How about fitness?
Well, have I got a winning combo for you.
Not really, and no!
Although if there were something cool at the top, that would sweeten the deal
Walking through nature is it's own reward.
Nope, I have to call bullshit on this.
Walking through nature is pointless. It's hot, sweaty, miserable, tiring, and most of all it takes all day that could be spent doing something more fun.
I've never been hiking and it does not sound like a fun prospect
Are you a fan of nature?
How about fitness?
Well, have I got a winning combo for you.
Not really, and no!
Although if there were something cool at the top, that would sweeten the deal
Walking through nature is it's own reward.
Nope, I have to call bullshit on this.
Walking through nature is pointless. It's hot, sweaty, miserable, tiring, and most of all it takes all day that could be spent doing something more fun.
Nope. It's calm and relaxing, beautiful, smells nice, it's always fun to recognize plants (especially if they're edible), and if you go hiking somewhere flat and go at a leisurely pace then it's not tiring at all. I just like being in the woods/mountains/desert/hills/whatever. All of it is amazing and I want to build a house in the country and own hundreds of acres so I can go hiking whenever I feel like it.
MayabirdPecking at the keyboardRegistered Userregular
I never could get much into hiking. I love nature and getting outside, but I'd rather go on bird walks. It's kinda like hiking except I cover a fraction of the distance because I have to stop all the time and check out the birds. How am I supposed to listen to cardinals song-dueling if I just keep walking and don't pause for five minutes to hear to the whole thing? If I don't watch the heron for several straight minutes how I am supposed to see that one moment when it shoots out its neck and grabs a fish? And we humans are noisy and clumsy so if it's good habitat for a shy species sometimes the best thing to do is just sit down and let things settle and wait for it to arrive.
I've never been hiking and it does not sound like a fun prospect
Are you a fan of nature?
How about fitness?
Well, have I got a winning combo for you.
Not really, and no!
Although if there were something cool at the top, that would sweeten the deal
Walking through nature is it's own reward.
Nope, I have to call bullshit on this.
Walking through nature is pointless. It's hot, sweaty, miserable, tiring, and most of all it takes all day that could be spent doing something more fun.
Nope. It's calm and relaxing, beautiful, smells nice, it's always fun to recognize plants (especially if they're edible), and if you go hiking somewhere flat and go at a leisurely pace then it's not tiring at all. I just like being in the woods/mountains/desert/hills/whatever. All of it is amazing and I want to build a house in the country and own hundreds of acres so I can go hiking whenever I feel like it.
Nature is good for two things. Agriculture and resources. If I want a nice hike, I'll play Skyrim.
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WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
I'd like to get out to Rainier or the Olympic peninsula but I don't have a car.
I went hiking for two weeks in New Mexico...shit, I guess it was ten years ago, now. At one point we were like, fifty feet away from a bear that was just wanderin' along, not payin' anybody any mind at all. It was kinda rad.
I hiked around Catalina Island a few years ago and there are hella bison just wandering around
We had to just turn around at one point because a couple of them were blocking the only route and just staring at us
That reminds me of the time my family visited Yellowstone. We were on our way through when there came to be a herd of bison standing on the road. People were getting out of their cars to take pictures up close and there were park rangers going "GET BACK IN YOUR CARS, YOU IDIOTS"
do Yellowstone bison behave differently?
we didn't see these guys until we were literally right up on them and they never made a move or acted hostile
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MrMonroepassed outon the floor nowRegistered Userregular
It's 2.4 paved miles of switchbacks with a permanent railing and it took you "hours" to get to a giving up point?
Was this perhaps an outing of late-stage emphysema patients?
I go hiking because standing on top of a mountain and forgetting about other humans for a hot minute is one of the only things that makes me feel really human any more
WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
I don't care how calm they seem, you do not walk up on a herd of bison or longhorn to take pictures. You don't even drive your car too close to them if you can avoid it because all it takes is one thing to spook them and you're in a bad way.
I'd like to get out to Rainier or the Olympic peninsula but I don't have a car.
Our honeymoon was spent on the Olympic peninsula but we ended up just staying in Port Angeles because it had a hospital and I kept thinking I was having heart issues. We'd originally planned to stay at several lodges and go camping but it never happened. Our five year anniversary is this year and we want to go back and do everything we never got a chance to last time, including lots of hiking.
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WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
I'd like to get out to Rainier or the Olympic peninsula but I don't have a car.
Our honeymoon was spent on the Olympic peninsula but we ended up just staying in Port Angeles because it had a hospital and I kept thinking I was having heart issues. We'd originally planned to stay at several lodges and go camping but it never happened. Our five year anniversary is this year and we want to go back and do everything we never got a chance to last time, including lots of hiking.
That sounds like a lovely anniversary trip.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
I never could get much into hiking. I love nature and getting outside, but I'd rather go on bird walks. It's kinda like hiking except I cover a fraction of the distance because I have to stop all the time and check out the birds. How am I supposed to listen to cardinals song-dueling if I just keep walking and don't pause for five minutes to hear to the whole thing? If I don't watch the heron for several straight minutes how I am supposed to see that one moment when it shoots out its neck and grabs a fish? And we humans are noisy and clumsy so if it's good habitat for a shy species sometimes the best thing to do is just sit down and let things settle and wait for it to arrive.
I like gettin' down by the leaf litter and just letting my peripheral vision detect weird bugs and then just kind of starting at that bug do its thing for a little while.
Super relaxing.
And kind of existential.
Occasionally I will talk to the bug.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
So two years ago, during a hike with some of the kids at camp I was leading the way back to our camp-site and missed the exit point. So I, with the support of four experienced hikers, had the kids kind of lost in the woods for 30-45 minutes. But we played it up as a surprise adventure and the kids ended up loving it.
Afterward I was mocked and told I couldn't lead anymore hiking trips (in jest).
Last year a group of highly experienced hikers lead the kids on a hike through the same trail as I did the year before. BUT SURPRISE they lead everyone into a huge area of hornets who stung a dozen kids and made everyone panic & flea screaming.
I went hiking for two weeks in New Mexico...shit, I guess it was ten years ago, now. At one point we were like, fifty feet away from a bear that was just wanderin' along, not payin' anybody any mind at all. It was kinda rad.
I hiked around Catalina Island a few years ago and there are hella bison just wandering around
We had to just turn around at one point because a couple of them were blocking the only route and just staring at us
That reminds me of the time my family visited Yellowstone. We were on our way through when there came to be a herd of bison standing on the road. People were getting out of their cars to take pictures up close and there were park rangers going "GET BACK IN YOUR CARS, YOU IDIOTS"
do Yellowstone bison behave differently?
we didn't see these guys until we were literally right up on them and they never made a move or acted hostile
Bison aren't generally hostile, but they can be spooked, and if they get spooked, they put the spears on their heads to use.
There's a sign near Old Faithful that says "On this spot in 2001, a person was gored by a bison. Please do not approach a bison."
Once the weather consistently warms up I kinda want to just fuck off and go camp somewhere for a weekend
it's not something I do on a regular basis but I think a good 2 or 3 days of not being around the usual bullshit might help me clear my head
I went hiking for two weeks in New Mexico...shit, I guess it was ten years ago, now. At one point we were like, fifty feet away from a bear that was just wanderin' along, not payin' anybody any mind at all. It was kinda rad.
I hiked around Catalina Island a few years ago and there are hella bison just wandering around
We had to just turn around at one point because a couple of them were blocking the only route and just staring at us
That reminds me of the time my family visited Yellowstone. We were on our way through when there came to be a herd of bison standing on the road. People were getting out of their cars to take pictures up close and there were park rangers going "GET BACK IN YOUR CARS, YOU IDIOTS"
do Yellowstone bison behave differently?
we didn't see these guys until we were literally right up on them and they never made a move or acted hostile
Bison aren't generally hostile, but they can be spooked, and if they get spooked, they put the spears on their heads to use.
There's a sign near Old Faithful that says "On this spot in 2001, a person was gored by a bison. Please do not approach a bison."
I like gettin' down by the leaf litter and just letting my peripheral vision detect weird bugs and then just kind of starting at that bug do its thing for a little while.
Super relaxing.
And kind of existential.
Occasionally I will talk to the bug.
When growing up, I used to sit down in the little copse behind my grandparents house and watch the ants and rolly pollies and caterpillars crawl around and do the things they do. I'd also catch crawdads in the creek that ran through there.
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Walking through nature is it's own reward.
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I have given up on Achievements
If it gets me a Trophy though
Just sayin', I wouldn't mind having my palms greased a bit
never look up again rest of life
of course, should have been looking up to avoid bear later
Nope, I have to call bullshit on this.
Walking through nature is pointless. It's hot, sweaty, miserable, tiring, and most of all it takes all day that could be spent doing something more fun.
I said that is not the walk.
Nope. It's calm and relaxing, beautiful, smells nice, it's always fun to recognize plants (especially if they're edible), and if you go hiking somewhere flat and go at a leisurely pace then it's not tiring at all. I just like being in the woods/mountains/desert/hills/whatever. All of it is amazing and I want to build a house in the country and own hundreds of acres so I can go hiking whenever I feel like it.
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Nature is good for two things. Agriculture and resources. If I want a nice hike, I'll play Skyrim.
do Yellowstone bison behave differently?
we didn't see these guys until we were literally right up on them and they never made a move or acted hostile
Was this perhaps an outing of late-stage emphysema patients?
I go hiking because standing on top of a mountain and forgetting about other humans for a hot minute is one of the only things that makes me feel really human any more
just like
the wind and the wide openness of everything
Our honeymoon was spent on the Olympic peninsula but we ended up just staying in Port Angeles because it had a hospital and I kept thinking I was having heart issues. We'd originally planned to stay at several lodges and go camping but it never happened. Our five year anniversary is this year and we want to go back and do everything we never got a chance to last time, including lots of hiking.
That sounds like a lovely anniversary trip.
Hey, this is still awesome.
Because nature is amazing!
Mosquito bites.
Mayhap even a spider
But I am pretty okay with doing some hiking.
I like gettin' down by the leaf litter and just letting my peripheral vision detect weird bugs and then just kind of starting at that bug do its thing for a little while.
Super relaxing.
And kind of existential.
Occasionally I will talk to the bug.
Afterward I was mocked and told I couldn't lead anymore hiking trips (in jest).
Last year a group of highly experienced hikers lead the kids on a hike through the same trail as I did the year before. BUT SURPRISE they lead everyone into a huge area of hornets who stung a dozen kids and made everyone panic & flea screaming.
Suddenly Counselor Zonugal ain't looking too bad!
Bison aren't generally hostile, but they can be spooked, and if they get spooked, they put the spears on their heads to use.
There's a sign near Old Faithful that says "On this spot in 2001, a person was gored by a bison. Please do not approach a bison."
I will practice my Sir David Attenborough impression.
it's not something I do on a regular basis but I think a good 2 or 3 days of not being around the usual bullshit might help me clear my head
I only see spiders out and about if you get right up close a hedge they might be in. Our spiders are only wee beasties.
Spiders help get rid of other insects.
They are kind of helpful!
Sage advice.
One thing I am NOT looking forward when I move back to Taiwan.
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When growing up, I used to sit down in the little copse behind my grandparents house and watch the ants and rolly pollies and caterpillars crawl around and do the things they do. I'd also catch crawdads in the creek that ran through there.
You're talking me into moving to the UK.
Well I don't keep any insects on my person so they need to stay the hell away.
you could also get sweaty and muddy and injured in a countless number of ways
as long as we're listing positives, I mean
Eeeeerk! No thanks!!!!
I would be up for that, we could hike!!