General Rainbow Bacon Posted August 14, 2012 So I've recently got into hiking. A lot. Any of you other doomers like to hike? Feel free to share stories and pics of your hikes. Here are some pics from trails I've been on. Mt. Monadnock: http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/231/1000104k.jpg ======================================================= In the White Mountains of New Hampshire Mt. Pierce: Nice steep section of the trail http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/7182/img0046rj.jpg A view of Mt. Washington and Eisenhower http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/5503/1000190g.jpg Mt. Nancy The Nancy Cascades http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3049/img0017ey.jpg Franconia Ridge http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1547/1000230b.jpg http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1051/img0101yj.jpg =========================================================== The Pinnacle (in Pennsylvania) http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7286/img0072pe.jpg Enjoy! More to come. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bucket Posted August 14, 2012 I've been to The Pinnacle, but that was years ago when I was in Boy Scouts. The only hiking I really do is the national park across the street from my house. I'd like to take on the Appalachian Trail before I die, though. 0 Share this post Link to post
Krispy Posted August 14, 2012 I love hiking in Zion Nat'l Park and Arches Nat'l Park. My all-time favorite two trails are in Zion. they are: Angel's Landing http://icons-ak.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/k/KEM/178.jpg And yes you do walk up the spine- It's awesome! And the river walk https://s3.amazonaws.com/backroads_web/images/trips/2012/slideshows/WZBQ-bryce-zion-walking.jpg I've hiked in many national parks and many state parks, especially in Michigan (Sleeping Bear Dunes). I enjoy a good mountain walk. 0 Share this post Link to post
Vorpal Posted August 14, 2012 Franconia ridge was the most beautiful and generally pleasurable hike I've been on. Went up Lafayette, then along the ridge to Garfield and some other one that I can't remember the name of ;-( Now I am a lazy person though 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted August 14, 2012 I walk a lot, but I live in nature enough to not give a fuck about walking through it. 0 Share this post Link to post
General Rainbow Bacon Posted August 14, 2012 Krispy, THAT ridge looks crazy. I gotta get out there sometime. Thanks for the suggestion :D 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted August 14, 2012 Hiking is one of my favorite past times. Last year I climbed Mount Bierstadt (14,065 ft / 4,287 m) here in Colorado. I was hoping to climb a few other 14ers this year, but so far it hasn't happened. Pic from my climb (more here): 0 Share this post Link to post
Hellbent Posted August 14, 2012 i might be bothered to find pics of the mt. katahdin hike i did awhile ago. I used to do a lot more hiking than I have been doing in the last several years. did a little hike in joshua tree over the xmas holiday. Had a little adventure climbing up on a boulder and then trying to find a way back down again. 0 Share this post Link to post
Tango Posted August 14, 2012 patiently awaiting a post from grazza detailing his hikes all over the world... 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted August 14, 2012 Uh, OK, I'll post some Sarcophagus and Ben Lomond pics once I've dug them out. And maybe some from East Greenland and Captain Cook's Cove. I haven't done much hiking lately, so am hoping West Greenland (where we'll be six weeks from now) will be a litte gentler than the other side of the country. 0 Share this post Link to post
DoomUK Posted August 14, 2012 General Rainbow Bacon said:The Pinnacle (in Pennsylvania) http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7286/img0072pe.jpg There's something very "England" about this one. Could have sworn you were hiking a few miles away from where I live if you hadn't said where you took the photo. The beauty of America is that it's vastness encompasses such diversity in it's scenery. I've always had a little dream about going on a road trip from the East coast to the West, but I doubt that will ever come to pass. A lot of expense, organising etc. 0 Share this post Link to post
Tristan Posted August 14, 2012 I don't hike myself but has anyone found the place where the E1 Skybox is taken from? Somewhere in the Andes I think. 0 Share this post Link to post
DoomUK Posted August 14, 2012 Eris Falling said:I don't hike myself but has anyone found the place where the E1 Skybox is taken from? Somewhere in the Andes I think. China. 0 Share this post Link to post
glenzinho Posted August 14, 2012 E1 Sky is from China, Guangzhou province I think... Wow, there sure are a lot of hikers here! Fantastic stuff... In Australia I don't usually get about much with work and all, but when I'm in Minas Gerais, Brazil, I hike and see some awesome places. Ibitipoca: http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4926/20842216035061069117585.jpg http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/9056/20649116034630735827240.jpg http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/606/20819716034669735823357.jpg http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9711/21602816034675402489480.jpg http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/46/22214316034592402497782.jpg Sao Thome das Letras: http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/6486/20703616036226069001026.jpg http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9599/21582116036332735657096.jpg 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted August 14, 2012 Bit of a hiking fan myself too. Most of the hikes I've done have been on Scottish hills. There is a small hill 20 minutes from my house that I use as a training hill (maybe 40 times a year - I did say that it's small) and I try and get a few quality hikes in on something bigger every year. 0 Share this post Link to post
Alfonzo Posted August 14, 2012 Sure, big hiker here, although I haven't attempted anything at all in recent months. The last mountain I tackled was Mt. Maroma in Spain, which had been taunting me from out the window of my Spanish residence for the best part of 5 seasons. Previously, I had been resigned to the leisure of walking along the irrigation system and various cliffs that sliced through the heart of the Andalucian mountain range, occasionally bumbling over a couple of rugged ridges in order to get the lay of the land, but it would only be so long before I succumbed to the task at hand. Now that I find myself back in Australia, it's only a matter of time before I return to hiking great distances. When that day finally comes, I will be sure to bring a camera! 0 Share this post Link to post
Jodwin Posted August 14, 2012 I'd hike but there's nowhere to hike where I live. :( 0 Share this post Link to post
General Rainbow Bacon Posted August 14, 2012 Jodwin: Where do you live? I'm sure there are things around. 0 Share this post Link to post
exp(x) Posted August 14, 2012 I used to hike and mountain bike in McDonald Forest in Corvallis, Oregon during my undergraduate years. The land was managed by the university's forestry college, so the trails were really well-maintained, and I could let my dog off leash. I haven't done much hiking since I moved to Minneapolis because I've been content to walk and bike the paved trails along the Mississippi River that are accessible from right in front of my apartment. 0 Share this post Link to post
188DarkRevived Posted August 15, 2012 The closest park with hiking trails in my area is the "G.Ross Lord Park": toronto.com/listing/213429 I don't carry a camera with me when I hike through it. I only bring along my mp3 player and my food supplies. So I'll just describe it in words... The park has a squiggly stream/river going through it, with a bunch of curved/arched wooden bridges going over it at numerous points. There's plenty of spots for having a picnic in there, but I've chosen only one of them to be my "preferred eating territory". I chose the one which is the furthest from the parking lot and therefore the least crowded and least polluted one. My favourite trail is one which goes uphill right beside a cliff which overlooks the stream/river down below. There's a lot of really really tall trees growing on the shore of the stream and stretching high up past the altitude of the uphill trail which I keep frequenting. One time I saw a raccoon climbing on a tall pine tree in that area. Until that day I never knew that raccoons were capable of crawling up trees. I thought that they were ground-based animals. So yeah, I was so surprised, LOL. The only bad thing about this park is that during rainy weeks the stream/river has a chance of flooding some of the paths and trails. And there's signs posted all over the place to warn people of the possible flood danger. I was able to witness this actual flooding happen only once, and that was last month. It made me mad because I couldn't finish going one of the trails and had to make a U-turn and leave. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bucket Posted August 15, 2012 DoomUK said:There's something very "England" about this one. Could have sworn you were hiking a few miles away from where I live if you hadn't said where you took the photo. Ditto. I took a trip to London a few years ago; I may as well have been blindfolded and driven to Old City while someone made airplane noises in the back seat. 0 Share this post Link to post
DoomUK Posted August 15, 2012 Bucket said:Ditto. I took a trip to London a few years ago; I may as well have been blindfolded and driven to Old City while someone made airplane noises in the back seat. Heh, I haven't been to London since I was a child and I have no desire to go and visit it again anytime soon. I worry about tourists coming to the UK and automatically choosing London as their destination because there's not a lot of British culture left in it anymore, which, to me, is the whole idea of going abroad on holiday. If I went and visited New York or Toyko or Sydney or Rio de Janeiro I'd be disappointed if I was engulfed in cultural idiosyncrasies which weren't traditionally native to these places. It's for this reason that I support our monarchy; along with the pound it's about the only thing we've got left in the government's relentless quest to embrace multiculturalism on this little island, and particularly within it's capital. 0 Share this post Link to post
glenzinho Posted August 15, 2012 Oh, don't worry if you go to Rio... Nothing but good old Brazilianess there! That place will never change, not even for the Olympics 0 Share this post Link to post
Captain Toenail Posted August 15, 2012 Living near the Grampian Mountains, obviously I go hiking sometimes. Nothing too 'hardcore' though, just the occasional walk up a small mountain, or a 10-mile amble round a loch. Good way to tire out the dog. It's amusing seeing all the people kitted up in their special gear; hiking sticks, silly hats, skin-tight shorts etc. for an hour walk up a shallow hill. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted August 15, 2012 Captain Toenail said:or a 10-mile amble round a loch. Sounds like Loch Muick to me? 0 Share this post Link to post
Katamori Posted August 15, 2012 I swear that the shot about The Pinnacle (in Pennsylvania) might be also in Central-Europe. I've been on some interesting places before in Hungary, and I see that the picture is similar to some sceneries here. 0 Share this post Link to post
DooMAD Posted August 15, 2012 Albas Falls trail, Shuswap Lake in BC, Canada: http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/293224_10151047868363159_1873365482_n.jpg http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/255230_10151047869693159_990122181_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/401990_10151047874718159_995907370_n.jpg http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/s720x720/229075_10151047875728159_1156885205_n.jpg http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/297469_10151047873893159_1069104864_n.jpg http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/551172_10151098443589594_1748412915_n.jpg 0 Share this post Link to post
glenzinho Posted August 15, 2012 Canada looks great.. always wanted to go there. 0 Share this post Link to post