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Interesting hiking / camping stories

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2015 05:53:27 No.493926 View View Reply Original Report

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> be me
> be at college taking a hiking and backpacking class because I've always been interested in it but my family is not an outdoorsy family.
>Spend whole semester planning a weekend class trip.
> It's this weekend
> Sprain my fucking ankle so badly I went to get it xrayed because I thought it was broken
>instructor says I can't come anymore
>mfw

Im so fucking dissapointed, i was really looking forward to us8ng the skills i had learned. Post interesting tales from your trips to cheer me up please.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2015 06:03:03 No.493931 Report

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Damn, backpacking class? My college didn't even have an outdoors club (I was too pleb to make one.)

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2015 06:27:05 No.493938 Report

Quoted By: >>494152 >>494271

>>493926
what college has a hiking and backpacking class?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2015 06:46:38 No.493941 Report

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>>493926
Anon, don't worry about it. Now, with all the knowledge and skills you have, you can go on a trip yourself or with friends any time you want.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2015 16:41:49 No.494152 Report

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>>493938
Clemson

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2015 20:13:17 No.494259 Report

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>>493926
>trying to lose weight
>too self conscious to go to a proper gym
>just run through nature preserve as it's pretty and there's rarely anybody there
>half wetlands/half forest
>kinda zone out and run for a while
>stop to catch breath
>when I get ready to turn around I notice something weird in the marsh
>it's a dead guy

Called the police, they came by, asked a few questions and I went on my way. That was about 3 years ago. I'm not an interesting person, sorry

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2015 20:25:59 No.494271 Report

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>>493938
UofL has one as well. Also a walking class, and swimming.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 02:47:08 No.494568 Report

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>>494259
Holy shit dude! What was the story behind it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 03:34:39 No.494584 Report

Quoted By: >>494588 >>494595 >>494673

>>493926
>be me

Shut the fuck up with this shit already

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 03:45:35 No.494588 Report

Quoted By: >>494811 >>494955 >>496868

>>494584
I can't be anyone but myself bro

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 04:33:45 No.494593 Report

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drive to nearby lake or stream , camp using skills learned, let ankle rest till next adventure , duh

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 04:39:14 No.494595 Report

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>>494584
>A newfag appears

CompleteJack !5S1m7/zcs.

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CompleteJack !5S1m7/zcs. Fri 10 Apr 2015 04:54:50 No.494607 Report

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>>493926
I don't know how interesting, but last weekend I hiked a few miles into the mountains with my AK and a couple buddies. We camped in a little clearing and had impromptu shooting competitions. Saw some bear poop but no bears, lots of rabbit/squirrel/deer tracks, mostly just took in the view.

CompleteJack !5S1m7/zcs.

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CompleteJack !5S1m7/zcs. Fri 10 Apr 2015 04:55:53 No.494608 Report

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>>494607
I'll dump a couple more of the less /k/ pictures for ya, sorry to hear about that hike not working out for you.

CompleteJack !5S1m7/zcs.

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CompleteJack !5S1m7/zcs. Fri 10 Apr 2015 04:57:05 No.494610 Report

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CompleteJack !5S1m7/zcs.

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CompleteJack !5S1m7/zcs. Fri 10 Apr 2015 04:58:19 No.494611 Report

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Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 05:35:20 No.494631 Report

Quoted By: >>494665 >>494700

>got permits to hike the JMT and climb Whitney
>first day hiking out of Yosemite
>crowded as fuck with day hikers
>have to make moves to go around them
>hurt foot
>ignore it
>foot gets worse
>boot for other foot delaminates
>teva, bad foot, teva, bad foot for miles
>stop for resupply at Vermillion Valley
>trade weed for shoe repair
>show people my foot
>”you can’t hike on that”
>have to hitchhike to phone
>get picked up by poaching ex-con
>call mother to pick us up in the middle of nowhere
>friend has to go all the way back to Lone Pine to pick up his car
>go to doctor
>foot was broken

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 07:18:30 No.494665 Report

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>>494631
Shit man, and I thought I had it rough.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 08:45:39 No.494673 Report

Quoted By: >>494811

>>494584
Go back to facebook you normie piece of shit.

some kid with a dream

some kid with a dream Fri 10 Apr 2015 10:58:29 No.494700 Report

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>>494631
...and this is why I try to reinforce in these peoples heads that they should get off trail upslope if a backpacker is coming through.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 15:57:29 No.494811 Report

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>>494673
>>494588
>newfags unironically thinking >be me isn't the ultimate newfags way of greentexting

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 18:42:05 No.494897 Report

Quoted By: >>495122

>>493926
>going up a mountain on a regular trail - probably my 6th time up this route
>starts snowing as I approach treeline
>snow gets more intense the higher I go
>reach the summit ridge, full on white out
>don't like the conditions, getting too cold, decide to descend
>descend the wrong side of the ridge - wander for over an hour trying to figure out where I am
>bushwack through 45degree brush for 6 hours trying to get to nearest road
>pitch black in forest at night, navigating strictly by compass
>reach road - 13 hours total time instead of typical 6.

or...

>going up a different mountain on a regular trail - probably my 6th time up this route
>clear weather, but more and more settled snow as I go up
>snow is easily 10ft deep just above treeline - trail disappears
>continue on based on memory of route - weather is perfect
>locate trail at summit ridge where snow has blown off - all good
>descend opposite side (trail is straight over) and quickly lose trail again to snow
>heavily delayed due to mixed up routing and snow - trail difficult to locate once back in the trees
>reach final trailhead after 11 hours instead of typical 5
>greeted by park ranger that was looking for me since I was reported missing

or...

>going camping/hiking for the weekend
>pack up all stuff, drive out after work (4.5hrs to mountains)
>arrive and set up camp at about 9pm
>... forgot to bring sleeping bag
>try to sleep in just my insulated clothes
>temp drops below freezing - too cold to sleep
>get up at 1am and go hiking to stay warm
>3am - trail on first mountain disappears due to snow cover - decide to backtrack
>10am - start trail on second mountain, tired as fuck since no sleep but what the hell
>3pm - still on mountain, dying of dehydration since water sources all frozen - trying to eat snow but have to balance hypothermia.
>5pm - make it back to trailhead, decide to cut the weekend short and go home

yeeep

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 20:20:02 No.494932 Report

Quoted By: >>495108 >>496101

>>493926
>hiking and backpacking class
way to go on wasting money

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 21:01:52 No.494954 Report

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Who skinwalkers here?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Apr 2015 21:03:36 No.494955 Report

Quoted By: >>496103

>>494595
>>494588
How new are you? Back in my day, niggas didn't even use greentext to tell stories. They typed it out the normal way. Y'know, like completely normal non-lazy people who have a somewhat decent grasp of the English language.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2015 01:16:37 No.495089 Report

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>backpacking in the snow
>hike for two hours, arrive at lake
>look around for a good campsite
>pristine snow everywhere, no sign of recent activity
>have the lake to myself, score
>eat dinner, set up hammock
>go to bed early, plan on getting an early start ice fishing tomorrow
>wake up next day
>camp looks slightly off
>backpack torn open, contents all over the place
>footprints all over the place
>climb out of hammock to investigate
>animal tracks all over the place
>some tracks directly under my hammock
>huge print, 4 toes, no claws
>mfw a cougar was inches away from me
>ate my beef jerky instead

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2015 01:46:27 No.495108 Report

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>>494932

>he paid for college!

just get your full ride scholarship to pay for it bro.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2015 02:09:12 No.495122 Report

Quoted By: >>495354

>>494897

You're really bad at this. I'm suprised you're not dead you lunatic.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2015 16:34:23 No.495354 Report

Quoted By: >>495425

>>495122
I'm not dead because I am not bad at this - just ambitious.

My only truly major error was in the white-out, which was a mistake I will not repeat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2015 17:24:36 No.495371 Report

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>Portaging from Chippewa Harbor to Lake Ritchie on Isle Royale
>Too much gear
>Far more difficult than prepared for
>Beyond exhaustion and out of sunlight halfway to our goal
>Pitch camp on the Lake Ritchie trailhead
>During the night wolf pack howling and on the move
>Moose crashing through the woods and splashing loudly into the lake what seemed like 10 feet from tent
>Loons reacting to the wolf hunt with the demented loon calls
>It went on for hours and was FUCKING intense beyond words
>Come morning, wolf scat 35 yards up the trail from our tent
>The trip to that point had been an ordeal
>Thereafter, it was the trip of a lifetime

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2015 19:08:02 No.495410 Report

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>set out for a hike
>feeling ambitious as fuck because I walked ~25 miles, up and down 6000' in a day a week or so beforehand
>set out
>enjoying the trail, relaxing, taking pictures, the normal
>it's getting kind of late
>I know where I am, and it's nowhere near the trailhead
>continue until the sun sets
>can't follow the trail after dark because it's just rocks on the trail and rocks off the trail and I didn't bring a light or anything
>put on all my warm clothes and use my daypack as a pillow in the middle of the branches of a fallen pine tree
>type 1 diabetic, hiking without all necessary insulin supplies
>blood sugar skyrockets as night sets, meaning I need to piss every 40 minutes
>also do 50-100 jumping jacks when I get up to piss to try and burn some carbs and keep myself warm
>it doesn't help much
>dawn finally breaks
>my camera in my bag I've been using as a pillow has also broken because it's fucking hard to get comfortable on a bunch of jagged rocks and I rolled back and forth constantly
>walk the final ~3 miles to the trailhead
>get back to campsite
>meter can't measure my blood sugar because it's so high
>no big deal
>break camp an hour later, proceed with normal daily 75 miles of cycling

I didn't learn any lessons. I still don't bring a flashlight or medications when I dayhike.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2015 20:03:27 No.495425 Report

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>>495354
Eating fucking snow LOL dude you should probably stop while you're ahead you've already given 3 of your 9 lives up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 11 Apr 2015 20:28:23 No.495438 Report

Quoted By: >>496879

>>493926
>be at college taking a hiking and backpacking class
>some fucking aspie kid comes to class with a fedora and duster every day, thinking he's badass
>talks shit about mora knives and something about "batoning" ad infinitum
>weekend class trip coming up
>shit, I don't want to be in the woods anywhere near this obvious mass murderer
>find out where he's staying, dig a ditch outside his door
>fucking kid sprains his ankle
>thankthelord.jpg
>be on trip, posting from my phone
>so fucking glad OP isn't here

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 12 Apr 2015 05:29:34 No.495751 Report

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>>493926
What state is this college in?

I took backpacking / camping class at TTU - the credits counted towards my PE requirements

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 12 Apr 2015 19:51:05 No.496101 Report

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>>494932
I have to meet a credit hour minimum to maintain my scholarship. It only costed 100 dollars extra and it didn't add any additional workload to my already difficult schedule. And it's not a wa st E of money if I enjoy it

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 12 Apr 2015 19:58:17 No.496103 Report

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>>494955
Hahaha made me lol well played.

It's not a feodra,it's a Trilby

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2015 00:45:41 No.496868 Report

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>>494588
Be Batman.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Apr 2015 00:58:08 No.496879 Report

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>>495438
I just lol'd in a restaurant while waiting on my check.

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