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Anonymous Thu 23 Jul 2015 23:49:54 No.559227 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>560076

Ask a guy who just finished the John Muir Trail yesterday anything. Woke up at midnight and hiked the the summit of Whitney to watch the sun rise.

Pic related, the summit of Mount Whitney

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 23 Jul 2015 23:57:37 No.559238 Report

Quoted By: >>559242

how long did it take you?

are you as much of an asshat as every single person in mile...mile and a half?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 00:02:25 No.559242 Report

Quoted By: >>559243

>>559238
It took me 20 days to finish. I'd say no... I went solo and hooked up with a group of people who were all pretty cool fortunately.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 00:05:53 No.559243 Report

Quoted By: >>559247

>>559242
>start solo
>get ronery
>glom onto people smart enough to go with friends

i'm sure they were thrilled to have you

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 00:23:04 No.559247 Report

Quoted By: >>559250

>>559243
>plan to go with best friend
>gets accepted into firefighting academy
>has to cancel
>fuckit.jpg
>still go on the trip and have a great time

They liked me enough to give me a ride home 5 hours away from Whitney Portal.
I think your greentext portrays something you might experience, because you are a socially inept fuck =].

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 00:30:53 No.559250 Report

Quoted By: >>559258 >>559268

>>559247
>you are a socially inept fuck
my /out/ wife would disagree :)

and was it 5 hours out of their way, or did they make the mistake of saying they were headed the same direction as you and you were pathetic until they agreed to drop you off on the way?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 00:36:07 No.559258 Report

Quoted By: >>559265 >>559267

>>559250
what is this shitposting doing on my /out/?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 00:41:16 No.559265 Report

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>>559258
I don't even think this guy goes /out/... just shitposts all day because he's bored. If you really have a wife, I feel sorry for her.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 00:42:54 No.559267 Report

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>>559258
it pisses me off when i'm hiking/backpacking and some random lonesome fuckhead i run across on a trail decides they want to tag along us.

>mfw

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 00:43:36 No.559268 Report

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>>559250
Man you should really change that negative attitude of yours. Especially if you're old enough to have a wife

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 02:16:06 No.559326 Report

Quoted By: >>559336

How bad were weather conditions? Looking to do this next summer but I have to be back at school around Aug 13th so I'd probably be hiking it around this time.

also what tent and degree sleeping bag did you use? What'd you eat out there? How much did your pack weigh? Do you eat ass?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 02:28:28 No.559336 Report

Quoted By: >>559339

>>559326
It was overcast/rainy 70% (a generous number) of the time during my trip. Due to the drought there was little snow, Whitney being the exception, however, water was plentiful throughout the trail. My tent was a Kelty Salida 2. As for the degree of my sleeping bag, I am unsure... I borrowed it from a friend and it doesn't say on it. My diet usually consisted of:

Breakfast - Oatmeal and Instant breakfast

Lunch - Granola Bar, banana chips/trail mix

Dinner - Mountain House, Mashed Potatoes, Snickers, random drink mix.

My pack starting was 60 lbs. After some adjustments (throwing shit out) I got it down to 48lbs average weight.

[spoiler:lit]I eat the ass[/spoiler:lit]

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 02:36:10 No.559339 Report

Quoted By: >>559343

>>559336
How many times did you restock on food?

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 02:45:53 No.559343 Report

Quoted By: >>559347

>>559339
I had brought a weeks worth of food with me to start. Reds Meadow was where I resupplied first, followed by Muir Trail Ranch. Reds is a great place to take a zero day, have a hot meal, take a shower, etc... Muir Trail Ranch is simply a resupply station. ProTip: there is LOTS of extra food there, so if you're a poor student like me, you can literally resupply for free. There are also hot springs across the river by MTR with some nice campsites away from most who don't want to wade the river. The hot springs were nice, bust most were dirty. Some dude and his girl were skinny dipping... saw her tits, they were nice =].

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Jul 2015 02:54:39 No.559347 Report

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>>559343
Pic of tits?

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Anonymous Sat 25 Jul 2015 03:48:47 No.559922 Report

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Anonymous Sat 25 Jul 2015 04:36:40 No.559934 Report

Quoted By: >>559940

How much did you weigh before and how much do you weigh now?

Did you do any kind of prepping for the physical intensity of the trip?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jul 2015 05:18:17 No.559940 Report

Quoted By: >>560760

>>559934
Before I weighed 195lbs, and I now weigh 180lbs. I live near the San Gabriel Mountains, so I hiked around there to prepare. Did one 50 mile trip, a bunch of day hikes on weekends, and climbed Mount San Antonia the hard way (4k ft. elevation gain in 4 miles) to train for Whitney. Depending on how far you plan on going each day you may not need to train at all if you are naturally fit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jul 2015 13:37:11 No.560076 Report

Quoted By: >>560356

>>559227
when going on a hike that is that long, where do you leave your car?
i want to do a semi-long hike and am worried about my car being stolen or vandalized.

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Anonymous Sat 25 Jul 2015 22:17:35 No.560356 Report

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>>560076
I actually just got dropped off and hitched a ride back from some people I met on the trail. What they did, however, was leave their car at Whitney Portal, and paid a driver to take them up to Yosemite ($200 which I think is crazy). I would be less worried about my car getting stolen or vandalized, and more worried about having it clean, and food free so bears don't break in. Most hikers/outdoors type people are really chill and wouldn't steal shit... bears on the other hand are fucking assholes lol.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 26 Jul 2015 17:38:16 No.560760 Report

Quoted By: >>560978

>>559940
Oh no way. I'm up in baldy generally every weekend. You ever do Devil's backbone?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Jul 2015 00:26:36 No.560978 Report

Quoted By: >>560982

>>560760
Oh, nice man! Yea, Devil's backbone is part of the loop I do on Baldy =].

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Jul 2015 00:29:31 No.560982 Report

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>>560978
I haven't done that mountain yet, but I've done the 3 T's, Ontario, Cucamonga, Etiwanda Peak

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Anonymous Tue 28 Jul 2015 03:37:23 No.561726 Report

Quoted By: >>561769

If I was hiking solo then another solo hiker tagged along with me I wouldn't mind. If people are in a group though their desires for human interaction are most likely already being met and a "third wheel" would be a burden on their own interactions. That being said I wasn't with OP in his trek so things might have gone very differently and the group may have enjoyed making his acquaintance.

>tfw never any solo qt3.14s to keep me socially stimulated on the trail

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Jul 2015 07:42:30 No.561769 Report

Quoted By: >>561853

>>561726
I was at Reds Medows, and got invited to their campsite for some drinks around the fire. There were about 20 of us total, and that's where I met them. Hiked 3 days solo after that, until I met 5 of them on the trail again. Invited me to camp with them and then the next morning we decided to hike together to Muir Trail Ranch. After that we decided to finish together as a group.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Jul 2015 15:38:59 No.561853 Report

Quoted By: >>561959

>>561769
>20

holy shit. did that group start that big, or was it multiple small groups/soloers that coalesced?

i'm glad it worked for you guys, but i'd kill myself if i somehow got tangled into a group that big while /out/ tbh

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Anonymous Tue 28 Jul 2015 19:15:07 No.561959 Report

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>>561853
It was at a resort, so it consisted of pretty much every backpacker there meeting up to drink. I would never hike with that many people haha. I think 5 people is the max I would want to be with /out/.

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