Camping/Backpacking

[doug rr]

I have a coleman that works great. But then again I'm a car-camper.

[tragabigzanda]

i hate in sports when someone says "i got it!" but then they miss it.

[Norah]

I also use an air mattress because fuck having a sore back.

[Dev]

Get a 2 person. Will allow you to accommodate a friend/gf when needed. The extra space is nice anyway.

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I'll take this advice. Any tips on air vs. foam sleeping pads?

Uh, I have always used a little inflatable one, but that was because I was working out of a backpack. Mine is fragile so I end up replacing it every few years. I dunno. If you are camping out of a car get something more robust which is probably going to be blow up, but if you want to backpack I can't really tell you how foam stacks up. It seems bulky.

[Dev]

I've always found air mattress to be sort of a PITA; I'm about ready to try a foam one this summer.

What does that even mean?

[tragabigzanda]

i hate in sports when someone says "i got it!" but then they miss it.

[Dev]

I've always found air mattress to be sort of a PITA; I'm about ready to try a foam one this summer.

What does that even mean?

PITA or the entire post?

PITA

[The Argonaut]

pain in the ass

[tragabigzanda]

i hate in sports when someone says "i got it!" but then they miss it.

[The Argonaut]

This is not camping/backpacking, just hiking. Spent the day in the Southern Adirondacks. I had mapped out a route that I thought was 10.5 miles. It ended up being 14! whoops. I realized 3.5 miles in that I had miscalculated, so it was no big deal. Probably I'm just going to limp for the rest of the long weekend. It was a nice hike. Pretty easy most of the time, then some steep climbing the last 1.5 miles, and a good amount of scrambling towards the summit.
Pharaoh Mt. summit, 2552 feet:

[Dev]

This is not camping/backpacking, just hiking. Spent the day in the Southern Adirondacks. I had mapped out a route that I thought was 10.5 miles. It ended up being 14! whoops. I realized 3.5 miles in that I had miscalculated, so it was no big deal. Probably I'm just going to limp for the rest of the long weekend. It was a nice hike. Pretty easy most of the time, then some steep climbing the last 1.5 miles, and a good amount of scrambling towards the summit.
Pharaoh Mt. summit, 2552 feet:

Nice work bro. That's like 22 clicks. Solid hike no doubt. The view looks pretty great.

[knee tunes]

oh, there is a camping thread.

tomorrow I go camping.

tonight I bought a round thing with four spikey things that you wash, assemble, and then go make toast with.

is there anything else i need?

[knee tunes]

I've always found air mattress to be sort of a PITA; I'm about ready to try a foam one this summer.

why are they a pain? don't you just plug them in and PFFFFT there's your mattress?

and when you're done PFFFT there's your pile of wrinkled gray shit ?

[run2death]

Do you guys use AllTrails? An insanely awesome app.

It has a feature I'd like to see in Strava. Being able to load a trail before you record a run is awesome. It's nice to look down and see that your off course. I'd ditch my Garmin and just run with my cell if that feature were in Strava. Unfortunately, AllTrails lacks all the social features of Strava.

[E.H. Ruddock]

or you could, I don't know, put the phone away and actually camp and backpack

[run2death]

Which part of "run" did you not understand?

[E.H. Ruddock]

Which part of "run" did you not understand?

Sorry, I thought we were in the camping thread!

[run2death]

We are, but I use the app occasionally for running, hence the word "run."

WTF is your problem with me?

[E.H. Ruddock]

We are, but I use the app occasionally for running, hence the word "run."

WTF is your problem with me?

haha what? I guess I misread your post! I was just ribbing you for what I thought was using a phone while hiking, all in good fun. Or so I thought! Sorry dude.

[run2death]

It's OK, I was just adhering to the new "let's all be super sensitive" vibe of RM.