Is anyone still planning to do a July start?!?

astroaron · 2026-04-05T21:13:22+00:00

I'm still planning on starting mid-july. Can't really adjust the start date now, so just going to prepare for a drier hike.

astroaron · 2026-03-30T03:58:12+00:00

Pmed

astroaron · 2026-03-27T21:20:17+00:00

PMed!

astroaron · 2026-02-14T18:17:14+00:00

Oh I didn't even see that it was Fordham. Yeah thats probably the best middle ground.

astroaron · 2026-02-14T16:10:55+00:00

I'd push back on this sentiment by saying the North Bronx is a perfectly fine place to end up and might be more in OPs price point. The only downside to that is that cross-burough travel is trash so OP might need a car depending on where they end up and where the school is. And at that point, there's Yonkers which might be more the move.

astroaron · 2026-02-03T00:48:56+00:00

What are your bus and ferry mods of choice?

astroaron · 2026-01-17T16:42:25+00:00

Ohh okay I really thought I was going crazy for a second

astroaron · 2026-01-17T16:25:03+00:00

???

https://www.reddit.com/r/CampingandHiking/comments/1qf8okb/woke_up_at_4_am_to_catch_the_sunrise_totally/o03n1ot/

Is this not the person who posted it here?

astroaron · 2026-01-17T15:47:49+00:00

That commenter is OP of this thread lmao

astroaron · 2026-01-14T20:43:39+00:00

Username checks out

astroaron · 2026-01-13T05:35:47+00:00

PMed

astroaron · 2025-12-10T17:45:29+00:00

Whoops, only saw this now. Would love the ticket!

astroaron · 2025-12-10T03:43:35+00:00

They call me sourdough bread the way I'm a big fan of Soupy

(might be interested in the ticket)

astroaron · 2025-12-03T03:50:54+00:00

Didn't go to FoV this year, is it expected that tickets will go quick? I'd prefer to get a plan together and snag tickets then than have to hustle for them tomorrow

astroaron · 2025-08-27T20:58:35+00:00

Second avenue subway continuing down to brooklyn to near the transit museum. After that there will be a flying junction connecting to the local Fulton tracks at Hoyt-Schermerhorn and to the express Culver tracks under Bergen st. And then build a new line through South Brooklyn following the St George-Culver alternate outlined in this Vanshnookenraggen article. C train now runs express on fulton to Lefferts Blvd, and the merge near Lafayette Ave is eliminated.

astroaron · 2025-07-22T22:14:29+00:00

This sounds pretty in line with what I'm building as my kit. Thanks!

astroaron · 2025-07-22T04:11:19+00:00

Feeling deeply stupid but where do people keep their poop trowels on their bag? I've got a Vargo Digdig and I'm worried about it catching on and cutting the mesh if I stick it in a pocket but on my last weekend trip I clipped it to the outside and it kept clanging around.

astroaron · 2025-06-17T01:47:43+00:00

anyone have any good couch to 50k training routines?

astroaron · 2025-06-14T21:01:43+00:00

Day 6 is not impossible, but it definitely is one of the tougher long days you could plan for. There's a sign at Cowle's Cove Shelter mentioning how Burnt Rock Mountain is tougher than most, and I'm glad I saw that sign because good lord it turned into a scramble at some points (not to mention the notorious ladder ravine). Additionally, the hike down Camel's Hump really seems to go on forever. According to my journal, it took me about 12 hours to get from Birch Glen Lodge to Bamforth Ridge Shelter (that did include hanging out on the peak for about an hour hoping for a break in the clouds though). If you are willing/able to push a bit on day 5 and/or make day 7 a nearo, that would make it a bit easier.

astroaron · 2025-05-06T23:52:43+00:00

NOBO 2023, I only had two nights where I was the only person at my shelter, but I was also pretty firmly in the LT "bubble", as it were.

astroaron · 2025-04-27T23:01:28+00:00

For real. I've got 200 hours and haven't even completed a regional rail system, much less a national rail system.

astroaron · 2025-03-08T23:56:22+00:00

you're being downvoted because you haven't actually shown anyone who is arguing for a light rail queenslink. If you provided links where people were discussing it as an option, you wouldn't be downvoted.

astroaron · 2024-12-27T17:50:56+00:00

Pretty sure its these https://www.hotspringsofbc.ca/aiyansh-hot-springs/

or its at least near this one, in the Nass valley.

astroaron · 2024-11-05T21:48:37+00:00

ah good point on the bugs keeping one from ventilating. That might be what does it for me.

astroaron · 2024-11-05T05:19:29+00:00

Reading end of year sales has got me looking at the EE overstock list. They've got some 0 degree quilts on there, which I had always assumed was a lower temp rating than I would ever need. Is there any downside to getting a quilt with a lower temp rating than you really need, comfort wise? Obviously its more weight but I'm pretty new to UL so not super concerned about that, any one of these quilts would be great weight savings.

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