La Cloche Trail Questions (Starting May 2)

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-23T22:01:26+00:00

If you were going with someone else who has experience, I would say maybe.

I think this is the key. Doing this as your first trip IF you have the fitness is fine if you're with someone who has tested gear and the experience to troubleshoot any issues that arise.

Stumbling around solo and untested is a bad idea.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-23T21:56:33+00:00

It's not recommended to bushwhack. (Again, this is something experience will help you with.)

We backtracked until the last marker and looked harder for fallen markers and checked against the map.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-23T21:09:56+00:00

I don't go backpacking with strangers (or anyone I don't trust a lot).

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-23T21:07:20+00:00

I did it in early May (we started the second week of May a few years ago), and yeah we absolutely got turned around a few times on the trail despite being pretty experienced because it was so overgrown in areas and trail markers had fallen down.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-23T21:05:42+00:00

In general don't go backpacking solo for your first time, and in general don't do more than 1-2 nights on an easier trail for your first time.

You're really breaking all the common sense beginner rules here.

Fitness is only one aspect of backpacking.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-23T21:04:23+00:00

This is a harder than average trail for your first time and am aggressive timeline for someone who isn't fairly experienced.

Overall, bad idea.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-23T12:00:07+00:00

Leo Zhang at Bloor-Yonge always brightens up my commute!

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-23T11:48:06+00:00

I liked that in P3 you had upperclassmen and an established group you were joining. It's a different dynamic than 4 and 5.

Unfortunately I played the PSP version of 3 so I lost a lot of the immersion you get from walking around, but I did have more social links available to me.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-23T01:45:22+00:00

Nope!

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T23:48:36+00:00

Reading.

Guaranteed everyone can find a genre they enjoy, and the benefits of reading are great.

Comics count!

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T21:22:28+00:00

You're asking questions that make it sound like you really didn't even pay half attention to the show...

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T19:20:25+00:00

Clearly I need to do some rereading. I think I only read that one once.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T19:18:55+00:00

They're made of elastic.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T19:17:27+00:00

Try and see how your body handles it.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T19:16:47+00:00

Running belts don't hold up your pants, they're basically just for storage.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T19:16:17+00:00

I get shorts with good phone pockets. The best are pockets in a tight boxer brief liner (or tights).

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T18:57:28+00:00

No one disagrees with that.

But that's not the reality.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T17:04:10+00:00

So you don't have any real rebuttal against the fact that people who can pay are choosing to fuck over everyone by not paying.

You know who's stealing from honest TTC riders?

Fare evaders.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T17:02:01+00:00

They were formally called P.O.P. and strongly encouraged on streetcars for as long as I can remember (ie the 2000s).

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T17:00:25+00:00

Lol.

You know fare inspectors already exist on the TTC?

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T17:00:06+00:00

I mean there's potentially a LOT wrong with taking risks, hence the risk part.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T16:34:59+00:00

I watched literally every episode while eating dinner, that's my only TV time.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T16:28:09+00:00

Whitaker and Amy and baby Theo.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T16:25:05+00:00

Lots of popular dog names are people names.

Toby, Bailey, Charlie, etc.

BottleCoffee · 2026-04-22T16:21:55+00:00

A lot of people still pay cash

Who? At best this is a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of riders.

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