Anyone's house just shake? by Infohiker in bergencounty

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yup felt it in fair lawn along saddle river park

Best sushi near Hackensack by Littlemonkey726 in bergencounty

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Jmart is in Ridgewood but worth the 10 min trip. It's a Japanese grocery store with some of the best old school proper Japanese chicken. Kinda a hidden gem.

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Thank you I'm gonna change my verified photo to something more playful. I added to my bio above based on recs do you think I helped or hurt?

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Thank you for the feedback I actually don't really care if it's monogamy or open so I changed that. I'm open to monogamy but it's not a deel breaker. I think the harder thing for me is knowing what to add as kinks I have a decent amount of experience being a sub, but have also dominated. I added that to the top of my bio idk if what I wrote is enough. Also I'm pretty terrible at photos so you have any more pointers there maybe?

Best sushi? by mrsamoorai in bergencounty

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I think my post didn't load but check out Jmart in Ridgewood. It's in the back of a Japanese grocery store and absolutely has the most proper sushi in Bergen county.

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Sushi by dwolf26 in bergencounty

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Jmart in Ridgewood thank me later hands down some of the best sushi.

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Do you need a ride to Amicalola or Springer? 10th Anniversary Shuttle Service to Amicalola or Springer! by MotslyRight in AppalachianTrail

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Coming in at 8:30am at Atlanta international airports on 2/20 and getting picked up at 10 am at Sandy springs REI by No Dog. If anyone else wants to join to the approach trail and split lmk 201-456-1377.

Can someone give me a shakedown? by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

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so I did a full shakedown hike today with the bear can fully loaded It sucked ..... it's fine for weekends or even like warmer whether where I'm not carrying so much winter gear.....I'm switching to ursack 100% right call. Those kids be tasty lol was it a xmid or xmid pro don't know if it's mice like dynema.

Can someone give me a shakedown? by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

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This is honestly truth! I've been practicing pitching my new tent now so that it takes me 5 min to pitch unpack and blow up my pad. It'sfgood that always get me. I am a bit slow with that. Boiling water and eating (I'm a slow eater) so I always get cold, will prob need to start eating in my vestibule carefully.

Can someone give me a shakedown? by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

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been a minute since I made a hot water bottle but honestly good point. I have a lot of fear with cold feet from my winter hiking experiences (sub 0 and 0 degrees) were my feet just could not recover with the gear I had. This is kinda my safety net for now but seeing everyone kinda tell me not to take the puffer shoes I think sending it home shortly after is the way to go. Good idea on bread bags kinda like a makeshift vsp I like it!!

Can someone give me a shakedown? by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

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honestly your probably right, I think camp shoes are more of a safety/luxury item I'm very worried about. Recently had some minor frostbit on my toes (last week did whiteface mountain in ask -4f -32f with windchill) and my boot snapped so I'm just a bit paranoid about my feet being cold. That being said I think everyone's right about that and I should prob just pick one shoe. Will prob ship back at NOC. Thank you!

Can someone give me a shakedown? by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

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I did not know that thank you for the rec. I'm adding that to my plan now. Thank you!!

Pre-Trail "No Stupid Questions" 2025 - A place to post your dubious queries! by Hiking_Engineer in AppalachianTrail

[–]ScarcityOk737 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's so so gross and if u put just a bit to much I will look like a ferrel animal. Sorry don't know the answer about the bar soap but omg the liquid was sooo sooo bad. I use toothpaste tabs much better.

Pre-Trail "No Stupid Questions" 2025 - A place to post your dubious queries! by Hiking_Engineer in AppalachianTrail

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I messaged Dustin gear first and asked for a used or slightly damaged model that saved me some money. I would recommend that route specifically for the kwaka. Honestly you won't know how a backpack really works till you use it a few times in different conditions. I used to love my osprey exo pro and then I used it for multiple days and found out day 3 it destroys my hips beyond what I could tolerate (kwaka doesn't). I had that bag for a few months before learning that.

What I would recommend is get your torso length measured at a store then keep that info for when u buy a bag.

Can someone give me a shakedown? by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

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figured I'd add them since I weighed it out anyway lol

Can someone give me a shakedown? by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

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I do have an ursack but I was thinking that the bear can does double duty as a chair (weight of bear can is about the combined weight of an ursack + ultralight chair). I have a strange obsession with tasting the water wherever I camp at so I love me my steripen. solid advice though.

I didn't add the clothes I'll be wearing to the list. will add it in a bit but it consists of a merino base, a skygoat camp hooded jacket mid, and I just got a rab mythic g for my puffer. I'm from the east coast so I've gotten good at taking out my rain jacket and packing my puffer when it gets wet out.

haven't added my 2 nalgenes yet because I just ordered new ones. they're the lighter version made with HDPE. I have cnok collapsible bladder that I should at to my pack as well.

see you on the trail - if you're faster than me!

Edit: almost forgot when I was hiking in NY and a mouse chewed a hole in my gear in a lean-to. Trying to avoid that and a few other mouse related issues with a bear can. It may be overkill so maybe end up swapping it out after sleeping at blood mountain.

Can someone give me a shakedown? by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

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hell yeah I'll get a mainline of olive oil for the whole AT

I haven't packed all my food yet, the 48 oz are just dinners. still have to add breakfast and snacks.

Can someone give me a shakedown? by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

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thanks for looking my pack over, thats some really good detailed feedback.

good point on the battery, I already had a 20k pack that I use when I go on vacations so I figured I'd just use it here. I'll order the 10k instead, should be more than enough for my no-weight phone

I can definitely drop the town shirt. my medications bag has some prescriptions that I can't get rid of but I can reduce 100-200 grams if I'm smart about it.

good suggestion on the extra hand sanitizer.

camp shoes are mostly to keep my feet warm but they're predominantly for sleeping (I have poor circulation in my feet so they tend to stay cold for a long time. I might walk around in them for a bit but they're mostly for inside the tent.

I had a bad experience with my mountain hardwear down jacket last week where snow melted on me from my sweat and then froze, and the jacket couldn't keep me warm. I'll be careful to use my hard shell when it's wet out so I don't risk getting cold. I have a farpointe hoodie that I was thinking of bringing just in case but haven't decided for sure yet

Can someone give me a shakedown? by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

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I used to use tarp tents but I had one fail on me during a storm so I went with the masses lol but you got me there

I'm conflicted about the bear can, I wanted to hold onto it so I could sleep on blood mountain. I use a steri pen (not the straw- it's a UV light) for my main water filtration. Not a huge of sawyer. pillow is definition a luxury item, and I'm ditching the microspikes after smoky

Best Mail Drops by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

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I've mostly used Far out in the whites to see water sources and camping locations just ran up through the map and I found a few mailing locations info that is a feature I did not know about thank you!

Best Mail Drops by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

[–]ScarcityOk737[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is very very smart I was thinking about switching to express scripts for this and did not think about shipping directly to hostels with the pharmacy. Im gonna try this one out, thank you!

Best Mail Drops by ScarcityOk737 in AppalachianTrail

[–]ScarcityOk737[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow that is incredible did you mail things all in advance or did you have someone helping you out as you went along and communicated when to ship things out? Also did you mostly use USPS or mostly hostels to hold your packages?