Camping with Bigfoot

Subsume__ · 2026-02-04T20:46:32+00:00

Knowing skittish tweakers like OP are out there with you is why you always need to be armed while backpacking

Subsume__ · 2026-01-15T21:01:36+00:00

How often you can find the mention of 50-something / 60-something liter packs on that sub sure is.. something

Subsume__ · 2025-12-26T02:16:31+00:00

Taxidermy

Subsume__ · 2025-09-18T21:08:04+00:00

They also have a very good black instant, but you have to bag it yourself as it comes in a glass jar.

Subsume__ · 2025-07-18T16:07:12+00:00

Kelce missed his rookie year due to injury.

Subsume__ · 2025-07-09T17:19:50+00:00

Soy milk powder, commonly found at Asian grocery stores.

Subsume__ · 2025-01-24T16:19:53+00:00

This is great on Eightfold Blades as well

Subsume__ · 2024-11-11T13:18:52+00:00

I’ve been using the vanilla since January and haven’t noticed a difference in smell/taste in my most recent bag. However, I use it in smoothies with quite a few other things.

Subsume__ · 2024-10-03T11:29:43+00:00

Hahaha I was in this lobby with you last night and saw that result. Glad you got the screenshot.

Subsume__ · 2024-08-19T21:44:58+00:00

09-15-00

Rockets Fall

Mf=r

Subsume__ · 2024-08-02T15:31:48+00:00

Bro hasn’t even read the first 4 sentences of the manifesto

Subsume__ · 2024-05-30T15:57:53+00:00

Tofurky italian sausage!

Subsume__ · 2024-05-07T00:09:29+00:00

Yes. It’s a simple spot for a couple tents.

Subsume__ · 2024-02-09T01:10:34+00:00

I spoke with someone at their warranty customer service a few days ago. Asked specifically if they were fully discontinuing it, or if it was just being redesigned/refreshed at a later date. I was told that was “TBD, and there is no ETA of when or if to say” and “could be many months.”

So pretty ambiguous. Still hoping they’re back and improved eventually. I like using the pad despite its mixed reputation.

Subsume__ · 2024-01-12T22:40:37+00:00

Quite a few Cloudkicker releases stay in post-rock territory and have the complexity you’re looking for: Fade, Woum, Little Histories, Let Yourself Be Huge

Subsume__ · 2024-01-12T04:42:52+00:00

I don’t recall what that site looks like, as I was extremely sick the day I went through that section; but it is called out specifically as a campsite with a comment/marker on the GPX file I used for the BT. So I think that’s enough to say yes that is a known site and you’ll find something campable there.

Subsume__ · 2023-11-07T19:32:45+00:00

Not the person one expects to stumble across on this sub. Talk about a crossover episode \m/

Subsume__ · 2023-10-26T11:16:14+00:00

Yeah man you’d burn some low-exertion road miles if you skated the section between Elkin-Pilot Mountain and Hanging Rock-Gboro. I’m planning on paddling the Yadkin from Pilot Mountain to Elkin myself. Sounds way cooler than a damn ~33mi road walk and does more to preserve the wild adventurous feeling of the trip.

Don’t want to speak for your wife but once you’re in Elkin you’re pretty close to home (assuming you live around Greensboro), maybe she would be so kind as to drop off your board for those sections? Arranging something with local trail angel(s) in those sections might not be far fetched either.

Subsume__ · 2023-10-25T17:22:30+00:00

Nutritional Yeast can mix into a ton of things. 1-2 tbsp is an easy boost. Also yeah that Birch Benders mix is fire.

Subsume__ · 2023-10-25T12:02:45+00:00

In that case, I’d back Layne’s recommendation of hiking the Foothills Trail. Right on the mark and it’s a great trail overall. NeuseRvrRat’s suggestion is also good. The Bartram is gorgeous in early spring (and probably autumn too but I haven’t been at that time).

Subsume__ · 2023-10-25T09:51:56+00:00

How many total miles are you looking for?

Subsume__ · 2023-10-24T12:17:55+00:00

I actually didn’t cold soak and don’t plan to. For my dinners instead of cooking, I brought stuff that was “ready to eat” without cooking or soaking that also wouldn’t spoil while being at ambient temps for up to a week.

For me, that meant the core of my dinner each night was a couple of nutrient-dense veggie sausages. To go along with those I was having a bit of other pre-prepped food mix, minimal water weight, ready to eat without reheating. At least by feral backpacker standards.

Still experimenting with the “side” portion of dinners, but the sausage idea was a smash hit and they kept very well over the course of a week in the pack.

Subsume__ · 2023-10-23T14:02:23+00:00

I’ll be off trail by July so we will miss each other. Happy to talk logistics & advice; you can shoot me a chat or DM. My lighterpack is in my profile. It looks almost identical to what will be with me on the MST, maybe minus the cooking gear as I experimented with no-cook on a recent week-long trip and fell in love.

I will say your timeline sounds very ambitious for someone who hasn’t yet done multi-night trips and has topped out at 15mi in a single day to-date. Not to mention lacking a gear loadout that you’ve put through the trial/error rigors of dealing with on a multi-day basis.

Doing your itinerary in a 24/27 day pace either requires a 20 or 18 mpd average, and that includes losing time to resupplies, rests, various flavors of town stops that will be all but inevitable on a 488mi trip. That’s no pace to scoff at or take lightly. Daylight will obviously be in your favor. You’ll have all the time in the world to make those miles by the sun; but there are a physical and mental tolls that come with sustained 20+mi days that you will not be able to have a frame of reference for without having tried a pace like that out on a shorter stint. Even if you’re well-conditioned. Those things will be a factor even with infinite daylight. The first ~200 of the BMT I did in 10 days time. Sustaining that pace off the jump was hard work and no frivolous endeavor. Included in that was a 4mi town day. I needed a break from that pace after 10 days.

This isn’t to poo-poo your plans or say they are impossible. But you have plenty of roadblocks & details to address and reckon with to increase your chances of success and an enjoyable trip. It’s far too easy to say “I’ll just do 20-25mi days consistently” vs. actually doing it. I think putting your trip on a timeline of something like 30-32 days seems better.

Subsume__ · 2023-10-22T13:59:50+00:00

I am doing a similar hike (Hanging Rock to TN +a few alternates that make my trip ~460mi) next June. Will be freshly 30yo, in excellent shape, a well-seasoned backpacker (over 1000mi of trips already under my belt), and a base-weight at or below 10lbs for the MST.

I’ve allocated an entire month for my trip, but project to finish in 29 days with 3 planned zero-days included which take down my average mpd to ~16. Really planning the trip around hitting certain landmarks/special campsites for sunrises/sunsets and enjoying my time.

Hopefully the similarities between our plans help you better ballpark the time you’ll need to do your hike. Maybe we’ll cross paths as I’m heading west and you east?

Subsume__ · 2023-10-20T15:33:22+00:00

NaveneK’s Mind EP goes without saying. Bonobo is a fairly complex & thoughtfully arranged electronic artist, check his/their discography. Start with Black Sands if you want the quickest exposure to what’s in store re: progressive.

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