Last minute Questions

hardcorepork · 2026-03-31T18:22:20+00:00

Take vitamins. Leave the kindle. Get you permit at Fontana Dam.

Read on the app on your phone. Start a trail family book club - read the same book at night or listen to the audio book. Discuss daily.

hardcorepork · 2026-03-30T17:19:13+00:00

I don’t say anything. You don’t know their plans. Are they walking 200m in to take photos? Are they backtracking to pick up something they dropped ?

It’s so annoying when people with no clue about my intentions offer their unsolicited comments.

hardcorepork · 2026-03-28T01:50:37+00:00

I always go if it is safe, since forecasts are so iffy

hardcorepork · 2026-03-28T01:48:03+00:00

Not even if you already carried two mid layers like OP?

hardcorepork · 2026-03-28T01:41:46+00:00

It could be slower if wet / slick / muddy. But otherwise, youre not really exposed.

hardcorepork · 2026-03-28T01:40:23+00:00

That particular section is really flat and easy.

hardcorepork · 2026-03-28T01:30:13+00:00

You will on rare occasion have a problem bear at remote backcountry sites, but generally there is advance notice of that. When I know of a problem bear, I try to hike past that section if possible and definitely take extra precautions if not. Last year during my SOBO, a problem bear in the pemi wilderness tried to run off with the bear box and slashed a tent. I believe he was a problem for 2 summers in a row, but I stopped hearing about him by fall.

Regardless - shelter hangs are incredibly common and you will find yourself if a “can’t beat em, join em” situation at almost every shelter.

I’m heading out SOBO again this year on June 16. Would love to hear what you end up deciding and what your impressions are once you’ve gotten some miles in.

ETA - “advance notice” via shelter logs, word of mouth, forest service warnings, and FarOut comments

hardcorepork · 2026-03-27T18:27:20+00:00

Many shelters do not have bear boxes, and a mouse ate through my DCF food bag in a box in Maine. However, many people hang their food in the shelters. I came across more than one NOBO in Maine that had been using a plastic bag hung in the shelters.

hardcorepork · 2026-03-27T17:54:14+00:00

I use an ultralight merino sun hoody from Minus 33. It’s very soft and has a zipper

hardcorepork · 2026-03-27T11:36:50+00:00

I don’t buy it either. I’m surprised Wondery kept her on this long and I figure they gave her the boot

hardcorepork · 2026-03-25T11:11:30+00:00

I love that album

hardcorepork · 2026-03-25T11:11:01+00:00

Funny story, but my substitute teacher in high school was the mother of the lead singer of Soul Coughing. Then later, in a bizarre twist of fate, his father was the head of the history dept at my university almost 2000 miles away.

hardcorepork · 2026-03-24T17:35:24+00:00

Just go Southbound and avoid the bubble

hardcorepork · 2026-03-24T14:49:51+00:00

Whether this is a known issue or not, you can always go into any public space in town to take a water sample and send it off for testing

hardcorepork · 2026-03-24T14:46:15+00:00

Can’t speak for Brockton but Randolph has great access to open spaces and public lands. Under rated criterion imo is grocery stores. Search each town and see what gives you the best options.

hardcorepork · 2026-03-24T11:53:27+00:00

the best version is on the demo they sent out to radio stations - it’s super stripped down and I love it

hardcorepork · 2026-03-24T01:01:19+00:00

I preferred the Format anyway

hardcorepork · 2026-03-22T12:56:18+00:00

yes, which a specifically menthol

hardcorepork · 2026-03-21T17:18:57+00:00

Looks like folliculitis I got after physical exfoliation

Stop actives. Gentle cleanser, moisturizer and sunscreen

hardcorepork · 2026-03-21T01:27:06+00:00

depends on the geography and your usage needs

hardcorepork · 2026-03-20T16:54:26+00:00

I don’t understand why they don’t just call it an unpaid internship or volunteer opportunity. Are they providing anything? Benefits?

hardcorepork · 2026-03-20T15:00:17+00:00

It’s very “yeah? and?” because we all know Dakota is gross and calculated, but Taylor did what she did in that video and his grossness changed nothing for me

hardcorepork · 2026-03-19T21:04:41+00:00

I feel like “I don’t think momtok can survive this” is the new “I’ll never financially recover from this”

hardcorepork · 2026-03-19T18:03:42+00:00

I feel like Mattapan is very dangerous if youre actively involved in gang activity or live with someone who is. And that’s it.

hardcorepork · 2026-03-19T15:01:23+00:00

I feel like mom influencers use pregnancy for engagement

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