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Post by dirthurts on Mar 30, 2017 4:33:28 GMT -8
Hi everyone.
I'm looking for some opinions here. I recently had a debate about playing music in the backcountry from a speaker. One end of the spectrum says playing music is the right of the listener, while the other end says playing music aloud is disruptive to other campers in the wilderness who are looking for peace, quiet and solitude.
What do you guys think about playing music from a speaker while camping?
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Deborah
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Post by Deborah on Mar 30, 2017 4:38:17 GMT -8
while the other end says playing music aloud is disruptive to other campers I'm in this group. IMO people should use earbuds if they want to listen to music. Their taste in music likely does compatible with all within hearing distance.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 30, 2017 4:39:38 GMT -8
That would set me off. Hulk smash!!!
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Post by Deborah on Mar 30, 2017 4:40:42 GMT -8
Especially if it is rap!!
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 30, 2017 4:45:10 GMT -8
Especially if it is rap!! I might actually be more forgiving if it was rap. I'd assume the campers were urbanites and either not comfortable in the "wild" or just plain ignorant. It that case, I'd probably calmly ask them to turn it off lest I shove it up their behinds.
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Post by toejam on Mar 30, 2017 4:47:20 GMT -8
Don't play it where other people can hear it.
Hearing recorded music makes me angry. Hearing live singing & instruments makes me come uninvited to your camp like a bear looking for peanut butter.
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Post by FamilySherpa on Mar 30, 2017 4:47:24 GMT -8
I occasionally take a little blue tooth speaker to front country campgrounds. Have never carried one backpacking tho.
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Post by amaruq on Mar 30, 2017 4:52:38 GMT -8
I generally prefer hearing my surroundings when hiking. In camp I might quietly or privately listen to some contemporary orchestra while taking in the sights.
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Post by foxalo on Mar 30, 2017 4:53:05 GMT -8
Of course it's the player's right to be an a-hole. But if you are practicing LNT, respect for those around you is part of it and that includes noise. I love music, but I leave it at home when out in nature. Part of being in nature is being aware of your surroundings for safety sake. A lot of times you here things like snakes or big animals before you ever see them. Listening to music takes away that awareness.
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Post by Deborah on Mar 30, 2017 4:54:59 GMT -8
I'd probably calmly ask them to turn it off lest I shove it up their behinds. LOL, I can imagine the looks on their faces as well as yours.
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Post by trinity on Mar 30, 2017 5:23:39 GMT -8
I think music played aloud in the back country is noise pollution, and just plain wrong. It is disruptive not only to other people in the area, but also to all wildlife in the area. I am, admittedly, pretty rigid about this kind of thing. If you really need to listen to music while camping, just use ear buds. They're lighter, and you won't be imposing your music on everyone around you.
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Post by cuzimthedad on Mar 30, 2017 5:37:12 GMT -8
That's why God invented quality ear buds. In this case, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one. I am having this debate with a friend who is hiking the Kalalau Trail with me later this year. I have given the exact same reasons. To play music in urban campsites where city folk gather to say they are camping are one thing. Back country is a whole different ballgame.
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Post by Lamebeaver on Mar 30, 2017 6:41:58 GMT -8
I generally prefer hearing my surroundings when hiking. ^This I often keep cadence with a song in my head. If I want switch gears, I'll think of a faster or slower song. If I did listen to music, I can see where a speaker would be preferable to ear buds. Kept low, music doesn't carry too far, and this wouldn't completely isolate you from your surroundings like ear buds do.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 6:51:56 GMT -8
Ahhh, beautiful and little backpacked Idaho.
Oops I did not mean that. Don’t come to Idaho there are millions of people in the backcountry hiking the trails. Sometimes being on the trails is like standing in line.
OK, now that is taken care of. I find that the people, generally, who bring music on the trails, my last time encountering this was in ONP on the coast Backpack, are the same people who have tons of other gear in their packs and, generally, do not make it far.
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Post by cweston on Mar 30, 2017 6:54:57 GMT -8
That's a no for me, too. I think playing music on a speaker in the backcountry is rude. Even if there's no one else around for miles, you never know when someone might show up (if you got there, then someone else could as well), and it's also an intrusion into the natural environment and the critters that live there.
My basic rule of thumb is that if there are other humans around, they should have to be aware of my presence as little as possible. With the exception of the occasional celebratory whoop upon reaching a summit, I'm pretty darn quiet in the backcountry.
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