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Post by ashepabst on Jan 19, 2016 14:45:04 GMT -8
I like to take a couple of beers on trips. why? beer is yummy, err... some beer is yummy. and it's a nice way to relax after the hike's over and I'm sitting around just enjoying being out there.  |
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Post by Christian on Nov 17, 2016 19:18:25 GMT -8
I could probably count the number of times I have drank any amount of alcohol on two hands, which is still pretty rare in my environment (young and in the military). But passing around a flask at the end of a day of hiking, and discussing life and it's events is a tempting tradition that I am interested in starting on my expeditions.
A question that arises though, as someone who knows very little about alcohol, and has probably what is a very low tolerance: would a swig of whisky entice a buzz?
I guess what comes to mind when I think of a drink while at camp before bed is those scenes in old western movies. Cowboys huddled around a fire sharing war stories after trekking through the dessert on horseback, probably running from the law. Nothing more ceremonious, rugged and manly than that, eh?
Also, let the record show, even as a young military man, I don't enjoy the thought of being around a bunch of rowdy drunks on the trail, or being the SOURCE of such activities.
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Post by Lamebeaver on Nov 17, 2016 19:40:33 GMT -8
To someone who is not accustomed to drinking, a shot of straight whiskey will most likely give you a nice warm glow.
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Post by rebeccad on Nov 17, 2016 20:29:58 GMT -8
rekking through the dessert on horseback, Don't you ride that thing through my chocolate brownies! (Sorry, just couldn't resist :D ). And LB is right--if you don't normally drink, especially the hard stuff (I don't), you'll get a bit of a glow from the first tablespoonful, and be buzzed by the second. |
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Post by climbmda on Dec 1, 2016 10:14:46 GMT -8
Fist off, I have had 2 or 3 beers or a couple of glasses of wine a night, every night for years. Although we recently cut out all alcohol Monday through Thursday unless we have guests. Count me in the group that does not head out on a trip without a lexan flask of scotch or bourbon. The good stuff, too. The flask gets my wife and I through a 4 night trip. That gives us each about 2 oz of goodness after dinner in the evening. Not enough to catch even the most minor of buzz, but a nice, relaxing feeling and we just enjoy it. Canoe camping trips we usually bring 2 flasks for 5 nights. Easier to carry some extra weight, but still not enough to impair. Car camping.. Well, that there is a whole 'nother story...  |
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Post by hikerchick395 on Dec 1, 2016 10:57:10 GMT -8
We never did carry alcohol on the trail except our first hike up Mount Whitney, in 1980, when we took an airplane sized champagne. The next time we had alcohol in the backcountry was, again, on Mount Whitney, when we stayed overnight on the summit and someone shared their Peppermint Schnapps. Of course we had a beer in "civilization," while on the trail...Tuolumne Meadows and Reds Meadow. Fast forward to 2007, when I met up with friends doing the North to South Lake loop. They had boxed wine and popcorn...fun having cocktail hour. So, when we base camped with them again, we had the boxed wine, and hors d'oeuvres...cocktail hour every evening. Haven't backpacked since...had a permit this year but wasn't able to use it. I'm sure that we will include a flask of Hot Damn 100.  And like climbmda ...car camping...that's a whole other story |
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