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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2016 6:47:34 GMT -8
Yesterday. I completed the planning of our third 5+ day backpacking trip for the 2016 summer. For a number of years I been using Google Earth to get view of any new territorty we are planning to go into as well as map out our expected path; which gives us an elevation profile. I, wil also, pull out the topo maps and compare with the topo map with the imagery of the terrian.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Feb 20, 2016 7:21:30 GMT -8
While I've never found topos blunt the flavor of surprise when visiting a new area I'd imagine detailed photos of the same route would. So given part of the draw to new places for me is the "discovery" of the unfamiliar landscape I shy away from the satellite/photographic preview of a prospective route.
Different for various people I know. Like some avoid guidebooks for a similar reason while I like them.
Sounds like you're lining up a good summer!
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Post by Lonewolf on Feb 20, 2016 11:28:37 GMT -8
Overview? Maps? What are these things of which you speak? Find a trail and start walking. What more do you really need to know?
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Post by tigger on Feb 20, 2016 19:20:53 GMT -8
Overview? Maps? What are these things of which you speak? Find a trail and start walking. What more do you really need to know? No thanks. I prefer the lack of trail. Travelling cross country which requires a map, compass, and often a GPS doesn't hurt. I've used Google Earth to mark areas of my maps where forests are extremely dense which don't show up on my maps or where lakes that are dried up.
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Post by Lonewolf on Feb 21, 2016 5:49:42 GMT -8
No trail is even easier....
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Post by tigger on Feb 21, 2016 11:05:04 GMT -8
No trail is even easier.... Above tree line maybe. Easier? LOL! When this is what lies ahead of you, No trail takes focus and a map. You can't just start walking.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2016 11:43:07 GMT -8
So far a set of interesting perspectives towards taking to the trail. I was taught, Sierra Club WTC, to investigate before heading out on a trip. I find, inspite of my investigations, many surprises.
I am surprised that people do head out on the trail with out a map. Last summer, my wife and I, about 9 miles from the trail head ran into a fellow, headed back to the trail head. He was wearing pants, no shirt, and, excepting the things ha had in his patns pockets, nothing else. He did ask us if we had water, how far to the trail head ,and, finally, if we could spare some food.
For me, *shrugs*, it is a HYOH kind of adventure.
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Post by scapegoat on Feb 21, 2016 17:55:37 GMT -8
I love to be surprised as well. I take a map and compass but rarely look at the map on established trails. The last hike I did I had a short amount of time to do a loop at a local trail I've never been on so I looked the map over real quick to guage time and distance. Although every bend in the trail was a new experience, there was definitely a little bit of magic lost when I could guess exactly where I was based on those trail bends. Also part of the fun to me is in choosing what to pack -a few items I may not use but are in my pack for that sense of unknown. I don't want to be that shirtless guy begging for food 9 miles out either!
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Post by amaruq on Feb 22, 2016 13:54:25 GMT -8
I use Google Earth for multi-day off-trail planning. Everything on the ground is still a surprise, but I can get an idea of distances and elevations. I translate that to map and compass for when I'm out there and use them religiously. On trails, I have a map and compass I rarely look at. No trail is even easier.... Above tree line maybe. Easier? LOL! When this is what lies ahead of you, No trail takes focus and a map. You can't just start walking. That's not so bad, I can see between the trees and there are enough hills for sighting some monuments. :-P Stepping off this old logging road into one of those walls of leaves will result in visibility of however far forward you can spread the underbrush with your arms. We don't off-trail in the leafy-season very often. Eagle Lake, Ontario
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Post by tigger on Feb 22, 2016 17:43:53 GMT -8
That's not so bad, I can see between the trees and there are enough hills for sighting some monuments. lol! I was being nice. Here's what it looks like under those trees while traversing said terrain -
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Post by idahobob on Feb 24, 2016 20:26:26 GMT -8
So Ohm, where you going in 2016?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 5:42:47 GMT -8
So Ohm, where you going in 2016? I plan on doing a Queens River up to Plummer Lake, to Blackmare Lake, to Black Warrior Creek and up the Johnson River for our 5+ day trips. My wife will solo a part of the ICT from Willow Creek to Stanley Lake (80 miles). We will do several 3 day trips to Scenic Lake. My wife will also do a few 'death march' trips. And we will be heading up to the Big Creek area to begin explorations for a 2017 backpack. Also, in 2017, my wife will be doing a 100 mile section of the ICT in the Big Creek Area.
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Post by amaruq on Feb 25, 2016 7:37:31 GMT -8
That's not so bad, I can see between the trees and there are enough hills for sighting some monuments. lol! I was being nice. Here's what it looks like under those trees while traversing said terrain Looks like my kind of hike!
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