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Post by jay on Jul 20, 2015 13:27:44 GMT -8
Just out of curiosity, what is your dream hike and why? If you have already managed to make your dream trek, what did you think of it? Was it as good as you thought it would be?
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Post by BlueBear on Jul 20, 2015 13:33:10 GMT -8
I've had the chance to do "my dream hike" multiple times over. Feel very fortunate. And yes, unlike most things in life, it was every bit as good as I ever could've thought it could be. Mostly they've been extended bushwhacking trips in Olympic NP and various long trips in SE Alaska and British Columbia. Nowadays, most my "dream trips" involve taking my kids to do new things, which I'm enjoying just as much.
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Post by desert dweller on Jul 20, 2015 13:33:00 GMT -8
It's always the next section of the Arizona Trail. Every year is a new hike to places I've never been before. And, if you know anything about Arizona, you know how diverse it is. Everything from low desert dunes to tundra.
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Post by zeke on Jul 20, 2015 13:36:29 GMT -8
Swedish Bikini team doing the sherpa thing. Emeril doing the cooking. Maybe some tent mate who is a good story teller.
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Post by jay on Jul 20, 2015 13:38:26 GMT -8
I started this thread because I have been blessed in the chance to take one of my dream hikes next week in the Scottish Highlands. To be totally honest, I feel pretty much like a kid on Christmas Eve at this point.
I am also partial to the Rockies and am lucky that my daughter is very much interested in backpacking them with me.
Maybe I am a bit off kilter, but for me, the wilder the country, the more I like it.
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Post by BlueBear on Jul 20, 2015 13:40:36 GMT -8
Maybe I am a bit off kilter, but for me, the wilder the country, the more I like it. I think you'll find little objection to that notion around here. Off-kilter is way better than being "normal." The most miserable people I know are perfectly normal citizens.
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Post by jay on Jul 20, 2015 13:42:45 GMT -8
thanks, Bluebear, that makes me feel pretty much at home. If I sit down at the fire and start picking my toenails, please don't be offended
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Post by zeke on Jul 20, 2015 13:46:47 GMT -8
Wild country is good. Add in a little company for comforts and it is just as wild. I enjoy the alpine granite as much as any, and the desert red rock perhaps a bit more. Still, at the end of the day, if you aren't sharing the gorgeousness with someone else, it becomes lost as soon as the memory fades.
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Post by reuben on Jul 20, 2015 13:56:44 GMT -8
I'd be careful using the phrase "off kilter" in Scotland. No telling what it might mean to the locals.
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Post by BigLoad on Jul 20, 2015 14:23:19 GMT -8
And, if you know anything about Arizona, you know how diverse it is. Everything from low desert dunes to tundra. That's for sure. A week ago Saturday I crossed a snow field on the flank of Humphreys. The next day I was back in the alpine on Kendrick Peak. The day after, I was working on the desert floor at 108F. I don't have a particular dream hike. My two favorite biomes are alpine and desert. I like anything that has rocks and plants and not many people.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 16:00:09 GMT -8
MY FAVORITE STATE IS NEVADA. I LOVE WILD AREAS IN NEVADA! HIKING BY MAGRUDER MOUNTAIN AND LIDA SUMMIT IN WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA IS MY FAVORITE. THE AREA IS VERY MYSTERIOUS TO ME!
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Post by trinity on Jul 20, 2015 16:18:21 GMT -8
I think the Pacific Northwest Trail sounds awesome, I think that's the long trail I'd most like to do some day.
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Post by Woodsie on Jul 20, 2015 16:57:42 GMT -8
I did a dream hike in 2004 in Glacier National Park. I went with a group of folks from these Forums. We dubbed ourselves "The Glacier Gang." It was without a doubt the trip of a lifetime for me - great folks, great scenery, great time! It was my first trip to Glacier and I fell in love with it. I have been back once since then and plan to go again in late August 2016.
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Post by FamilySherpa on Jul 21, 2015 4:50:54 GMT -8
There is a hike across the highlands of Scotland from coast to coast. It is a supported hike where they ship clean clothing for you to bed & breakfasts that you stay at along the way. Not exactly roughing it, but sounds like a fantastic way to see the highlands.
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Post by jay on Jul 21, 2015 5:20:42 GMT -8
I researched some of those hikes and trails while preparing for my trip and they do look interesting. I was pretty amazed at how many trails there are to actually hike in Scotland, literally hundreds of miles. I have done some day hiking in Wales and also in England itself. If you can get the weather to cooperate, you can find some amazing views and sites.
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