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Post by Christian on Jun 11, 2017 12:57:30 GMT -8
I've been thinking about getting a camera drone to use on the trail to take some cool videos of the trip and all that. I was wondering if anyone in the forums has messed with that kind if thing. If yes, please share your thoughts on the topic, mainly what types I should be looking at.
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zeke
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Post by zeke on Jun 11, 2017 13:13:22 GMT -8
The vast majority of us go on the trail for silence, and solitude. IMO, a drone flies in the face of that. Noisy, bothersome, and if there was a way to shoot it out of the sky, I'd buy a shotgun.
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Post by JRinGeorgia on Jun 11, 2017 14:46:38 GMT -8
Please don't. The general consensus is that you would offend everyone else on the trail and interrupt their wilderness experience.
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Post by dirthurts on Jun 11, 2017 15:34:28 GMT -8
I'm with everyone else. I love technology, but there is a place for everything.
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Post by BigLoad on Jun 11, 2017 15:41:38 GMT -8
Nope. Use your own senses. Somebody followed me with a drone on my last hike in Colorado. It was most annoying.
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Post by Christian on Jun 11, 2017 15:52:05 GMT -8
Well dang, alright. Y'all definitely whipped me into shape hahah.
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Post by foxalo on Jun 11, 2017 18:33:07 GMT -8
Not only are they annoying, but many parks do not allow them.
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Post by Christian on Jun 11, 2017 18:50:52 GMT -8
Not only are they annoying, but many parks do not allow them. Good to know. I honestly have barely even resesrched them. Good thing when it comes to anything about hiking I always come here first! |
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Post by BigLoad on Jun 11, 2017 18:54:54 GMT -8
Well dang, alright. Y'all definitely whipped me into shape hahah. Your fellow hikers thank you! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 15:05:51 GMT -8
last month I ran across a couple of guys in Roaring plains Wilderness in WV, HUGE packs, cameras, lenses, tripods and a drone. I was quietly enjoying a cup of coffee in the morning to hear that stupid thing take off (they were camped about 100 yds away) and sail over the area. Its the first time I truly wished I had a gun.............
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Post by Ed on Jun 15, 2017 4:53:22 GMT -8
Sling shots work too... and are quieter! :D
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Post by stealthytomato on Jun 15, 2017 5:52:04 GMT -8
The vast majority of us go on the trail for silence, and solitude. I wonder if we're a dying breed? I've posted it in other places so I wont re-hash it here, but it seems younger generations are getting out only because they dont have to dis-connect or be truly alone. Everything is recorded and shared now - particularly solo adventures (just watch You Tube). I'm not necessarily assuming the OP is younger but just that this seems like the current trend in the outdoors. |
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Post by toejam on Jun 15, 2017 8:48:53 GMT -8
I wonder if we're a dying breed? I saw the movie "The Circle" last night and was reminded of this thread. |
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Post by bradmacmt on Jun 16, 2017 4:59:53 GMT -8
That this is even a question is incredibly sad to me, and undoubtedly the shape of things to come...
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Post by FarOutFarley on Jun 16, 2017 17:12:34 GMT -8
My two drone encounters while hiking:
1) I was doing the kind of personal business in the woods that you get far off the trail to do and then you bury it. A drone flew over right in the middle of my, I repeat, personal business. The video was posted on YouTube the next day because it was a spectacular fall day and the foliage was incredible. Fortunately I did not appear in the video.
2) I huffed and puffed my way up a mountain, spread out my lunch at the top, and was immersed in a great book when two people came up the trail with a drone. They started flying it around literally 20 feet from me as if I weren't even there. I put up with the noise--and with being filmed---for 15 minutes and then told them what I thought of their activity. They explained that they were scoping out the summit for their wedding photograph. I left. Okay, I admit, I left after giving them some further choice words.
I hate drones. They're an invasion of privacy and tranquility. They claim a public space for an obnoxious private use. Similar to snowmobiles vs cross-country skiers and jet skis vs kayaks.
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