amaruq
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Call me Little Spoon
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Post by amaruq on Oct 5, 2015 4:43:54 GMT -8
I'm most regimented when I'm solo.
Pull up to a good spot for camp, drop the pack then unload the kitchen bag, tent, and sleeping things. Pitch the tent, set up the pad(s) and bag. If there's a fire ring and I'm having a fire, I'll collect and saw some wood. I don't often use the fire for cooking, it's more for my enjoyment and relaxation. I eat freeze-dried when solo (or hiking with others in such a manner that we're all basically hiking solo together), so in 20 minutes dinner is ready. While the food is rehydrating I'll run about looking for a hang tree and get the rope up and ready. I'll supplement the freezer bag with some tea, chocolate, nuts, cured meat, and hard cheese. When I get into my hiking groove I don't like to stop, so lunch is usually skimped and dinner is heftier. Whiskey dessert with the sunset once the main courses are done and then it's all up in the hang bag before the dark is too deep.
When I'm group backpacking, I'm awfully easygoing. I also don't pick food duty and am thus at the whims of others. If I'm peckish, I always have my own snacks.
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Post by ecocentric on Oct 5, 2015 5:58:04 GMT -8
My hikes are as varied as the people that I sometimes hike with. Sometimes the goals are trail or summit oriented, where the meals are just fuel to prepare and consume as efficiently as possible. An hour from picking a spot to camp, to putting everything away for the night is a well worn routine, that I prefer to do in the daylight, but have often done by headlamp. Sometimes the dinner meal is the focus of the day, intended to be social or even romantic. There are days when the fishing and/or the foraging is good, which is a sign from nature to slow down and enjoy the bounty. The "golden hour" can demand all of my attention be focused through my camera until the sun sets, or identifying plants, writing a trip journal, and fishing are all different ways I enjoy nature, and I'm happy that my routine isn't too routine
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sarbar
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After being here since 2001...I couldn't say goodbye yet!
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Post by sarbar on Oct 5, 2015 16:26:46 GMT -8
For me it was always about what kind of trip I was on: a casual hike in a few miles and set up camp was much different than a 15 to 20 mile day where the next day I did it again. Short trips meant long lounging in camp, where I rarely worried about my time. As for long trips, once camp was set up, I would get water boiling, then get my food out. Since ya'all might know me as someone who is a wee bit invested in FBC meals, it was that. Then as my meal rehydrated, I would go through my food and prepare a bag of snacks for the next day to cut off morning time. Eat. Wash up with any leftover water. Maybe dessert. Brush teeth. Go deal with bear canister or tying off Ursack bag. Off to tent.
Never timed it really. Haven't worn a watch in at least 8 years.
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rebeccad
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Writing like a maniac
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Post by rebeccad on Oct 6, 2015 8:27:39 GMT -8
This past summer we had a kind of cool routine for after dinner. Eldest Son was writing--a story or a chapter a day. He'd work when waiting for me at junctions, and in camp in the afternoons, right through dinner if needed. Then, after clean-up and sometimes last thing before bed, he'd read us his day's output. It was nice to lounge around, enjoying the evening, and listening to fantasy adventures in wild lands!
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tomas
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Post by tomas on Oct 6, 2015 12:13:57 GMT -8
Typically I'll stop at least an hour before sunset. First I'll boil the water and then get the food rehydrating. Then pitch the tent, inflate the mattress, and set up for the night. Dinner is done at that point so I'll eat. Depending on weather/mood/time I'll either scarf it down while it is hot (winter) or just have a lazy dinner (summer).
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