Kansas Crimson

Top 3 trails i've done.

Northface/Lauterbrunnen in Murren Switzerland
La Cangjera Waterfalls in Guanacaste Costa Rica
Greenstone/Minong Ridge Isle Royale

honorables:
Hunt/Owl trail Katahdin ME
Philospher's Path Hidelberg Germany

pdub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 8:53 am

DeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 7:54 am 2. Never.

Wut

I know. Ashamed to admit it.

But, I live in Central IL. It's flat. So that never helped the appeal.

I come from a golfing family. When we went on vacations as a kid it revolved around golfing.

I've hiked all over hundreds of golf courses...does that count?

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 9:36 am

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 6:38 am 1. No No
2. I "hike" to work and then back home every day of the work week. Actual hard core hike - about 6 years ago. Near Evergreen Colorado. Bitch got us lost. Hot, humid, out of water, fucked up ankle. Vowed to never go hiking again unless I am on a trail and the person/people I am with know/s the trail well.
3. 31% (I have no fucking clue)
4. d. with a. a very close 2nd.
5. I like pdubs answer but I am going with i.

2. If it is on concrete then it's not hiking; it's just walking.

2. It is "just walking" but using the Oxford and Webster's dictionary definitions, it's also hiking - for me - at times.

pdub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:01 am Top 3 trails i've done.

Northface/Lauterbrunnen in Murren Switzerland
La Cangjera Waterfalls in Guanacaste Costa Rica
Greenstone/Minong Ridge Isle Royale

I did portions of both of these in the 90s. I have nothing to argue about your list!
I did research at Isle Royale in 1992. I have probably been on every trail on the eastern half of the park. I have only made it back once since. Fantastic place. Definitely needs to be kept a secret.

When I was a poor kid, my cleats were often my most expensive pair of shoes. Presently, it is surely some pair of hiking or trail shoe.

DrPepper wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:50 am

pdub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:01 am Top 3 trails i've done.

Northface/Lauterbrunnen in Murren Switzerland
La Cangjera Waterfalls in Guanacaste Costa Rica
Greenstone/Minong Ridge Isle Royale

I did research at Isle Royale in 1992.

Very cool.
Wolves? Moose?
Plants?
Water?

I accidentally almost peed on a moose in Isle Royale.
That would have been around 1995-96.

pdub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:54 am

DrPepper wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:50 am

pdub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:01 am Top 3 trails i've done.

Northface/Lauterbrunnen in Murren Switzerland
La Cangjera Waterfalls in Guanacaste Costa Rica
Greenstone/Minong Ridge Isle Royale

I did research at Isle Royale in 1992.

Very cool.
Wolves? Moose?
Plants?
Water?

I accidentally almost peed on a moose in Isle Royale.
That would have been around 1995-96.

Royale with cheese? or is it just called big mac island now?

Speaking of the Royale with Cheese, not that I eat McDonalds past breakfast ever, but the ‘84 Olympics were the best, as everything was free since the USSR boycotted.

Also. It’s pretty comical to think of McDonald’s as an Olympic sponsor.

Back2Lawrence wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:29 am Speaking of the Royale with Cheese, not that I eat McDonalds past breakfast ever, but the ‘84 Olympics were the best, as everything was free since the USSR boycotted.

Also. It’s pretty comical to think of McDonald’s as an Olympic sponsor.

Speaking of the 84 LA Olympics, the next Summer Olympics is back in LA in 2028.

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 12:50 pm

Back2Lawrence wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:29 am Speaking of the Royale with Cheese, not that I eat McDonalds past breakfast ever, but the ‘84 Olympics were the best, as everything was free since the USSR boycotted.

Also. It’s pretty comical to think of McDonald’s as an Olympic sponsor.

Speaking of the 84 LA Olympics, the next Summer Olympics is back in LA in 2028.

Ya, with Softball and Kayaking (I think kayaking) in Oklahoma City.

pdub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:54 am

DrPepper wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:50 am

pdub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:01 am Top 3 trails i've done.

Northface/Lauterbrunnen in Murren Switzerland
La Cangjera Waterfalls in Guanacaste Costa Rica
Greenstone/Minong Ridge Isle Royale

I did research at Isle Royale in 1992.

Very cool.
Wolves? Moose?
Plants?
Water?

I accidentally almost peed on a moose in Isle Royale.
That would have been around 1995-96.

Water. Rain water, lake water, unsaturated soil water. Usually, if it wasn't raining, I got to hike and explore. Fantastic summer job. I would write out my grocery order and it would come by boat a week later. There was one telephone, and it was on a different island. I saw many moose but never peed on one. I never saw a wolf nor heard one. I saw more dead moose and ticks than I needed to. I kinda got sick of listening to loons. I think I would enjoy them now.

I also did not see a wolf.
Unfortunately, the wolves basically died out about 10 years ago...but they've since relocated some to the island and now there are 30 or so wolves there.

DeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:31 am

pdub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 8:53 am

DeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 7:54 am 2. Never.

Wut

I know. Ashamed to admit it.

But, I live in Central IL. It's flat. So that never helped the appeal.

I come from a golfing family. When we went on vacations as a kid it revolved around golfing.

to each their own, but even in Illinois i think you’re missing out

https://www.komoot.com/guide/33703/hiking-in-illinois

Zion, Havasu Falls, and Denali would be my top 3 US hike locales

though, i feel like going with Denali is the easy choice for “Alaska”. there are phenomenal trails all along SE Alaska in the temperate rainforests

KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 6:20 pm Zion, Havasu Falls, and Denali would be my top 3 US hike locales

though, i feel like going with Denali is the easy choice for “Alaska”. there are phenomenal trails all along SE Alaska in the temperate rainforests

I had a buddy send me GPS coordinates to Havasu Falls back in the mid 90s, via Palm Pilot.

No description, no infomation. Just a "next time you are exploring the area, go to this site. (Be sure to check in with the reservation office first)

Needless to say, if anyone has been there, I was BLOWN AWAY.

Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 7:02 pm

KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 6:20 pm Zion, Havasu Falls, and Denali would be my top 3 US hike locales

though, i feel like going with Denali is the easy choice for “Alaska”. there are phenomenal trails all along SE Alaska in the temperate rainforests

I had a buddy send me GPS coordinates to Havasu Falls back in the mid 90s, via Palm Pilot.

No description, no infomation. Just a "next time you are exploring the area, go to this site. (Be sure to check in with the reservation office first)

Needless to say, if anyone has been there, I was BLOWN AWAY.

fortunate that it’s 1) so isolated, and 2) highly access restricted

when i went back in the early 2000s, there were 7 of us and i think we had to reserve more than a year ahead of time or something ridiculous like that