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Nov 11, 2013 at 10:29 pm #2043603
more beginner blunders:
buying hiking boots the day before the trip and breaking them in on the trail.
I've worn trail runners now for so long I don't think of it but you still pass people hobbling with blisters on the trail.putting the emergency reflective sack over the sleeping bag to stay warm and then drowding in condensation.
Nov 14, 2013 at 3:42 pm #20446241. taking too much gear: 6 full size bars of soap, lawn chair, machete, canned ham, all real examples.
2. wearing cotton. I used to do it in the Sierra, but learned in the Cascades of Washington that the weather would bite you someday.
3. brand new boots for a backpack
4. planning to hike too far
5. planning to hike too many miles for the wife to have fun, not smart.
6. forgetting stuff: sleeping bag, boots, flashlight, tent stakes, tent poles, food, raincoat. I've forgotten them all.
7. heading out when the weather report is bad, bad, bad. I've never gotten used to backpacking in steady rain.
8. getting lost. some preplanning by having maps, is a good idea
9. not bringing enough food. that is no fun to go to bed hungry, and marmots are harder to kill than you would think.
10. hiking with people with different agendas than you. Personality and control issues, sharing of duties, bad attitudes.
Nov 25, 2013 at 11:15 am #2047932One that I have heard of several times now but never seen myself, one that blows my mind, is people bringing from home all the water they will need for the entire trip.
Nov 25, 2013 at 12:01 pm #2047950the two pound box of sugar was a mistake
and believing that two man freeze-dried dinners would feed two… :)
Billy
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