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    Moze C
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    @moco

    Hello all, my name is Moze…really happy to have found this site.

    Quick background:

    I love hiking, I just don’t get to do enough of it (primarily due to current location), but I travel and hike when I can. I’ve hiked sporadically over the years, mostly shorter hikes (2-10ish miles), some ‘longer’ ones (59 miles being the longest). I had pretty minimal gear for these and probably wasn’t nearly as prepared as I should have been.

    Long story short, I’m making a serious effort to get into hiking/backpacking and the more I read, look at gear, etc., the less prepared I feel.

    I’m going to post in the gear section and would definitely appreciate any input!

    Thank you all in advance and I’m glad to be here!

    #3476771
    Bob Moulder
    BPL Member

    @bobmny10562

    Locale: Westchester County, NY

    Welcome!

    What is your current location?

    #3476776
    Moze C
    Spectator

    @moco

    @bobmny10562 (does that work on this site?) Thank you for the welcome. I’m currently in the Dallas, TX area.

    #3476777
    Ben C
    BPL Member

    @alexdrewreed

    Locale: Kentucky

    Welcome Moze.  For those of us who’ve been around awhile, it’s great to see new, excited members.

     

    #3476786
    Moze C
    Spectator

    @moco

    Thank you for the welcome, @alexdrewreed! Lucky you to live in bourbon country, I’m envious. :)

    #3476794
    BlackHatGuy
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    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    Welcome Moze. Certainly plenty of knowledgable folks on this site, and as Ben said, always nice to see some new faces.

    #3476795
    Moze C
    Spectator

    @moco

    Thank you, @idester!

    #3476796
    Matthew / BPL
    Moderator

    @matthewkphx

    Welcome!

    Where have you hiked/backpacked while traveling? Any favorite spots?

    Where do you plan to hike/backpack?

    #3476825
    Moze C
    Spectator

    @moco

    @matthewkphx

    Thank you for the welcome.

    My longest hike, at about 60 miles, was the Loyalsock Trial in PA. I’ve done a little hiking near Big Sky, Montana, Grayson Highlands in Virginia, Muir Woods in California, some around Sedona (going back there in September/October), small hike outside of Gatlinburg, small hikes throughout NY, some in Idaho. Too many were more ‘walks’ (under 3 miles) than what I would consider true ‘hikes’ though.

    My favorite place by far, is the Idaho and Montana areas. I was pretty limited in Montanaa because the group I visited with didn’t really want to go on any hikes or for that matter walks due to the possibility of bear, which, hey – I understand. And I didn’t go by myself for the same reason.

    Mt. Thielsen was my most recent and a bit of a bust. That’s another story…

     

    As far as plans: Sedona is coming up and somewhere outside of Denver. Those are the only two currently locked in. We may go to Glacier National Park next year, so that would be pretty great.

    #3476834
    chris s
    BPL Member

    @riceonsuede

    I did the LoyalSock too. That was a tough trail. I still had a 30lb base weight when I did it too.

    #3476838
    Moze C
    Spectator

    @moco

    @riceonsuede It was definitely a tough one. Another buddy of mine and I did that one along with his Catahoula. Around three in the morning, I think it was, the Catahoula heard something, went out and came back with a face full of porcupine quills. We got the quills out and started our hike back around 4am.

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