Going camping...
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@loki said in Going camping...:
Very curious what Horace camping looks like.
Just picture an adventurous outdoorsy type doing adventurous outdoorsy things, while being fat and exhausted.
It’ll be 115 degrees in Zion tomorrow. We will walk the Narrows. Tonight it’ll be at least 90 while we sleep. At least the Zion campsite has cell reception.
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@loki said in Going camping...:
Very curious what Horace camping looks like.
A big campfire with an even bigger steak cooking over it.
@brenda said in Going camping...:
@loki said in Going camping...:
Very curious what Horace camping looks like.
A big campfire with an even bigger steak cooking over it.
Campfires not allowed, but portable gas grills are. I made steaks last night and will again tonight!
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Ugh! Horace, maybe just get in your air-conditioned car and go to a hotel? This is your anniversary, so comfort rules the day.
@brenda said in Going camping...:
Ugh! Horace, maybe just get in your air-conditioned car and go to a hotel? This is your anniversary, so comfort rules the day.
We talked about it, and it remains an option, but for now we’re going to tough it out here.
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Dude. It's been a couple days. No pictures?
I've never been to Sequoia.
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One of our party saw a bear in Sequoia and snapped a picture:
We went on an 8 mile hike there and I realized that 8000 feet elevation and having had the 2nd covid shot a few days earlier had taken something out of me. I almost died. But it wasn't hot, at least.
Then we went to Zion, where it was 115 degrees. We walked a little, but skipped The Narrows. We spent the afternoon cooling off in a river next to the campsite.
Next was Bryce Canyon, which was the most beautiful piece of the world I've ever seen. Cool to be able to walk around in it, too.
Here's the whole party at the Mesa Arch. We went with my wife's friend and her family.
Capitol Reef is interesting for how lush and green it is amidst the surrounding desert. There's even a functioning orchard next to the campsite.
Here's a sign in the restroom at Arches National Park. It's really sad that our National Parks, which attract so many hippies and other leftists, have to go to these lengths to attempt to educate lefties about how to use toilets.
We saw a mountain goat at the Grand Canyon. I saw him bound up a nearly vertical wall, but this picture is after he got up there.
We hiked a total of about 50 miles across the parks, and I almost died on every single hike. That's how it felt at least. I couldn't absorb the water I drank fast enough, and ended up having to rest in shade due to dehydration more than cardio exhaustion. Actually two hikers died last weekend in the Grand Canyon. That heat was no joke.
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Wonderful trip. That's pretty close to the bear!
Seems bears are a recurring vacation theme this year at TNCR.
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Felt like I worked very hard and didn't eat much, but I didn't lose much weight. I think super-hot weather can trick you. You aren't really burning that many calories, you're just dehydrated and exhausted from the sun. Your body shuts down more than it processes its fat for energy.
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- That looks like a pretty young bear.
- You should have gone to Mesa Arch about 20 minutes before sunrise to watch the absolute shitshow that ensues there every morning. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of landscape photographers treating the arch like some kind of press spray, all bitching at each other to stop crowding because they all want the same exact picture. Hilarious.
- Speaking of all that, there’s a bit of an online movement to not publicize where photos are taken in Arches, Zion, etc. Wannabe influencers go there in droves, crap up the terrain with their cars and by walking where they shouldn’t, littering, etc., etc., just to get those iconic selfies to post on fucking Instagram, and then they leave. In some areas it’s turned into an unwritten rule not to share locations. Kinda sucks people have to do that, but at least there’s been a backlash against social media asshats.
- Yeah, heat can be serious out there. Unlike on the East Coast, there isn’t as much in the way of tree canopies in Utah and that can really screw you up, let alone the elevations. I’d say you did an awesome job considering. Water and food, food and water and water and food.
Thanks for sharing the photos!
Please love yourself.
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- That looks like a pretty young bear.
- You should have gone to Mesa Arch about 20 minutes before sunrise to watch the absolute shitshow that ensues there every morning. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of landscape photographers treating the arch like some kind of press spray, all bitching at each other to stop crowding because they all want the same exact picture. Hilarious.
- Speaking of all that, there’s a bit of an online movement to not publicize where photos are taken in Arches, Zion, etc. Wannabe influencers go there in droves, crap up the terrain with their cars and by walking where they shouldn’t, littering, etc., etc., just to get those iconic selfies to post on fucking Instagram, and then they leave. In some areas it’s turned into an unwritten rule not to share locations. Kinda sucks people have to do that, but at least there’s been a backlash against social media asshats.
- Yeah, heat can be serious out there. Unlike on the East Coast, there isn’t as much in the way of tree canopies in Utah and that can really screw you up, let alone the elevations. I’d say you did an awesome job considering. Water and food, food and water and water and food.
Thanks for sharing the photos!
@aqua-letifer said in Going camping...:
- You should have gone to Mesa Arch about 20 minutes before sunrise to watch the absolute shitshow that ensues there every morning. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of landscape photographers treating the arch like some kind of press spray, all bitching at each other to stop crowding because they all want the same exact picture. Hilarious.
Even when we were there, in the middle of a hot day, there was a substantial line to take a picture on the arch. The trail to get there is easy, so everybody goes. It's not very spectacular though, unless you catch the sunrise I suppose.
- Speaking of all that, there’s a bit of an online movement to not publicize where photos are taken in Arches, Zion, etc. Wannabe influencers go there in droves, crap up the terrain with their cars and by walking where they shouldn’t, littering, etc., etc., just to get those iconic selfies to post on fucking Instagram, and then they leave. In some areas it’s turned into an unwritten rule not to share locations. Kinda sucks people have to do that, but at least there’s been a backlash against social media asshats.
They probably don't know how to use the toilets either.
- Yeah, heat can be serious out there. Unlike on the East Coast, there isn’t as much in the way of tree canopies in Utah and that can really screw you up, let alone the elevations. I’d say you did an awesome job considering. Water and food, food and water and water and food.
Thanks Aqua. I was drinking upwards of 5 liters of water over the course of a long climb. The water would just accumulate in my stomach while I remained dehydrated, as I sweated faster than it absorbed. I would pee in the morning once, then go on a hike and drink a gallon or more of water, and drink more water at night, and not pee again till the following morning. I did renew my appreciation for watermelon though. Perfect post-hike food.
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@aqua-letifer said in Going camping...:
- You should have gone to Mesa Arch about 20 minutes before sunrise to watch the absolute shitshow that ensues there every morning. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of landscape photographers treating the arch like some kind of press spray, all bitching at each other to stop crowding because they all want the same exact picture. Hilarious.
Even when we were there, in the middle of a hot day, there was a substantial line to take a picture on the arch. The trail to get there is easy, so everybody goes. It's not very spectacular though, unless you catch the sunrise I suppose.
- Speaking of all that, there’s a bit of an online movement to not publicize where photos are taken in Arches, Zion, etc. Wannabe influencers go there in droves, crap up the terrain with their cars and by walking where they shouldn’t, littering, etc., etc., just to get those iconic selfies to post on fucking Instagram, and then they leave. In some areas it’s turned into an unwritten rule not to share locations. Kinda sucks people have to do that, but at least there’s been a backlash against social media asshats.
They probably don't know how to use the toilets either.
- Yeah, heat can be serious out there. Unlike on the East Coast, there isn’t as much in the way of tree canopies in Utah and that can really screw you up, let alone the elevations. I’d say you did an awesome job considering. Water and food, food and water and water and food.
Thanks Aqua. I was drinking upwards of 5 liters of water over the course of a long climb. The water would just accumulate in my stomach while I remained dehydrated, as I sweated faster than it absorbed. I would pee in the morning once, then go on a hike and drink a gallon or more of water, and drink more water at night, and not pee again till the following morning. I did renew my appreciation for watermelon though. Perfect post-hike food.
@horace said in Going camping...:
The water would just accumulate in my stomach while I remained dehydrated, as I sweated faster than it absorbed.
I've had that happen a couple of times myself. Really the only solution I've found is to slow the hell down and get into some shade. I've become pretty good at knowing how much I'm exerting myself, and when it's hot as balls with direct sun and all inclines, sometimes I'll slow down to 20 or 30% what I'm capable of doing, for exactly that reason.
