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I do some hiking and now that my son is old enough and can come with me I'll be able to get out a lot more and for longer. I'm looking for a pretty high traffic no BS forum to find trails, swap gear, and get info.
What I seem to find are dead forums, super specific ones (like ****ing camping hammocks), or weird survivalst boards with some full blown preppers who talk about how to eat bugs...
Can someone recommend me to the M4carbine.net of hiking?
zombiescometh
01-25-15, 23:05
Rei has some good info. http://m.rei.com/learn/expert-advice.html
This forum looks pretty good.
http://www.trailgroove.com/forum.php
Your right there isn't a whole lot mostly specific forums. There are a lot of area specific sites so maybe find one close to where you live.
Try bushcraft usa.
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I'm currently on trail groove but it's y low traffic. I'll check out bushcraft. Thanks for the leads.
Not exactly hiking/backpacking, but have you checked out ESEE's forum? Not as much knife talk as you would think, heavy trail talk. I should say their hardcore about gear but there's a little BS (the good kind).
Jungle training forum- http://jungletraining.com/forums/forum.php
That could be a cool forum, I'll check it out. Regional forums are usually dead.
caelumatra
01-26-15, 14:25
There are a bunch of subreddits on the subject.
https://www.reddit.com/r/canoecamping (this one is pretty dead during the winter)
https://www.reddit.com/r/backpacking
https://www.reddit.com/r/camping
https://www.reddit.com/r/trailmeals
https://www.reddit.com/r/hiking
https://www.reddit.com/r/CampingandHiking
https://www.reddit.com/r/hammocks
There are regional subreddits too but I can't remember how its formatted. I think there is a gear exchange one too but again... can't remember how its worded in the name
Dam more reason to spend all day on reddit...
El Vaquero
01-26-15, 18:51
I've been on a backpacking kick myself for the past year or so and its been tough to find a good forum. I gave up myself. Friends and I rely on each of other and Mama Google to find info and gear. Needless to say it's been a bumpy road, lol, but I think I have my most of my gear dialed in based upon the budget I have. Recently did Arkansas' Eagle Rock Loop which was a good gear check.
Grand58742
01-26-15, 19:13
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/content.php
It's generally Appalachian Trail specific, but tons of good advice and info on gear and some sub forums on other longer trails in the US.
Whiskey_Bravo
01-26-15, 22:17
I've been on a backpacking kick myself for the past year or so and its been tough to find a good forum. I gave up myself. Friends and I rely on each of other and Mama Google to find info and gear. Needless to say it's been a bumpy road, lol, but I think I have my most of my gear dialed in based upon the budget I have. Recently did Arkansas' Eagle Rock Loop which was a good gear check.
I haven't tried that one so I will have to take a look. Give the Butterfield Trail which is also in Arkansas a run, great scenery and tons of elevation change. It's only 16 or 17 miles( or something like that) but the terrain is roughenough that it's fairly challenging, at least compared to what is drivable from north texas. A group of buddies and I have done it a couple of times and enjoyed it.
El Vaquero
01-28-15, 12:55
I haven't tried that one so I will have to take a look. Give the Butterfield Trail which is also in Arkansas a run, great scenery and tons of elevation change. It's only 16 or 17 miles( or something like that) but the terrain is roughenough that it's fairly challenging, at least compared to what is drivable from north texas. A group of buddies and I have done it a couple of times and enjoyed it.
I'll definitely look at the Butterfield Trail. Eagle Rock Loop had a lot of elevation changes and river crossings and was decently challenging. One of the things I learned was if you're going to be doing a decent amount of hills, low top shoes are the only way to go. I wore mid high top boots and got blisters. Going to look at some of those trail running type shoes.
Eagle Rock Loop is easily a 2-3 day trip. We did 3 days and 3 nights. Could be done in less fairly easily. Hardly ran into anyone on the trail.
hammockforums is another good one, specifically hammock related, but I find there's enough general chatter.
Well its not an actual "backpacking" forum, but Rokslide.com is geared mainly towards backpack hunters. Lots of good info, gear reviews, classifieds, etc. Half of my backpack hunting stuff is what the granola crunchers use too.....lightweight is nice.
Not exactly hiking/backpacking, but have you checked out ESEE's forum? Not as much knife talk as you would think, heavy trail talk. I should say their hardcore about gear but there's a little BS (the good kind).
Jungle training forum- http://jungletraining.com/forums/forum.php
^This is the one that I use the most. The Kifaru Forum (http://kifaruforums.net/) is another one that I look at. IMHO, Bushcraft USA is too much like TOS, in other words, high noise to signal ratio.
Agree completely! Man it's like if you replaced 9mm vs. 45 with 1095 vs D2 over there. And what is the deal with batoning with a 4" knife? Every thread...
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Whiskey_Bravo
01-29-15, 08:01
I'll definitely look at the Butterfield Trail. Eagle Rock Loop had a lot of elevation changes and river crossings and was decently challenging. One of the things I learned was if you're going to be doing a decent amount of hills, low top shoes are the only way to go. I wore mid high top boots and got blisters. Going to look at some of those trail running type shoes.
Eagle Rock Loop is easily a 2-3 day trip. We did 3 days and 3 nights. Could be done in less fairly easily. Hardly ran into anyone on the trail.
I will have to check out Eagle Rock Loop, that looks pretty nice and is longer. I have the Asolo Echos(actually purchased 2 pairs last time in case they discontinued them) and love them for hiking/backpacking and have never had blister issues. I wear good wool socks also so that helps. The Butterfield trials are about 80% rock so I would worry about not having any ankle support.
This is what most of the trails look like
http://rubitandrun.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/27/typical_trail.jpg http://rubitandrun.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/27/not_running_this.jpg
http://www.practicalbackpacking.com/forums/
HighSpeedDreams
01-29-15, 20:52
http://www.hillpeoplegear.com/Forum/tabid/679/Default.aspx
El Vaquero
01-30-15, 22:18
Nice pics Whiskey. Eagle Rock Loop has parts much like your first pic.
What kind of pack are you using? You a hanger or ground dweller?
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