The Great Outdoors!

I know there are a few people here who enjoy venturing out into the great outdoors. We can't all play video games all the time. So what do people like to do to get there nature fix? Got any big trips planned any time soon? What have been some of your craziest, wildest, or even close call experiences?

I'm planning a 6 day backpacking trip to the Smoky Mountains in a month. The trip consist of hitting some of the highest points in the park, including Clingmans Dome, Mount Guyot, and Mount Le Conte. Overall, it will be at least 60 miles. I plan on taking pictures in hopes of entering them into Backpacker Magazine's reader submitted issue. I'm really excited about this trip, as the last time I did any real backpacking was 4 years ago in Outward Bound.

Outward Bound, eh?

What'd you do to end up there?

Also: I'm supposed to go indoor rock climbing with my station partner sometime soon.

I'd so love to do some backpacking, but I've been on a few hikes this month. Last time I went it started pouring, but I loved it anyway. I got to pee in a bush.

Sinista, SSJN and I had a wild adventure in Central Park.

Merge? Or something?

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Originally Posted by The_Meach

Merge? Or something?

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TNL Search fail! As in I didn't even bother to search.

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Originally Posted by icarusfall

Outward Bound, eh?

What'd you do to end up there?

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Wanted to do some mountaineering in the Rockies.

This sorta counts. Since last Wednesday I've been riding my motorcycle around the Pacific Northwest. I'm in Newport, Oregon tonight, on my way home to San Francisco via coastal highway 101. Staying tomorrow night at a hostel in the Redwoods. I'm getting fatigued but this shit is the best.

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Originally Posted by MarkRyan

This sorta counts. Since last Wednesday I've been riding my motorcycle around the Pacific Northwest. I'm in Newport, Oregon tonight, on my way home to San Francisco via coastal highway 101. Staying tomorrow night at a hostel in the Redwoods. I'm getting fatigued but this shit is the best.

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That does sound really awesome. I'm not much a mountain biker, but I would to bike the entire continental divide some day.

El ChappyJuan!

Brazos Canoe Trip, 2 days, Late May
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There were a few more impressive geographical features, but I drank to heavily to remember to take them.

I'll find the Caprock Canyon pics from two years back to post. Those were awesome, bright red and orange 50 - 120ft cliffs accented by bright green spring grass and yellow and white flowers.