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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Thayendanegea]
    #25322594 - 07/12/18 03:52 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: jibbly1]
    #25325040 - 07/13/18 09:31 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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Yes please, keep us posted! You linked me to this thread on another thread recently and I thank you for doing so. I did actually read the whole thing. It was a seriously good read and has made me feel inspired to do a similar thing someday in Australia. I wish you luck with your book and I hope you do finish it someday. I will buy it if I hear about it. Have you given any thought to including mescaline on your journey? I feel that mild doses of mescaline would be very conductive to hiking.

Something I am thinking of and I admit it is nothing more than a pipe dream at this point is hiking some of the aboriginal trails in Australia. In particular, if you read this thread:

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/24612321

and there is an old radio interview here:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/hindsight/along-the-pituri-trail/3259026

It is a thread about the aboriginal entheogen "Pituri" that was sacred and traded across the continent. There were trade trails for this substance that are countless thousands of years old. As a side note, I was told by someone I know that he met a man whilst mushroom hunting deep in the bush in South Australia (Deep Creek Conservation Park) that reckons that a certain kind of tree bark was collected in this bush by the aboriginals and traded all the way across the continent to the North coast of Australia and from there was traded with indonesian traders. I believe that this was DMT in this case. It is here-say though so take it for what its worth.

Pituri is a different substance again. Either way, it makes me think. How cool would it be to trek these ancient entheogen trading trails, while using native entheogen's. DMT from acacia bark, Psilocybe Subaeruginosa mushrooms. It would be not without its problems as these trails would require research to find and probably cross private property today. They are also not official trails and would be unmarked and broken by modern development They would also be in parts going across some of the most remote wilderness on the planet. Still, it would be an adventure to say the least. For now a pipe dream but thank you again, your writeup was inspiring!




I haven't ever used mescaline. To be honest, there was a time where I was interested in it, but these days, I'm content with the rhelms that DMT, mushrooms, and LSD provider for me. I feel like (for me) these molecules can be explored for the rest of my life, and I'll never fully exhaust them. The lands they open up within are just so big. I'm not opposed to a mescaline opportunity if it came about, but it's not something that I'll probably go out seeking.

As for your "pipe dream," I absolutely love it. It's not something that I could personally ever embark on, but it's an idea that I think has a lot of promise for the right soul. It's a story that I would want to read about. For me, I like the trails that I hike because they don't require much thought when you're walking them. There is A LOT of work and logistics that goes into planning these trips, but after you're on the trail, it's about taking the dose and just following the trail. I never want to find myself in life/death situations when I'm tripping though. I need to know that I don't have to worry about water, food, or getting lost, because even though I'm confident in what I'm personally doing out there, the last thing that I want is for something bad to go wrong and for me to die. Honestly, I don't really care about dying, I worry more about the message that it would send. In the end, the news paper articles would basically read, "Some dumbass goes out there and gets high and dies." That would be the take-home message to everyone else. It's important to me that my impact on this world is not to make psychedelics any more demonized and feared than they already are. I want for people to see them the way I see them--as a tool for inner exploration.

And thanks for reading all those stories that I wrote about from the PCT. Every now and again I check back in here and the support that I've received from this community continues to motivate me on future trips and to keep working on turning it into a book one day. Be assured that the day that I have something with a cover on it, the shroomery and this thread will be the first to know!


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: theshrumnub]
    #25325045 - 07/13/18 09:34 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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On your 3100 mile walk, I think it'd be really interesting if you kept some sort of journal or log along the way. Just you recanting from memory the last one was superb.




For the upcoming 500 mile hike in Colorado I'm bringing a wireless keyboard to journal every night. I'll be sharing it with this community. I'm also bringing a very nice camera. Going to do video and photography work very heavily on this trail. I'm toying with the idea of making a film about it... or I should say two films. One film for the general public that doesn't tell about the psychedelic stuff, and one film specific for this community. I unfortunately have to keep these two lives separate right now, because many of those in my life think that I'm "straight" and would be appalled to hear about the psychedelics. I'm eternally grateful however that I have this community that understands that "just getting high" is not AT ALL what it's about for me.

I love you all to no end! Thank you for all of your support!


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: TheScientificMethod]
    #25336098 - 07/19/18 08:04 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

To those of you who enjoyed this thread:

I was literally hit by lightning yesterday in the peak of an LSD trip.

Here's the thread that I just posted about it. Not as long as my PCT story, but it might make a nice read. It's also what I think amounts to one of the craziest stories of my life.

Lightning Story: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/25336092


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: TheScientificMethod]
    #25343010 - 07/23/18 07:11 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

Hey TheScientificMethod, I've been reading your threads (this whole one and the lightning one), you have some really awesome and unique experiences under your belt. I just gotta say, you are a true inspiration, for tripping and psychedelics, for hiking and exploring, and many other things! Hopefully you finish your book one day, I'd love to read it!


As for your upcoming hike, it would be really cool if you could document it with film! I feel like it would easier for you to document more of the "in the moment" experiences and thoughts you have (especially while tripping). I've found in my own experience that, when I wait for a moment to write something out, I lose some of the details. While you're tripping, if you see something cool or think of something cool, instead of waiting til you're sober to write it down, it should be a lot easier to just whip out the camera and start rambling, then you can clean it up in writing later. Something to think about!

Good luck on your future journeys!


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Finn96]
    #25344076 - 07/24/18 09:53 AM (5 years, 6 months ago)

I concur with Finn, this is an extraordinary read and well written to boot.

This has all the elements critical to an amazing book, very intriguing, and altogether amazing.  I beleive in this, and agree that you will make a very good book that does very well amongst both hikers, travellers, and psychonauts.

The only small criticism I have (which is intended only to further help you in making your book), would be to limit the recurring nature of some of the statements you make.  A fair majority of the text is reitterating the same things, to the point that it is noticable to the reader and seems excessive.  I beleive it would make the long read easier to follow and less of a chance for a reader to stop.

Please keep us updated with more info, and don't stop making great posts like this!!


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Finn96]
    #25346341 - 07/25/18 02:26 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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As for your upcoming hike, it would be really cool if you could document it with film! I feel like it would easier for you to document more of the "in the moment" experiences and thoughts you have (especially while tripping). I've found in my own experience that, when I wait for a moment to write something out, I lose some of the details. While you're tripping, if you see something cool or think of something cool, instead of waiting til you're sober to write it down, it should be a lot easier to just whip out the camera and start rambling, then you can clean it up in writing later. Something to think about!

Good luck on your future journeys!




First off Fin96, THANK YOU! These kinds of comments keep me inspired and motivated to keep following the dream. I really do believe in it, but people like you on the Shroomery are my fuel to keep it up in the hard times when I'm all alone and wondering why the hell I'm even trying this.

As for the film thing--here's the struggle. I actually am doing A LOT of video work both for this hike and I already have some stuff done. But I have to remain ananomous. I work in a field and live in a life where I would lose my job if it got out what I do while I'm away from work (thank christ LSD and mushrooms don't show up on my drug tests!). But I am doing a tremendous amount of video work in conjunction with my journeys on trail, but when my face is on film, I can't have a connection with the tripping stuff.

I've been toying with the idea of doing some film work just for the shroomery and make two different sets of videos--one set for the general audience, and one set for the shroomery--but it runs a risk of someone being able to connect the tripping videos to who I am in real life, and that would cost me my job and my livelihood... But that said, you have inspired me to consider making some videos and just holding onto them until a later time when I can come out of the psychedelic closet to the general public and show my face in conjunction with it all.

And I know that the idea probably comes up that I could just talk and not show my face, but I'm even worried about my voice being connected with this account. My fear is that someone could start to not like me at work (you never know...) and then try to get me fired, and honestly, even with what I've written, they could already track me down if they REALLY wanted to, but I think with my writing so far there is some level of plausible deniability.

But in all seriousness, you've inspired me to think more about it, and you've totally inspired me to do more writing and adventures like I've been doing. Thank you to no end! That comment alone is worth more than I can even begin to express!


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: naturalistic123]
    #25346348 - 07/25/18 02:28 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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I concur with Finn, this is an extraordinary read and well written to boot.

This has all the elements critical to an amazing book, very intriguing, and altogether amazing.  I beleive in this, and agree that you will make a very good book that does very well amongst both hikers, travellers, and psychonauts.

The only small criticism I have (which is intended only to further help you in making your book), would be to limit the recurring nature of some of the statements you make.  A fair majority of the text is reitterating the same things, to the point that it is noticable to the reader and seems excessive.  I beleive it would make the long read easier to follow and less of a chance for a reader to stop.

Please keep us updated with more info, and don't stop making great posts like this!!





Thank you unendingly for that feedback, and I agree with you on all accounts! It's what I've really been working to reduce down in the final drafts. But at the same time, I find that in my going back over some of the trips, by finding these recurring themes, I'm able to figure out what's most important within them. That's not me saying that I want it to be redundant, but it helps me to see what I should be highlighting (but not reiterating) as I go through my proofreading process.

I appreciate the complements just as much as the criticism! I want both, and I thank you to no end!


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: TheScientificMethod]
    #25346567 - 07/25/18 04:47 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

Wow.  Just started reading excited to finish it


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: TheScientificMethod]
    #25346683 - 07/25/18 06:02 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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As for your upcoming hike, it would be really cool if you could document it with film! I feel like it would easier for you to document more of the "in the moment" experiences and thoughts you have (especially while tripping). I've found in my own experience that, when I wait for a moment to write something out, I lose some of the details. While you're tripping, if you see something cool or think of something cool, instead of waiting til you're sober to write it down, it should be a lot easier to just whip out the camera and start rambling, then you can clean it up in writing later. Something to think about!

Good luck on your future journeys!




First off Fin96, THANK YOU! These kinds of comments keep me inspired and motivated to keep following the dream. I really do believe in it, but people like you on the Shroomery are my fuel to keep it up in the hard times when I'm all alone and wondering why the hell I'm even trying this.

As for the film thing--here's the struggle. I actually am doing A LOT of video work both for this hike and I already have some stuff done. But I have to remain ananomous. I work in a field and live in a life where I would lose my job if it got out what I do while I'm away from work (thank christ LSD and mushrooms don't show up on my drug tests!). But I am doing a tremendous amount of video work in conjunction with my journeys on trail, but when my face is on film, I can't have a connection with the tripping stuff.

I've been toying with the idea of doing some film work just for the shroomery and make two different sets of videos--one set for the general audience, and one set for the shroomery--but it runs a risk of someone being able to connect the tripping videos to who I am in real life, and that would cost me my job and my livelihood... But that said, you have inspired me to consider making some videos and just holding onto them until a later time when I can come out of the psychedelic closet to the general public and show my face in conjunction with it all.

And I know that the idea probably comes up that I could just talk and not show my face, but I'm even worried about my voice being connected with this account. My fear is that someone could start to not like me at work (you never know...) and then try to get me fired, and honestly, even with what I've written, they could already track me down if they REALLY wanted to, but I think with my writing so far there is some level of plausible deniability.

But in all seriousness, you've inspired me to think more about it, and you've totally inspired me to do more writing and adventures like I've been doing. Thank you to no end! That comment alone is worth more than I can even begin to express!





No problem man! I love when I see that someone has a true passion. Not only do you have true passion, but you have the will and the courage to want to share it with others through careful documentation, whether it be a book, videos, Shroomery posts, etc. I support you 100%!

Ya, I can see how the whole video thing could be a problem ... I would really love to see though  :bitch: I feel like its the missing piece, you know? While I was reading your stories, every time you mentioned a place or landmark, I searched it on Google Images to help paint the scene in my head. The videos would make it so much easier for us to picture it!

Even if you don't post the videos or show them to anyone, even making the videos for YOUR sake would be great. Not only for the sweet memories, but to help you document. To help you remember specific hallucinations, thoughts that might've slipped because you were too deep in the void, etc.


Another idea I had for your book was, idk what your book is going to be about, what the overall connecting themes are, etc., but if the trip reports aren't the whole story, but are meant to be anecdotal parts of the story, you should include them within the book as a different style of writing. For example, the overall book could be a sort of self-narrative biography where you tell your story in a reflective sense in the present day, and whenever you wanted to present a trip report, make it a sort of journal entry in the book, with different paragraph structure, different font, etc. That way, it connects to the overall story, but is clearly its own tangent meant to be described in full. This could help you keep the two things separate, without lacing in a whole bunch of random trips into the overall story in a more random, unorganized sense. You could keep the overall story separate from the trip reports, but use the trip reports to present further themes that will be presented later in the book (because I assume the knowledge and insight gained from your trips are supposed to tie into your overall life view and story).


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Finn96]
    #25347336 - 07/26/18 02:38 AM (5 years, 6 months ago)

Really great read, it is truly an inspirational account of your experience. I'd say there is going to be more than one happy trippy camper out there after reading this.

You are clearly someone that gets done what you set your mind to. I would not bet against you.



As per your book, I would encourage you to finish it and seek publication, I think it has a natural market and many people would enjoy it. But don't make it too long. 250 pages is more than enough. And my advice to you is to make it read a bit more like a novel and less like a diary. A novel in diary form is ok also. And dont be ashamed in taking literary licenses and add a bit of color to some stories, not necessarily totally true to events. A book is not expected to be a document that contains 100% faithful recollection of events. I would take it more like an inspirational story based on your actual experiences that can show people how psychedelics can be used in a meaningful way in such a committed, beautiful and demanding adventure as the PCT. Be true to the spirit and bottom of the story, but don't be constrained by trying to be totally faithful to every single turn of events.


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Inflaton]
    #25347463 - 07/26/18 05:59 AM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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Really great read, it is truly an inspirational account of your experience. I'd say there is going to be more than one happy trippy camper out there after reading this.

You are clearly someone that gets done what you set your mind to. I would not bet against you.



As per your book, I would encourage you to finish it and seek publication, I think it has a natural market and many people would enjoy it. But don't make it too long. 250 pages is more than enough. And my advice to you is to make it read a bit more like a novel and less like a diary. A novel in diary form is ok also. And dont be ashamed in taking literary licenses and add a bit of color to some stories, not necessarily totally true to events. A book is not expected to be a document that contains 100% faithful recollection of events. I would take it more like an inspirational story based on your actual experiences that can show people how psychedelics can be used in a meaningful way in such a committed, beautiful and demanding adventure as the PCT. Be true to the spirit and bottom of the story, but don't be constrained by trying to be totally faithful to every single turn of events.




Actually, given your misgivings to outing yourself as a pychonaught, passing this book off as fiction as mentioned by Inflation above could be a way for you to publish this and not incriminate yourself.


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Finn96]
    #25348136 - 07/26/18 01:12 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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Ya, I can see how the whole video thing could be a problem ... I would really love to see though  :bitch: I feel like its the missing piece, you know? While I was reading your stories, every time you mentioned a place or landmark, I searched it on Google Images to help paint the scene in my head. The videos would make it so much easier for us to picture it!

Even if you don't post the videos or show them to anyone, even making the videos for YOUR sake would be great. Not only for the sweet memories, but to help you document. To help you remember specific hallucinations, thoughts that might've slipped because you were too deep in the void, etc.


Another idea I had for your book was, idk what your book is going to be about, what the overall connecting themes are, etc., but if the trip reports aren't the whole story, but are meant to be anecdotal parts of the story, you should include them within the book as a different style of writing. For example, the overall book could be a sort of self-narrative biography where you tell your story in a reflective sense in the present day, and whenever you wanted to present a trip report, make it a sort of journal entry in the book, with different paragraph structure, different font, etc. That way, it connects to the overall story, but is clearly its own tangent meant to be described in full. This could help you keep the two things separate, without lacing in a whole bunch of random trips into the overall story in a more random, unorganized sense. You could keep the overall story separate from the trip reports, but use the trip reports to present further themes that will be presented later in the book (because I assume the knowledge and insight gained from your trips are supposed to tie into your overall life view and story).




THIS!!!!!
Dude; I love this idea. Had never thought of it, but I completely agree. I love it. I'm going to play with this.

Also, wanted to mention that after your comment last night I started making a couple videos documenting how I do what I do on trail. Not sure where they will go or how I'll share them (maybe far off in the future), but you've pushed me to start thinking about this and start keeping them documented.

And I've been giving this some thought... I really do want to share with you all, but for the reasons that we have already talked about, I have to stay closeted.

So... ... ...

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I'm just going to throw this out there....

I'm about to post a link to a YouTube channel. Although this channel is in no way, shape, or form connected with me, TheScientificMethod, I would like to say that this channel seems to be pretty similar to what I'm doing. And if you wanted to follow along with my adventures, you could sort of do it through this other dude who is not me, but is doing something similar. My hope is that you understand me fully in saying this.

On this channel there are videos of the Pacific Crest Trail, the Tahoe Rim Trail, and I suspect that the author of that channel will be posting videos of the Colorado Trail that will be similar to the experiences that I, TheScientificMethod, will be having.

I'm sure that the author of that channel would love you to subscribe and drop some comments.

Do note that the author of that channel does not use any drugs or talk about them, but I think you can use your imagination to fill in what it *might* be like if he were doing these hikes under the influence of psychedelics.

Here's the link: ****EDIT: On second thought, I have to keep it unanimous for the public. But if you're interested in following me and my videos, feel free to shoot me a PM and I can hook you up with the account link.

Like I said, I'm sure that he would be happy if you dropped a comment on the video(s) there and gave him a subscription. From what I can tell, he'll be posting A LOT more videos as he works his way along the 500 mile Colorado Trail starting next week.

Love you all.

Peace.


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: TheScientificMethod]
    #25348255 - 07/26/18 02:19 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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THIS!!!!!
Dude; I love this idea. Had never thought of it, but I completely agree. I love it. I'm going to play with this.

Also, wanted to mention that after your comment last night I started making a couple videos documenting how I do what I do on trail. Not sure where they will go or how I'll share them (maybe far off in the future), but you've pushed me to start thinking about this and start keeping them documented.






Glad I could help :smile: This is why its important for creators to share their drafts with people, feedback is important for correction and further ideas! I hope it works out for you!




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I'm about to post a link to a YouTube channel. Although this channel is in no way, shape, or form connected with me, TheScientificMethod, I would like to say that this channel seems to be pretty similar to what I'm doing. And if you wanted to follow along with my adventures, you could sort of do it through this other dude who is not me, but is doing something similar. My hope is that you understand me fully in saying this. 





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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: TheScientificMethod] * 1
    #25349815 - 07/27/18 06:39 AM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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For quite some time the top of the tree line glowed as the moon approached. It actually surprised me how long it glowed before the moon actually tipped up between the trees. When it did, it was like a cherry-red ball of light. You see, at that time there were a lot of forest fires throughout Oregon and some of them were quite close to the trail. This caused the sun to glow red rather than white/orange/yellow, and it had the same effect on the moon once it broke the tree line. It was not like a yellow/white moon at all; it was a bright, almost florescent, red.





To honor your nick, let me just correct you here. If the moon glows red the reason cant be fires on earth. The light from the fire wont bounce on the moon and come back, because everyone on earth would see that same thing! And the fire just does not emit that much light.

The reason of a red moon is a lunar eclipse

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/why-does-moon-look-red-lunar-eclipse.html

And let me say just in passing that the biggest lunar eclipse and the reddest red moon of the century is happening today 27th of July of 2018, so get out tonight and take a look if you have the chance.

Preferably dressed with some shrooms :wink:


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Inflaton]
    #25350407 - 07/27/18 01:27 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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And let me say just in passing that the biggest lunar eclipse and the reddest red moon of the century is happening today 27th of July of 2018, so get out tonight and take a look if you have the chance.

Preferably dressed with some shrooms :wink:





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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Inflaton]
    #25351366 - 07/27/18 10:22 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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To honor your nick, let me just correct you here. If the moon glows red the reason cant be fires on earth. The light from the fire wont bounce on the moon and come back, because everyone on earth would see that same thing! And the fire just does not emit that much light.

The reason of a red moon is a lunar eclipse





You're 100% mistaken on this one. It's true that the red moon can be caused by a lunar eclipse, but this was not the case in the situation that I was writing about. Perhaps I explained it poorly, but I've had this happen many times, and it can be predicted like clockwork. The red moon is NOT caused by the firelight reflecting off the moon; the entire planet would have to be on fire to have that effect. But if there is a cloud of smoke between the moon and the observer, it acts as a filter between the moonlight and the observer, thus giving the moon a *look* as if it's glowing orange. The moon is not in fact glowing orange, but it appears to be through the filter of the smoke.

Since the 2015 trip report that this post is about I've had a number of chances to observe this. Unfortunately where I live there are a lot of forest fires through a couple of different parts of the year. When there is a full moon and a lot of fires around, I make it a point to go up onto the mountain tops to watch it break the horizon and it creates that illusion of a pink/red glow. Once the moon gets a bit higher off the horizon it looks "normal" again, but when it first breaks it looks like it has that pink glow. The same thing happens predictably with the sun. If you're near a very large forest fire, it makes the sun look like it's a pink glow. If you'd like I'd be happy to provide some pictures of the effect.

That said, if you ever have the chance to see a lunar or solar eclipse, you absolutely should do so. I haven't finished writing about it yet, but last year during the solar eclipse I drove 15 hours away to Grand Teton National Park, woke up at 12am, climbed to the top of an 11,303ft tall mountain peak and watched the solar eclipse (under the influence of psychedelic mushrooms, of course). It was among the most defining moments of my entire life. After the eclipse I redosed and hiked another 30 miles through the mountains that day. The next day I did another 30 miles with more mushrooms, redosing through the day. Two days later I found myself in Yellowstone National Park for a third day of 30 miles and dosing mushrooms throughout the day.

It was the first time that I had dosed, dosed, dosed, and redosed again and again. I was of the impression that the mushrooms would stop working after awhile, and although the effect changed as I went on, it never really stopped. It's more like I just became more comfortable with the experience and it became more like a lens through which to see the world rather than a "trip." It just became the new reality.

In the coming month (basically starting in two days) I'm headed out for a 500 mile backpacking trip and I'm going to try this on a longer duration. There will be many trip reports on this site to follow that one.

Be well psychonauts!

P.S. The lunar eclipse tonight couldn't really be seen from north america because it fell during daylight hours :frown:


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: TheScientificMethod]
    #25351401 - 07/27/18 10:48 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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P.S. The lunar eclipse tonight couldn't really be seen from north america because it fell during daylight hours :frown:





I was looking out for it! I definitely saw the full moon, but it was white as fuck. So disappointing lol


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    #25351420 - 07/27/18 11:04 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

I went out and watched the last lunar eclipse (the Super/blue/blood moon of January 31 as I recall). It wasn't nearly as cool as seeing the solar eclipse (THAT IS A MUST DO!!!!), but it was still pretty cool. The only thing that sucked was that I had to be up so early and it was cold as hell. I was still drinking coffee at that time (have quit coffee, marijuana, and alcohol since then), so I drove to starbucks at like 4:45am, got a cup of coffee, drove back up to the highest parking lot in my town, and took photos from inside my car. It was cold as hell, but it was still pretty damn cool!

I really need to get around to finishing my trip report about the solar eclipse experience in the Tetons that I mention in that last post. I have one more day off work tomorrow before leaving for the Colorado Trail. Maybe I'll get around to that tomorrow before leaving.


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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: TheScientificMethod]
    #25351442 - 07/27/18 11:16 PM (5 years, 6 months ago)

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You're 100% mistaken on this one. It's true that the red moon can be caused by a lunar eclipse, but this was not the case in the situation that I was writing about. Perhaps I explained it poorly, but I've had this happen many times, and it can be predicted like clockwork. The red moon is NOT caused by the firelight reflecting off the moon; the entire planet would have to be on fire to have that effect. But if there is a cloud of smoke between the moon and the observer, it acts as a filter between the moonlight and the observer, thus giving the moon a *look* as if it's glowing orange. The moon is not in fact glowing orange, but it appears to be through the filter of the smoke.





Ok I stand corrected



I just saw the red moon yesterday (I'm in asia now) and made me think of your red moon story. But jeez, you had to be quite close to those fires!

And man, all your free time seems like a sucession of crazy long hikes, taking mushrooms in amazing places and 'defining moments' :thumbup: :lol: I wish I had the time to do something like that, but I have a bunch of kids and a wife that hates any non-man made environment (literally) so it is a bit hard to find the occassion!

I'm going to be back in the US in a week and will be alone with no family for a week, so the first thing I'm planning to do when I arrive is having my first mushroom trip outdoors and in daylight. But will only hike in my garden, and it is not small but I'm not sure I'll cover 30 miles :lol:


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