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TheScientificMethod
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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Inflaton]
#25351467 - 07/27/18 11:37 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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And man, all your free time seems like a sucession of crazy long hikes, taking mushrooms in amazing places and 'defining moments' 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 
Trust me, I want a family and a life like yours someday, but after you're there it's hard to go back to the freedom that I have today, so I'm trying to squeeze every drop of juice from this fruit while I have it. Yes I have a lot of "free time" but it's because doing these things that I write about on here is my priority in life right now. Be assured that I work hard for the opportunities to do these things. I don't spend time writing about what I do for work or all the time I spend with work, but I promise you that my life is not all about the stuff that I write about on here. I do probably do it more than most people, but it's because I've built a life around this way of living, and I know that it won't be like this for me forever.
Since I have the opportunity though, I feel like I would be a fool to let the opportunity slip away. And I guess when I'm done with it all I'm going to have some killer stories to write about
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Inflaton
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TheScientificMethod said: Trust me, I want a family and a life like yours someday, but after you're there it's hard to go back to the freedom that I have today, so I'm trying to squeeze every drop of juice from this fruit while I have it.
Exactly, go for it now. Having kids can give you a lot in life, they can give you meaning and a sense of purpose. And it is an absolute joy to watch them grow. But one thing they will take away from you is your freedom. At least as long as you want to be a good parent.
I have never regretted having a family and my kids more than make up for everything I had to give away for them. But I remember with certain nostalgia how radically different my life was when I was single before I got married and had kids, the total freedom I enjoyed (I had a very special job without a schedule, which gave me even more freedom). I also wonder sometimes how my life would be if I had not had a family and stayed single. I would be able to do so many things, hell I would not even have to work! I'd probably be travelling and reading a lot and taking ridiculous amounts of psychedelics plus chasing girls like a maniac. But when I think about my kids, to me they are the one thing in my life that is bigger than myself, so no sacrifice I have to do for them seems too big to me. That's how I feel.
But that does not mean I can't also have my own time and secret vices, hehehe
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TheScientificMethod
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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Inflaton]
#25410089 - 08/24/18 01:51 PM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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For those of you who enjoyed my journey on the Pacific Crest Trail, I hope you’ll check out my newest adventure: The Colorado Trail.
I have just finished the 26 day hike that was 525 miles long and stretched from Durango to Denver. I found that my journey on the Colorado Trail was much more successful in terms of my ability to use psychedelics along the way. On the PCT I was using mushrooms or DMT about every week, but on the Colorado Trail I used them 61% of the days that I was on trail, and almost every day that I used them I dosed and redosed and usually redosed again.
I hope you enjoy, and I’d love to hear your feedback if you make it through the whole thing.
Here’s the link: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/25410077/vc/1#25410077
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RomeoPapa
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Great write up! I just finished reading this story and I loved it. I'm like you SM when it comes time to dose. I get anxious as hell and have to make myself take it. DMT is super scary to me still. Even a year later!
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Ajr12100
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Fantastic write up, I’ll gladly purchase your book when you finish it. One of the more interesting things I’ve read not only on this site but overall in life! Looking forward to the next one!
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Edited by Ajr12100 (11/13/18 02:26 PM)
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TheScientificMethod
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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Ajr12100] 1
#26497283 - 02/21/20 04:40 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hello my friends.
It's been a long time since I've been very active on here, but I wanted to reach out to those of you who are still around for some help.
It took damn near five years... but... the first complete draft of my book about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail while using psilocybin and DMT is finally done. I literally wrote THOUSANDS of pages in the drafting process, but the final draft that I now have is about 275 pages long.
There's a lot more that I know needs to be done before it's a published work, but just having a complete draft from start to finish that I feel tells the story in a coherent way is a REALLY BIG DEAL!
So here's what I'm looking for: I'm in search of "Beta Readers." In other words, I'm looking for people to whom I can send a draft of the book so that I can get your feedback and suggestions before moving forward in finding a literary agent. I know that there were a several of you out there who have expressed interest in buying the book once it's published, but here's a step better: read it for free and play a role in getting it published.
If you're interested, either respond on here or shoot me a PM and I'll get back to you.
--- OH! And to those who are interested, I've actually walked two more trails on psychedelics since my completion of the PCT in 2015. I walked the Colorado Trail (525 miles) last year while using psilocybin almost every-other day (and LSD once), and this summer I walked from Mexico to Canada again, this time via the Continental Divide Trail (+3,000 miles), and although I didn't use quite as many psychedelics on the CDT, I still took a good bit of psilocybin, a bit of LSD, and added MDMA into the mix a few times as well.
I would love to write books about these other two hikes because each one was an adventure of its own.
Anyways, thanks for the help. This community played a MAJOR role in my deciding to take on these adventures.
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Dorfnob
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been a long journey for you. glad your doing well. I'd like to give your book a read. anyway a pdf would be available? I just jumped to the first page saw a bunch I'll give it a read.
Edited by Dorfnob (02/21/20 05:15 PM)
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TheScientificMethod
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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Dorfnob] 1
#26497353 - 02/21/20 05:19 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Dorfnob said: been a long journey for you. glad your doing well. I'd like to give your book a read. anyway a pdf would be available? I just jumped to the first page saw a bunch I'll give it a read.
Ya--the stuff that I wrote on here IS NOT the book that I wrote. Rather, that's just a bunch of trip reports. The book is... well... a little more like a book than a trip report. If you're genuinely interested, I can get you a PDF. Shoot me a PM and I'll send it to you.
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What an incredible story and feat of human endurance, physically and mentally! Congratulations on reaching such wonderful milestones. I've always had the dream of walking coast to coast or rowing across the Atlantic - but never while tripping. 
Have you thought about going the self-publishing route? A well-branded blog and/or YouTube channel where you interweave your experiences with products, maps and recommendations to other explorers might yield more fruit than the energy spent on pursuing a traditional route with an agent. You probably already know that you don't need an agent to self-publish your books and sell them on every major platform.
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lovepotion
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Iv rethought of you and this original post many times. I’ve even told people about your story. It would be super cool to read your book! My partner reviews, edits and translates professionally. I’d be so stoked to read your draft and/or get a copy of the final once you get there
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DJ Ed
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theshrumnub said: Shit man, that was an awesome read.. That sounds like an experience of a lifetime. Lake Aloha looks like an insane place to trip also (from what I saw on google images). Two questions:
1) Did you stay in touch with "Tyler" after the journey? 2) What's the best quote that comes to mind that describes the odyssey to you?
Goodluck on making that into a book by the way, you're a damn good writer.
To question 1, only briefly. He fell behind in northern California, so we didn't hike together or see one another after that point. After he finished the trail we exchanged messages a bit, but ultimately I haven't heard from him in a little over a month.
To question 2... that's a bit harder for me to answer. I guess that it would be that "nothing lasts, but nothing is lots."
Thanks both of you for expressing your interest and reading through all this! I really didn't think that many, if any, would take the time to read it. I appreciate your time!
First of all, TheScientificMethod, thank you for sharing this. I’ve only just stumbled across this, and have spent the best part of Saturday reading the entire journal. An absolutely wonderful read.
I’ve just added the following to my signature; I really hope you don’t mind, in which case I’ll remove it forthwith. But my most memorable quote is:
“It’s just the come-up that bothers me because when you’re coming up on mushrooms you really don’t have any way of knowing how high you’re going to get. And that can suck. Once you’re there however, you have nothing more to fear. “It’s all downhill from there,” as they say.”
❤️ DJ Ed
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TheScientificMethod
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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: DJ Ed]
#26498219 - 02/22/20 09:44 AM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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First of all, TheScientificMethod, thank you for sharing this. I’ve only just stumbled across this, and have spent the best part of Saturday reading the entire journal. An absolutely wonderful read.
I’ve just added the following to my signature; I really hope you don’t mind, in which case I’ll remove it forthwith. But my most memorable quote is:
“It’s just the come-up that bothers me because when you’re coming up on mushrooms you really don’t have any way of knowing how high you’re going to get. And that can suck. Once you’re there however, you have nothing more to fear. “It’s all downhill from there,” as they say.”
❤️ DJ Ed
No worry at all my friend! In fact, I'm honored! If you enjoyed the journal, maybe you'd be interested in becoming a beta reader for the book that I'm currently working on. The book, although it is the same basic story, is written very differently from the journal, and I'd be very interested in getting your feedback. If you're interested, send me a PM with your email and I'll send it over to you.
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dstark
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saving for later, sounds epic
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Hunter hunter
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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: dstark]
#27065678 - 12/01/20 01:04 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Saving for later. Thank you
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Re: Walking 2,650 Miles on Psychedelics [Re: Hunter hunter]
#27065688 - 12/01/20 01:31 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm intrigued and inspired.
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