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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL] 1
#26975657 - 10/08/20 02:59 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I toured the empty quarter in Abu Dhabi
Insanely beautiful and deadly. You only traverse deserts like this in a convoi
Not really a national park but true wilderniss nonetheless
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: twighead]
#26975663 - 10/08/20 03:03 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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twighead said: I'm happy they have such stringent protections in Yellowstone - it's one of the few places in the continental US where there's that much flourishing wildlife. One of the few places aside from Alaska and Northern Idaho/Montana where you really need serious contingency plans for dealing with bears 
For real. I had my can of bear mace ready when I was in Yellowstone. I wanted to make sure the bear spray worked so crouched down and did a super quick spray into the ground. Well, I guess there was enough wind that a little bit of the spray got picked up and went in my brother's face LOL, he was a little agitated for a few minutes, but luckily I didn't get much at all on him.
Right after that happened we started hiking in some deep woods and we were approaching a fork in the trail. Right as we were about to reach the fork a huge bison comes sprinting down one of the paths and continues through the fork and onto the other path we weren't on, thank God. The bison was so quiet while it was sprinting, I would have had no chance to spray it with bear spray if it had wanted to charge me.
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Jokeshopbeard] 1
#26976183 - 10/08/20 09:34 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Jokeshopbeard said: I wanna go to Maine again this fall. That place is fucking awesome. See if I can get some time up in the White Mountains.
If you go lmk, it is a really special state! I'd be happy to tell you some great places to check out, I'm quite familiar with it.
My favorite park ever was Zion national park in Utah. Breathtaking and unlike anything I could've dreamed up.
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Psicomb] 1
#26976314 - 10/08/20 11:58 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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You're also not supposed to swim in the Hetch Hetchy part of Yosemite. For those who aren't familiar with this area it is part of Yosemite that is remote from Yosemite Valley. It looks almost exactly like Yosemite Valley except they dammed it and flooded it with water so that the great people of San Francisco had drinking water.
I think it was Ansel or Muir who said it was the most beautiful part of the Sierra's that they have ever seen. Personally I think Paradise Valley is the prettiest part of the Sierra's that I have been to so far and Fern Lake is a close 2nd.
I backpack the Hetch Hetchy and go like 12 miles in by myself. Then I find a nice spot with a waterfall and frolic nude in the water. After that I pee in the water and laugh that someone in the city is going to drink my urine. It's a great time for sure!!!
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There is a movement to unflood the valley and return it to it's natural state. I'm all for it. They could dig a deep lake in the central valley and route the water into that to provide drinking water and that should work just fine. On the other hand it is really pretty the way it is now too.
This is where I will be camping this weekend I think.
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Lophosaurus]
#26976320 - 10/09/20 12:06 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Glacier national park is my favorite because it's just so beautiful. I just haven't ever seen anything that tops it.
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Lophosaurus]
#26976485 - 10/09/20 05:51 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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That looks epic!
Isnt it hard to navigate on foot? Appears to be mostly steep rockfaces
Maine, looks sick as well. Always reminds me of Stephen King stories
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Tripsurfer]
#26976607 - 10/09/20 08:15 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tripsurfer said: I toured the empty quarter in Abu Dhabi
Insanely beautiful and deadly. You only traverse deserts like this in a convoi
Not really a national park but true wilderniss nonetheless

I feel like death valley and painted desert and badlands national parks should be mentioned. Also u cant belive arches, masa verde and monument valley havent been mentioned yet! Those are like lit top 5 for most people.
Edited by CHeifM4sterDiezL (10/09/20 08:16 AM)
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL]
#26976610 - 10/09/20 08:17 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Smoke a hash joint, on top of mount ubenzer
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Gypsy Boy]
#26976617 - 10/09/20 08:24 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Ogla]
#26976618 - 10/09/20 08:25 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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National and state parks are flooded with people right now. It's a terrible time to visit any of them as a result if you ask me.
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: nooneman] 2
#26976744 - 10/09/20 09:45 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park are good options for those of us who hate crowds of fanny pack wearing tourists. You can't get more in the middle of nowhere in the lower 48, best star gazing in the lower 48 and its Cactus country 

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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: GreenHorns]
#26976754 - 10/09/20 09:50 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yah big bend is pretty redic and a pretty good river trip for ppl who are interested in rafting and stuff.
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: GreenHorns]
#26976778 - 10/09/20 10:09 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Man fuck me sideways! Did you take that pic?!?
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Jokeshopbeard] 1
#26976793 - 10/09/20 10:23 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Dude I wish. No these were all just copied online.
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: GreenHorns]
#26976808 - 10/09/20 10:36 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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My state is home to the dumbest fucking national park on the planet Wier farm!
Aka going to ur grandmas house to look at her yard but its a national park!
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL] 1
#26976871 - 10/09/20 11:24 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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It's not the sexy answer but yellowstone by a single order of magnitude beats every other national and state park I've ever been to
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: bodhisatta]
#26977076 - 10/09/20 01:24 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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fyi for people complaining about crowds... hit up Northern Cascades - I forget it's even a national park but some of the best hikes I've ever taken are in that range.. You ain't going to see anyone most places. And you're already around the time of year where the savage weather system there will almost kill you randomly every other day!


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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Lophosaurus] 1
#26977232 - 10/09/20 03:49 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Lophosaurus said: You're also not supposed to swim in the Hetch Hetchy part of Yosemite. For those who aren't familiar with this area it is part of Yosemite that is remote from Yosemite Valley. It looks almost exactly like Yosemite Valley except they dammed it and flooded it with water so that the great people of San Francisco had drinking water.
I think it was Ansel or Muir who said it was the most beautiful part of the Sierra's that they have ever seen. Personally I think Paradise Valley is the prettiest part of the Sierra's that I have been to so far and Fern Lake is a close 2nd.
I backpack the Hetch Hetchy and go like 12 miles in by myself. Then I find a nice spot with a waterfall and frolic nude in the water. After that I pee in the water and laugh that someone in the city is going to drink my urine. It's a great time for sure!!!
Before the Flooding

Present Day

There is a movement to unflood the valley and return it to it's natural state. I'm all for it. They could dig a deep lake in the central valley and route the water into that to provide drinking water and that should work just fine. On the other hand it is really pretty the way it is now too.
This is where I will be camping this weekend I think.

Tripsurfer...
It isn't that hard to navigate. There is a pretty decent trail most of the way. In the picture above can see a tree line on the left side and that is basically where the trail goes. There is a nice cave/tunnel at the beginning and then a few nice waterfalls along the way.
When on trail if you look left then there is a steep rock cliff, if you go right then there is a big drop off into a rocky reservoir. Last time I was hiking to my waterfall camping spot I seen some super fresh bear poopy on the trail and it freaked me out because if a bear was walking the trail towards me then we would have to turn around or pass each other on the trail and there is also a good chance the bear might feel trapped and that is no good, even if they are just black bears.


Do you guys do any backpacking at these places? I want to make a thread for backpacking and backpacking gear, but my gear isn't that nice yet so I will wait until someone else starts it.
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Lophosaurus] 1
#26977283 - 10/09/20 04:30 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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If all plays out right, I'm gonna end up in Alaska this summer and I was hoping to visit Wrangell or Kobuk valley. It's way the fuck out there. You ither need to hike or airtaxi in, but once you get to the river, it's clean packrafting for a couple hundred miles and you can ultimately make it to the city of Kotzebue and take a commercial plane back to Fairbanks. If your in the Anchorage area, you can ride a bus to Denali or talkeetna and kayak the susitna down to the bay. I was reading an article where this couple had kayaked for 3 months along the passages near Juneau and were foraging , catching fishyl and crab. All they brought was a spice kit and I'm assuming a tent and a camera. They just camped out and lived off the ocean all summer. It be fun to do some shit like that. Plenty of fish that time of year
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Re: what's your favorite national or state park and why? [Re: Ogla]
#26977323 - 10/09/20 04:53 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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That sounds like a fun time! I would like to backpack some parts of Alaska too. I really want to try to move up there for a year or two eventually and try my hand at living off the land. Trying to cut wood, hunt and fish, farm, and try to stock up for winter. Seems like a fun thing to try and would make for some good stories too.
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