GLP camping/hiking/canoe-kayaking/survival thread!

Another type of camping I also love, RVing and Jeeping. Not the same as getting miles away from roads and people, but still a blast!

Me and my buddies love to go out into the woods, set up camp, drink beer, tell stories and laugh at the world.
During the day we go out hunting and fishing and then eat what we killed and/or caught.
Then on about day three we blow each other.

I thought you got banned from here? This is pac fan from looney tunes

Banned? No. I have been banned a couple of times for posting links to other places before I realized we were not allowed to. But nope, I am still here!

Whats up, btw?

arseholes banned me for a few days

Ohh shit, that sucks. I actually read about that.

Last Edited by Patrick Bateman on 07/19/2012 07:18 PM

IDC I could go anon but fuk it dont need those drama queens

So where are everyone's favorite places to hike/camp? I prefer the Adirondacks or the AT myself, but often go anywhere with a nice vista or trails.

I hear ya man.

Unfortunately I seemed to have misplaced the box with my 2 person, 4-season tent, water purifier, and lots of my cookware, but I am almost packed for the weekend!

I need to do that too. Lots of places around here not too far to just wade in the streams and fish. Nothing like it.

Ohh nice! Trout?

Do you have any easy recipes you like for fish? I am going to do a bunch of fishing this weekend and will eat them as well, but am not going to take butter or anything with me. I have an herb garden and plan on taking some rosemarry, thyme, and maybe oregano and some aluminum foil and just putting the herbs in the fish and cooking it in aluminum foil near the fire. Any tips?

Hey P. jumping forums tonight! Lol

I love Kayaking! I like camping on the beach too.

An RV though, that's more like it. Ah....glorified camping!!!

Lol, yeah, I am going back and forth until it cools down enough to go running.

Yea, I love RV camping!

Nice to see you here!

Hi,
I was wondering if any body had some ideas for making a target for recurve bows. I'm in Australia so its hard to get guns unless your a farmer. The gov is even close to making bows illegal. Anyway, I made on recently with carpet which was about 14 feet by 14 feet and folded it up so its four pieces of carpet thick. It works pretty well. Arrows go in about half way and are easy to pull out. The other day i missed the target (dog distracted me) and the arrow went straight through a metal fence. I thought the arrow would be broken but it was perfectly fine except that the fletchings got cut up as the arrow cut further through the fence.

You mentioned a farm, could you buy some small, tightly wrapped hay bales? I used to hang targets on a couple of stacked hay bales with my old compound when I was younger.

I had thought about hay but i dont live on a farm and trying to fit hay bales in my car is hard. Thanks for the tip though. If i can find a truck to borrow i might get some hay.

Straw would probably be a lot cheaper and work just as well.

Very true. I have used straw as well.

The best trip I ever took was rafting and camping through the wild and scenic section of the Rogue River. 3 days and 2 nights of fun. Even got to hike up and see Zane Grey's cabin. I was amazed how many artifacts are still in place.

Hubby just rafted the Upper Klamath River on Monday. Here's a video that shows some of the rapids:



Last Edited by Southern OR on 07/27/2012 09:49 PM

Damn, I'm a thread killer...

We do a 5 day canoe trip through 8 lakes every year. Nice and remote. Some hard work through the portage but well worth it. I think in the last 17 years we have come across 2 groups.

The fishing is outstanding and tons of fresh berries on all 8 lakes (lowers the amount of gear needed when you feast on the fresh bounty). Bears can be a little crazy sometimes but we are in the wild.

Would take anyone who loves absolute pure nature through the route. Pristine wilderness at its best.

Awesome, sounds amazing! I have spent a few days the last few weeks picking huckleberries and blackberries are in prime picking right now. I missed raspberries though, my favorite. : (

Last week I spent a few days hiking this path. It was awesome! An old roommate of mine and I were planning on going, and I talked a couple of buddies into it last minute. It was a blast! Like 8 beautiful vistas, several water falls. Rock Run is one of the most gorgeous creeks in the country.

I will post some pics later, but here is a link.

It is a 29 mile hike(some sources say 27, others 29, I hues it depends on how many vistas you go see), moderate difficulty. I am very surprised, but we did not even see one rattle snake. I would definitely recommend it to any hikers in nearby states looking for an awesome weekend hike. We did it in 3 days, 2 nights, but it would not be difficult to do in 2 days. If you are in great shape, even 1 is possible. Only a few difficult climbs, lol, the hardest the first day. Like a mile of very steep incline. Anyways, I have to go meet some people for tennis, but I will post some pics later, it was awesome


[link to www.pahikes.com]
the pic on that page is the confluence of the yellow dog and rock run.. It was so beautiful! There are several nice camping spots there!

[link to midatlantichikes.com]
another link

That is awesome! I would love to do that!

Lol, I went camping in the finger lakes last weekend and then went on that 3 day hike during this last week. So I have been away from GLP for a while. No 4G in those parts, haha.

That was awesome! I love videos like that! I was thinking about trying to do one on the hike I went on, but was too worried about my phone. I think I am going to try it again this fall and do it in one day, I may try it then.

Those rapids looked awesome! I did some class 2 and 3 rapids with my family as a kid down int the Smokey Mountains in 96'. It was actually where they did some of the Olympic trials that year. I also did class 4 and 5 on the New River in WV as a teen, that was insane!

We go next week. Will take a video tour and post it.