Why is ultralight touring so unpopular?
12-07-15, 01:37 PM
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12-09-15, 08:18 AM
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12-09-15, 09:22 AM
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Actually I just wanted to post the cool picture of hundreds of miles of "nothing" that I experienced while touring Alaska. I didn't make any statement, more less a judgement.
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12-09-15, 09:57 AM
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Didn't say you did (sorry), but it was in a series of other posts with pictures about why hammocks won't work. I should have picked another pic.
12-09-15, 10:47 AM
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i could understand why one might choose to camp off the ground in those two locations. i know, if given, the choice, i would. 
12-09-15, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Squeezebox View Post
Have you ever ran into a situation when you just can't find the right trees for a hammock. Not much of an issue on the Appalachian trail. But someplaces it might be. Just asking.
Have you ever ran into a situation when you just can't find the right trees for a hammock. Not much of an issue on the Appalachian trail. But someplaces it might be. Just asking.
12-09-15, 07:30 PM
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All in fun anyway.
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I'm still thinking about slinging a hammock from one of those poles on the side of that road.
I wonder how many truckers would hit the air horn as they blew past
I wonder how many truckers would hit the air horn as they blew past
12-10-15, 05:26 AM
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A couple other things... First roadside reflector poles can be pretty flimsy sometimes being plastic and second I question that many would really camp that close to the road. I'd bet most folks hammock camping there would wind up using the hammock on the ground like a bivy in that locale.
12-10-15, 12:10 PM
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If I wanted to go really lite I would carry my homemade alky stove and burn Everclear. Drinking, fuel, and wound treatment all in one.
But I don't drink to get buzzed or hammered. Beer or single malt because I like the flavor.
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12-10-15, 01:51 PM
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Nobody likes the taste of beer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-dYV3oA3YA 
12-10-15, 03:17 PM
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Nobody likes the taste of beer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-dYV3oA3YA
12-10-15, 04:11 PM
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I see the problem!
Alcohol clouds the mind and makes it so hard to figure things out.
Stop drinking, in a month you start to feel better, in 6 months your mind will clear up, in 18 months you will be happy for the first time in years. That's right, it takes 18 months for your brain to return to normal.
Alcohol is bad, very very bad
Alcohol clouds the mind and makes it so hard to figure things out.
Stop drinking, in a month you start to feel better, in 6 months your mind will clear up, in 18 months you will be happy for the first time in years. That's right, it takes 18 months for your brain to return to normal.
Alcohol is bad, very very bad
12-11-15, 12:04 PM
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I see the problem!
Alcohol clouds the mind and makes it so hard to figure things out.
Stop drinking, in a month you start to feel better, in 6 months your mind will clear up, in 18 months you will be happy for the first time in years. That's right, it takes 18 months for your brain to return to normal.
Alcohol is bad, very very bad
Alcohol clouds the mind and makes it so hard to figure things out.
Stop drinking, in a month you start to feel better, in 6 months your mind will clear up, in 18 months you will be happy for the first time in years. That's right, it takes 18 months for your brain to return to normal.
Alcohol is bad, very very bad
12-11-15, 01:07 PM
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I see the problem!
Alcohol clouds the mind and makes it so hard to figure things out.
Stop drinking, in a month you start to feel better, in 6 months your mind will clear up, in 18 months you will be happy for the first time in years. That's right, it takes 18 months for your brain to return to normal.
Alcohol is bad, very very bad
Alcohol clouds the mind and makes it so hard to figure things out.
Stop drinking, in a month you start to feel better, in 6 months your mind will clear up, in 18 months you will be happy for the first time in years. That's right, it takes 18 months for your brain to return to normal.
Alcohol is bad, very very bad
12-11-15, 03:00 PM
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12-11-15, 03:36 PM
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Sir, go beer the car forum
stop making legitimate cyclists suffer through your alcoholism.
Put your fingertips on your temples, just inside there are the pathways that are altered for so long.
A sober person could figure out what this means!
A sober person could figure out how to pack their bicycle in a lightweight manner.
A alcohol guy would car camp on a bike forum without knowing the difference,
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12-11-15, 04:42 PM
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Just to stay on topic, having a support vehicle with one on ones trip doesn't make the riding the bike that much easier, but having, a support vehicle does mean I don't "suffer" from a lot of things that I would call "suffering" through while camped, if I was UL biking... JMO 
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