Originally Posted by High_Noon
Originally Posted by Seafire
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
Originally Posted by Remsen
Dear Grizz:

Thank you for doing your part to keep Montana free from Californians.

Extra points for being a bicyclist as well.

Did the bear eat the bicycle also?

Crap as a 17 year old in the summer of 69, me and 15 other guys hiked close to 250 miles or so in a couple of weeks, in Glacier and Waterton National Parks.... we were east coast kids in a Scout Troop.... and had enough sense to not sleep anywhere near your food...

and yeah, we had the presence of Grizzleys on the trip.... even having to scare a few off... and kept a bear guard up in camp, taking a hour turn
of staying up watch.. like a fire guard in the Army....

but then I learned back then also... you couldn't tell a Californian Much.... they knew everything.. and better than anyone else did...

May Ms Lokan Rest in Peace... sorry for her family's loss....

She should have stayed in California, in her suburban home. and cycled around her neighborhood...

250 miles in 2 weeks? That's nearly 18 miles per day. Are you sure it wasn't a Sourdough hike - 50 miles? I did a few of those back in the day (2 in the Ouachita Nat'l Forest and 1 in the Crockett Nat'l Forest) and our longest day was about 20 miles and we were all beat.

That's actually not that hard to do, tho tiring on a repeated daily basis. Fuggin kids thrive on that stuff! . A 10 hour hike at 2.5 miles per hour gives you 25 miles. Factor in rest breaks and that drops to 18 or so. BTDT.

A couple years ago my wife, two dogs (one a Dachshund) and another couple did a day-long 15 mile hike (Lost Lake Trail out of Seward). Encumbered only with day packs, it was IIRC, only about 8 hours. The dogs probably did a few more miles on side-trip hunting excursions.

On the trip home:

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My toughest hike ever was humping out a pack of camp/sheep meat that exceeded my own weight of 150#. It took me two 14 hour days to cover 18 miles, but that included over the top of 5300 foot mountain from 2500 on either end. (I used to be much taller...... smile. )

John Muir was reputed to cover 30 miles a day, tho I have to admit, I don't think he ever saw much scenery except his boot laces. Or else fell down a lot..... smile

Back in my back-pack hunting days, I several times carried out 100 or so pounds of meat/camp, 10.5 miles from one of my favorite hunting spots. It was mostly downhill, but still it was only about a 6 hour hike.

I was young then.....

Last edited by las; 07/23/22.
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