Anyone else into trekking, scrambling etc?

Just out of idle curiosity.

Just took it up a year or so ago and it's bloody addictive.

you mean adventuring? yes i love to adventure i do it as much as i can

scrambling eggs?

fuck that klingon. ^^

Thought it was strictly for old, lesbian looking types too, with their ruddy complexions and stout hiking poles. And a lot of them should be beaten for getting all decked out in North Face gear to walk along a tarred road. But no drugs give you the rush you get crossing a ridge with a 1000 foot drop on either side, it's good clean fun.

theres nothing bad about adventuring man. i dont care whose doing it. good for them.

in the uk we call it rambling. it is almost universally ridiculed.

  On 1/11/2010 at 2:58 PM, BCM said:

in the uk we call it rambling.

Rambling is 'walking'. Like along a garden path. Shackleton did not ramble around the South Pole. Hilary did not ramble up Everest. Bonington didn't ramble up the North Face of the Eiger. And none of them were ridiculed either!

Do you scramble and trek around those places? or do you just go for a walk up a hill with some booties on

lol uk

  On 1/11/2010 at 4:52 PM, Coalbucket PI said:

booties

Baby footwear or arses?

When it comes to sport, I refused to be ridiculed by anyone from the island that gave us cricket and rugby...

i'd rather play rugby than walk up a fucking hill.

Have you ever played scramble cricket? Its like cricket but you do it in the woods at night and you wear knee socks only

  On 1/11/2010 at 5:54 PM, margaret thatcher said:

i'd rather play rugby than walk up a fucking hill.

Rugby is for fags. Fat fags.

No fat fags on them hills. Some study proved it lately.

ever seen brokeback mountain?

What the fuck is wrong with trekking it around hills and the like? Is it just hills or do you attach the same shitty viewpoint to cliffs?

Is it a height thing? Because if so I'm seven foot tall and I'll fucking bury you.

adventuring sounds more gay.

i like adventuring a lot.

Well, I like to think I won this debate anyway...

I've gotten into hiking (as we call it here) since moving to the pacific northwest. As said, it is good clean fun! It's nice getting to the top of a ridge, ledge, mountain, whatever, and having such an awesome panoramic view of the world around you. Nothing like it, really. What's nice about the whole experience too is that you leave all your problems behind. You're so focused on what you're doing, enjoying the scenery, conversing with whoever you're hiking with, etc. it's just a very liberating experience.

Yesterday I went snowshoeing. It was fun too, but was mostly amongst trees and didn't enjoy any views really. The drive there was nice and more scenic though.

I thought this was about Parkour/Freeclimbing...

Trekking around is great when you get views like this.

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:00 PM, Conor74 said:

Thought it was strictly for old, lesbian looking types too, with their ruddy complexions and stout hiking poles. And a lot of them should be beaten for getting all decked out in North Face gear to walk along a tarred road. But no drugs give you the rush you get crossing a ridge with a 1000 foot drop on either side, it's good clean fun.

until you step on some loose rock and twist your ankle, plummeting to your a slow and painful death as you bleed/starve to death in the woods with all your limbs broken getting raped by bear wishing to god you wouldve stayed home with a book and a hot toddy.

this guys talking about hiking right?

  On 1/11/2010 at 10:22 PM, 42Orange said:

until you step on some loose rock and twist your ankle, plummeting to your a slow and painful death as you bleed/starve to death in the woods with all your limbs broken getting raped by bear wishing to god you wouldve stayed home with a book and a hot toddy.

that's when you rope up & break out the equipment

lotsa interesting sound to be found in the remote and especially the remote high areas.

and there's the geological, the wild layered rock structures, the unusual atmospheric/air conditions,

there's something to be said for going there, i reckon