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    Default 2023- "Don't do this on the trail" list???

    Common sense list of things we tend to forget or take for granted...

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    Quote Originally Posted by TinFoilHat View Post
    Common sense list of things we tend to forget or take for granted...
    most wannabe thru-hikers tend to forget to get into some sort of shape before attempting a thru hike.

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    Don't set up your tent inside a shelter.
    It's all good in the woods.

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    Learn how to dig a proper cat hole, use it properly, and cover it properly. Getting a bit raw out there with the TP blossoms critters dig up or people just drop.

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    Don't assume everyone (or anyone, for that matter) really wants to hear about how many miles you hiked today or how much your pack weighs.

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    Don't go out of your way to try to make yourself a part of somebody else's hike.

    I had to lose someone in NJ, not a thru hiker but just didn't get the picture that I wanted to hike alone, was about to just tell him. Next day he saw me packing out super early then started and was like "I'll catch up" or something. I hiked 5-10 minutes then cut off for an unnoticed break, I heard him hike past and I know he was hustling to catch up. I took over an hour break and took my sweet time all day taking pictures/breaks ect. and ended early - knowing he was pushing miles trying to catch me. It was almost a little weird the way he was trying to tag along, especially when I was much slower then him and even slowed down trying to lose him but he just kept waiting for me. I do think that he was just looking to tag along but I had an odd feeling there to and was happy to lose him without telling him flat out.
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    pack it in, pack it out. Tired of seeing trash out there

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    Also, don't assume anyone wants to hear how great your gear is. If they ask about it, fine -- but otherwise, just use it.

    I had one guy ask me if I wanted to hear about his cooking gear, to which I responded (quite truthfully), "I have no interest whatsoever." He then proceeded to tell me about his cooking gear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Traveler View Post
    Learn how to dig a proper cat hole, use it properly, and cover it properly. Getting a bit raw out there with the TP blossoms critters dig up or people just drop.
    right? I don't know which is worse - starting earlier in the season and people who fail "because the grounds still frozen" or starting later in the season after hundreds have **** in the woods improperly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LazyLightning View Post
    .... I had to lose someone in NJ, not a thru hiker but just didn't get the picture that I wanted to hike alone, was about to just tell him. Next day he saw me packing out super early then started and was like "I'll catch up" or something. I hiked 5-10 minutes then cut off for an unnoticed break, I heard him hike past and I know he was hustling to catch up. I took over an hour break and took my sweet time all day taking pictures/breaks ect. and ended early - knowing he was pushing miles trying to catch me. It was almost a little weird the way he was trying to tag along, especially when I was much slower then him and even slowed down trying to lose him but he just kept waiting for me. I do think that he was just looking to tag along but I had an odd feeling there to and was happy to lose him without telling him flat out.
    I have come to call the process of escaping this type of individual a "Mary Ellen" after the character in Bryson's "Walk in the Woods" tale. Some people just can't take subtle hints and require a more concerted effort to put miles between them and me. I find feigning illness works pretty well, few people want to stick around for a rip roaring norovirus infection.

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    Quote Originally Posted by One Half View Post
    right? I don't know which is worse - starting earlier in the season and people who fail "because the grounds still frozen" or starting later in the season after hundreds have **** in the woods improperly.
    Just realized this might be one of the (many) good reasons to go SOBO. By the time I got down south, where I think this is more of an issue, much of the matter has been cleared to some degree by summer rain.

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    For all the various problems of modern life, don’t forget to appreciate how fortunate we are to live in a time with good, light weight gear, and to be on a trail that was nurtured and continues to be nurtured by so many folk. Even when you’re cursing the route choice.

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    Keep toenails clipped to avoid the painful subungual hematoma and losing the nail.
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    Quote Originally Posted by QiWiz View Post
    DO Keep toenails clipped...
    DON'T clip toenails in shelters.

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    I don't want to hear your playlist ..

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    Quote Originally Posted by GoldenBear View Post
    Also, don't assume anyone wants to hear how great your gear is. If they ask about it, fine -- but otherwise, just use it.

    I had one guy ask me if I wanted to hear about his cooking gear, to which I responded (quite truthfully), "I have no interest whatsoever." He then proceeded to tell me about his cooking gear.
    I'd bet a dollar to a doughnut it was titanium.....all the pros use that stuff.
    Let's head for the roundhouse; they can't corner us there!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LittleRock View Post
    Don't set up your tent inside a shelter.
    ...in any weather short of a full-blown blizzard or hurricane with nobody else there, in which case you should have gotten off the trail at the last town crossing.

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    If you insist on using a "stealth site", practice Leave No Trace. No fire rings no rock rearrangement, no wood piles. Ideally walk in the woods until you are out of site of the trail.

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    Assume every hiker wants to be sniffed by your dog just because they're friendly (for the record I don't usually mind) - some hikers are afraid of dogs

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    Quote Originally Posted by trekkinghigher View Post
    Assume every hiker wants to be sniffed by your dog just because they're friendly (for the record I don't usually mind) - some hikers are afraid of dogs
    I don't mind getting sniffed, but I do mind having my pack or leg getting peed on.

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