I have to agree with L W on this one ! I hiked for years and never saw a shelter until the AT, I thought they were for emergenies. I tent with my dog.
I have to agree with L W on this one ! I hiked for years and never saw a shelter until the AT, I thought they were for emergenies. I tent with my dog.
Maybe i will grow to dislike them like everyone else lol. I had only seen a few cabins on the west coast and never one in my favorite place to hike Montana, and maybe I have just gotten lazy as I have gotten older lol. I wish there were more like one I had stayed in as a kid, it was a huge 1 room 32 feet by 32 feet building with a fireplace and a sliding wooden door that led to a 32 x 8 foot deck that jutted right off the cliff (it was prolly only a 16x16 building but I was small so go with me lol)
I find sleeping in the shelter very uncomfortable. I would rather be on a soft bed of leaves or pine needles than on the wood.
Yep Aaron, I will give you that one all day long. I have slept on jagged rocks more comfortable than the shelters lol. I am shocked so many people responded to this post. It seems like the answer is
1. Mice
2. Nasty inconsiderate hikers
3. Hard wood
does that about nail it?
Most of us hike for the solitude....I could wax poetic...but it means not dealing with a lot of other 2 legged creatures, in confined quarters, and being able to leave most of humanity behind.
Skids
Insanity: Asking about inseams over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Yep I am weird then lol. I have always hiked with a partner or brought a group of people. My nephew is one of the best trail partners I ever had, he is very quiet while we hike, isn't in any hurry, and he has a slight fear of heights, so when I am doing something stupid like climbing some big a55 rock jutting from a mountain he is more than happy to sit back and watch and probably 1 day rescue my dumb self. The thing is I love meeting new people, I don't want to be stuck with a big group of new people all day, but a couple of hours of conversation at night and a few friendly words in the morning is awesome.
Funny thing is I don't drink lol
guess I really really really need to sew myself a bridge hammock now lol
I haven't seen any filthy shelters maybe I have been lucky. I did find 3 pair of underwear once, that was pretty gross, other than that nothing but dust. I lay my ground cover down and put my bivy on top of that with a sleeping bag in it. Truth be told the only place I have seen people drinking on the trail were the shelters close to the roads and in the Hostels. The hostels I can deal with it just for the shower and shelters near the roads I hike past
Wow, losing both your sight and sense of smell. What a shame.
Must be insult me night, maybe I have gotten lucky and found shelters where responsible hikers like myself have come through and cleaned. I don't know. Like I said I have seen a little trash like I found a couple of propane bottles, can of coleman fuel, 3 pairs of underwear, a plastic container of lintels, multiple lighters, and assorted small pieces of debri in the fire pits, and that was just on my last 2 weeker. All in all though, I have found clean shelters, friendly people, and a nice place to camp, whether it be in the shelter or next to it.
lighten up, people are just teasing you...
... i like it when people camp at the shelter, makes it easier to know who the noobs are