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Gravdigr · 06-18-2018, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

...I thought bbro had written it and the peeing in the canal stopped me cold.

Bullshit, that just got you warmed up!

glatt · 06-18-2018, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by bbro

Very cool glatt! I don't know that I've ever heard of bike camping. I still think that you did well in the bike time - especially if you don't bike often. You were only 10-20 minutes longer. It would be worse if you were like an hour longer. Plus, all the weight on the bike.

Was there a smooth path like that the whole way? I would expect it to be a bit harder if it was a rocky hiking trail to get to the site, right?

Pretty smooth the whole way. Yeah. Although my street tires didn't like the gravel. I was glad I didn't get a flat because once we were halfway there, I asked my son if he had brought a patch kit and pump and he had not, so that would have been a big pain. But the tires held. They were slightly underinflated, and I think that helped.

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Also, aren't you supposed to be 200 feet AWAY from water when going to the bathroom? And definitely not peeing right into it? Leave no trace and all.

It's bad form to pee in a canal, but it didn't harm anyone or anything. There's actually a municipal water spigot about a hundred feet away, so nobody is gathering this water to drink when they have readily available tap water.

In the backcountry where people are gathering stream water to drink, I would never do that. Besides, pee isn't going to get you sick. It's just gross. It's poop that's the real danger.

glatt · 06-18-2018, 11:06 AM

This was just as we were heading out from my front yard.

You can see the gear I brought. My wife just forwarded this picture she took when we departed home.

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bbro · 06-18-2018, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

It's bad form to pee in a canal, but it didn't harm anyone or anything. There's actually a municipal water spigot about a hundred feet away, so nobody is gathering this water to drink when they have readily available tap water.

In the backcountry where people are gathering stream water to drink, I would never do that. Besides, pee isn't going to get you sick. It's just gross. It's poop that's the real danger.

I'll forgive you this one time.

Not as much stuff on the bike as I would have expected. Very cool. Are you going to do it again?

Griff · 06-19-2018, 06:24 AM

Very cool glatt!!

Bike touring runs the full spectrum from supported tours to hardcore back country bike packing. You can do anything from nice road based stuff to brutal bike carries deep in the wilderness. I've never done anything heavier than week long bed to bed road tours. If you start searching youtube you'll see how wildly variable the adventure and equipment can be. Fun for many different levels of rider.

Diaphone Jim · 06-18-2018, 12:10 PM

You can find the 200 foot rule for both #1 and #2.
I think it was written by someone who maybe didn't know the difference.

If you search "camp pee" or such, 98% of the advice is for females.

Diaphone Jim · 06-19-2018, 05:15 PM

Bike camping sort of brings to mind the brutal trek that thousands of North Vietnamese made down the Ho Chi Minh trail, using bicycles to carry hundreds of pounds of food, weapons, ammunition and other supplies.
American artillery, mines, B 52's and such added some challenges.

BigV · 06-20-2018, 10:08 AM

Sort of.

Gravdigr · 06-20-2018, 12:40 PM

Heh, I was gonna say 'Kinda'.

Boy, that Ho Chi fella musta been one helluva hiker to have a trail named after him and all.

bbro · 06-25-2018, 10:01 AM

Another failure under the belt. I stayed a total of 4ish hours before leaving. In that time, I got 11 bug bites. Through the bug spray. That was applied multiple times. And clothes

I didn't bring my tent because I didn't want to pack it and I don't have a bug net for my hammock or I may have toughed it out. Bug nets are EXPENSIVE!

There was also torrential down pour - which my rain fly did a good job of keeping off the hammock. If what I drove through heading home was on it's way to the campsite, I may have made the right decision.

One of these days, I'll get it right. Next one is in July in the mountains. So, I have a couple weeks to either make a net or buy one just in case.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-25-2018, 12:58 PM

You did get it right, first rule of camping, if it sucks leave.

Gravdigr · 06-25-2018, 02:40 PM

1st rule of camping: Forecast, check it.

bbro · 06-25-2018, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

1st rule of camping: Forecast, check it.

I did. It was 30% chance. I chanced it. It turned to 50% chance. I am the rain queen

Gravdigr · 06-26-2018, 04:36 PM

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I am the rain queen

xoxoxoBruce · 06-26-2018, 05:21 PM

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I am the rain queen

Hook up with the Fire King for a steamy relationship.

06-19-2018, 06:24 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Very cool glatt!! Bike touring runs the full spectrum from supported tours to hardcore back country bike packing. You can do anything from nice road based stuff to brutal bike carries deep in the wilderness. I've never done anything heavier than week long bed to bed road tours. If you start searching youtube you'll see how wildly variable the adventure and equipment can be. Fun for many different levels of rider. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-20-2018, 10:08 AM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Sort of. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-20-2018, 12:40 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Heh, I was gonna say 'Kinda'. Boy, that Ho Chi fella musta been one helluva hiker to have a trail named after him and all. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

06-25-2018, 10:01 AM	#10
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	Another failure under the belt. I stayed a total of 4ish hours before leaving. In that time, I got 11 bug bites. Through the bug spray. That was applied multiple times. And clothes I didn't bring my tent because I didn't want to pack it and I don't have a bug net for my hammock or I may have toughed it out. Bug nets are EXPENSIVE! There was also torrential down pour - which my rain fly did a good job of keeping off the hammock. If what I drove through heading home was on it's way to the campsite, I may have made the right decision. One of these days, I'll get it right. Next one is in July in the mountains. So, I have a couple weeks to either make a net or buy one just in case. __________________ Camping Last edited by bbro; 06-25-2018 at 10:12 AM.

06-25-2018, 12:58 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You did get it right, first rule of camping, if it sucks leave. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-18-2018, 11:06 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This was just as we were heading out from my front yard. You can see the gear I brought. My wife just forwarded this picture she took when we departed home.

06-18-2018, 12:10 PM	#6
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	You can find the 200 foot rule for both #1 and #2. I think it was written by someone who maybe didn't know the difference. If you search "camp pee" or such, 98% of the advice is for females.

06-19-2018, 05:15 PM	#7
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Bike camping sort of brings to mind the brutal trek that thousands of North Vietnamese made down the Ho Chi Minh trail, using bicycles to carry hundreds of pounds of food, weapons, ammunition and other supplies. American artillery, mines, B 52's and such added some challenges.

06-25-2018, 02:40 PM	#12
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	1st rule of camping: Forecast, check it. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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