The woods are lovely...

HungLikeJesus • Sep 20, 2007 6:58 pm

Here a few pictures from my solo backpack trip last last weekend.

These first two are of some Blair Witch-looking marker and home construction. The second picture shows the corner detail of the stick building. There were no fasteners.

HungLikeJesus • Sep 20, 2007 7:01 pm

I only hiked in about three miles, according to the GPS. (Somehow I still had cell phone coverage.)

Can anyone identify the item in picture 1? Picture 2 gives it away.

I don't know if it's edible.

HungLikeJesus • Sep 20, 2007 7:05 pm

My tent is bright orange - a blight on the landscape. I'm confident that I can walk 50 yards off in the woods and not lose sight of it.

To reduce weight, I carried just the tipi section and not the floor, so my sleeping bag is directly on the dirt. To reduce the wind blowing through (it was a cold night) I surrounded the base of the tent with long sticks, then piled pine needles to fill the gap. During the night it began to rain, which made the pine needles pretty heavy, further sealing the bottom.

xoxoxoBruce • Sep 20, 2007 7:09 pm

Eating as little as 10 milligrams of A. muscaria produces intoxication, dizziness, and difficulty walking. Ingestion of 15 milligrams can cause severe balance and vision problems. Symptoms begin within 30 minutes of ingestion and generally last for approximately 2 hours, although it is possible to be affected for up to 2 days, particularly with regard to a lingering headache. Death is possible, but rarely reported. The victim of this mushroom poisoning may become delirious and hyperactive, suffer hallucinations or even seizures, and demonstrate muscle twitching.

HungLikeJesus • Sep 20, 2007 7:11 pm

The woods are lovely, dark and deep...

Here are two sections of the trail. It's not at all obvious that this trail climbs about 1500 feet in the first two miles.

I saw a total of three people this weekend - two on Saturday when I was cooking dinner and one on Sunday when I was walking back to the car.

HungLikeJesus • Sep 20, 2007 7:14 pm

Quote:

Eating as little as 10 milligrams of A. muscaria produces intoxication, dizziness, and difficulty walking. Ingestion of 15 milligrams can cause severe balance and vision problems. Symptoms begin within 30 minutes of ingestion and generally last for approximately 2 hours, although it is possible to be affected for up to 2 days, particularly with regard to a lingering headache. Death is possible, but rarely reported. The victim of this mushroom poisoning may become delirious and hyperactive, suffer hallucinations or even seizures, and demonstrate muscle twitching.

Thanks Bruce. I think I know exactly where I left that.

Sundae • Sep 20, 2007 7:22 pm

... but I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep

Lovely pics, lovely, lovely
I didn't know the name of the mushrump (Death Cap?) but I recognised it for what it was, beautiful and dangerous

You're on my visit list when I finally get to the States, you know that right? ;)

HungLikeJesus • Sep 20, 2007 7:27 pm

Sundae Girl;387416 wrote:
... but I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep

Lovely pics, lovely, lovely
I didn't know the name of the mushrump (Death Cap?) but I recognised it for what it was, beautiful and dangerous

You're on my visit list when I finally get to the States, you know that right? ;)

SG - by then you'll definitely be up for a trek in the woods. We'll look for that mushroom.

I was going to use:
Two roads diverg'd in a yellow wood...

but I didn't have an appropriate picture. Maybe I'll go back this weekend.

Sundae • Sep 20, 2007 7:29 pm

I try to keep up with any new threads, but those using poetry I recognise will always get my attention :)

More pictures please, you live in a beautiful part of the world

jinx • Sep 20, 2007 8:08 pm

HungLikeJesus;387405 wrote:

Can anyone identify the item in picture 1? Picture 2 gives it away.

I don't know if it's edible.

It's a power up but I don't think it'll give you an extra life.

lumberjim • Sep 20, 2007 8:35 pm

I like it.

Shawnee123 • Sep 21, 2007 8:53 am

Very nice, HLJ.

(Ah yes, one of the first poems I had to memorize in school. Is it weird that I remember all of it, and the other dozen or so I memorized?) Good stuff!

HungLikeJesus • Sep 21, 2007 12:36 pm

Shawnee, I know just what you mean. The only French I remember was from a dialog that I learned in the 7th grade.

richlevy • Sep 29, 2007 10:15 am

Very nice HLJ. Can you supply the GPS coords so I can use Google for an overhead view. I'd like to see where this is and what it would take to get there, although I am not in shape for trail hiking.

Feel free to use PM if you don't want the world to know.

HungLikeJesus • Sep 29, 2007 1:29 pm

I don't have my GPS with me today, but I think my tent site was approximately here (indicated by small red cross at center of image).

You can change the coordinate representation from the TopoZone site.