Worst/Best hiking experinces? - For unusual mountain/Flatland experiences

[JavisFNF]

Pic related is found in Chile (nope never been there), which although extremely far from looking like the one shown, I went to a 4-hill configuration (though there are other hills surrounding it therefore quite dense, it's the 4 that happened to collectively look like a rough approximation of a hand when anglefrauded). Or simply a small hill beside 3 taller ones, one of them with 2 projections (middle and 3rd finger). At that time the expedition leader pushed one groupmate because "bungee jumping", supposed to land on a pool between "thumb" and "index finger" but missed and landed on the thumb instead. Then she took a hell long time to descend the "thumb" if not for some other man who sacrificed his camping bag (inside is probably electronics, kaboom) for her to land on as she was told to roll down the hill. Of course it was a accident caused by poor coordination yet everyone insulted her and not share the tent. Outrageous only because the structure the hills form looks like a sorry of a hand and a bungee jump mishap happened there therefore at the front of memory for me.

No pics or else already slight powerlevelling escalates.

 

[Santa Fe Swag]

My best experience was hiking on a remote beach in Sinaloa Mexico. I was alone tripping on some shrooms I had bought from another traveler from Oaxaca and it was absolute bliss. Just me, the ocean and the beautiful subtropical countryside. My worst experience was getting into a fight with a crackhead at the north point state park in Maryland. "Crackheads will wobble but they won't fall down".

 

[Haint]

Most of the easily accessible trails at most US National parks. Packed with tourists, so much so that you have to navigate the edges of the trail in the brush to avoid the traffic jams. Since this technically is going off trail, it increases damage to the local environment. Luckily, I can navigate terrain and vegetation with a light step. But for most people, they move like cattle, trampling everything into a barren, muddy path.

 

[obliviousbeard]

Not really hiking, but let me share of this tidbit from my basic training. Now, we had this foot march, one of the first and more easier ones (30 kilometres with our typical shit on us). The person in front of me for the most part of the march managed to do everything wrong, despite being instructed to do so. Didn't change socks, drank his canteen empty in record time, packed his stuff wrong in creative ways (including leaving his steel eating utensil inside his steel mess kit, which made this ding sound. at every fucking step.), lost his compass, helmet etc couple times in middle of march so we had to go back to look for them. (Also he forgot to pack something, so he was given a log as replacement.) In the end, me and couple other guys had to carry some of his stuff, gave him my almost full canteen for a sip and dude just splathered it on his face, leaving me to go without water until next refill point. Needless to say, his feet, back and everything hurt, blisters out of wazoo, got his ass beaten for whining and dragging everyone else down with him and really just cemented his reputation as utter idiot. To summarise, here's what you can learn from this conscript, aspiring hiker kiwis:
- Don't fucking chug everything you have in terms of water, you'll just piss it directly out
- Socks. Socks. Socks. You need to have more you'd think, and change often.
- Ill fitting boot will make you hate walking.
- Pack properly, make sure backpack straps fit and all that jazz.
- Learn to use your navigation tools properly.
- Don't just leave your stuff everywhere.
- Always listen to advice from someone who knows his shit.
- If going in group don't be "that" guy.

 

[Megaroad 2012]

We took the long hard path climbing Mt. Inari a few years ago.

Quite the hike when you're traveling with someone who has asthma and during a one hot ass summer, but it was worth it for us to find all sorts of old cemeteries and waterfalls. Seeing more rural and rustic Japan is always far more interesting than the cities.

Recommend it, especially to avoid the insane amount of tourists who climb the direct route to the shrine up top. Once you reach the summit its just a leisurely walk down hill.

 

[draggs]

Best personal experience: Glacier Park
Worst personal experience: Mount Washington

 

[TiggerNits]

Best experience: Grand Canyon, south side where the Colorado River Gorge starts. Great 3 day trek over the Memorial Day holiday, back when my wife and I had only been dating 3 or 4 months. We had a lot of filthy sex in a lot of uncomfortable places.

Worst: Any given ruck in Yuma