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If you're not precious about the ethics involved, you can find generic Chinese knock-offs of the Capture One clip on eBay for about 1/3 the price of the original. They're usually sold as "quick release camera clip" or similar. I've thru-hiked the PCT, CDT and a bunch of other trails with mine...

Well, a permit from the PCTA is not required but various permits are required to legally complete a thru-hike of the PCT. The PCTA permit just saves you having to apply for all the different ones individually.

I have fond memories of the Trinity Alps from the PCT. An area I'd love to explore more of!

Here's a few funny/immature ones for you. No snowballs - Mt Laguna, CA. Butt Mountain - Lassen National Forest, CA Burstarse Creek - Castle Crags Wilderness, CA. Sounds painful! Yeti danger - Somewhere in Mt Hood National Forest, OR.

Ooh, fun game - I love catching the signs! I think I have a pretty good collection considering I'm not from the US :) I'm gonna break the rules though because I'm kinda camera shy and don't really like posting my face all over the internet, sorry! Here's mine though. I'll mostly stick with NPS...

It's also an area of huge spiritual and cultural significance to the Navajo. I would say I don't quite understand why some are so eager to flood it but poverty is rife on the rez and I guess everyone loves money?

Details, proposals and maps here; https://scgrandcanyon.wordpress.com/2019/09/25/breaking-news-new-dams-proposed-near-the-confluence/ Note that the project documents specify that dam access tunnels could also be used to ferry tourists down to the Little Colorado. ☹️

Equestrian use on the PCT is legal and permitted. A handful of people thru-ride it each year and the PCTA provide info on taking horses on the trail.

Super interesting and informative thread! I found myself wondering the exact same thing when I was in MT earlier this summer, my first time hiking in grizzly country. I camped alone a couple of nights in the Bob Marshall Wilderness (highest density of grizzlies outside of Alaska) and this ran...

I made the switch to a quilt this year and picked up a Katabatic Alsek. Along with Nunatak, Katabatic are considered the "gold standard" of quilts, so they're not the cheapest but you definitely get what you pay for. Their pad attachment system is also regarded as the best out there. Man, I love...

Just a couple recent ones from MT... Spotted Bear River, Bob Marshall Wilderness North Fork Sun River, Bob Marshall Wilderness Straight Creek, Scapegoat Wilderness

Great pics and report! I visited Glacier for the first time at the end of June and hiked through the entirety of the park on the CDT, from Chief Mountain to East Glacier. There's a few spots in your pics that I recognise - I camped at Old Man Lake, went over Pitamakan Pass (the forest on the...

A few from Glacier NP, last week of June. Gros Ventre Falls Dawn Mist Falls Swiftcurrent Falls Morning Eagle Falls St Mary Falls Virginia Creek Falls

Mt Taylor, New Mexico - May 8th. Bitterly cold.

Middle Fork Gila River, New Mexico - taken at the end of April.

Coconino NF, between Flagstaff and Sedona. April 2018.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2018/03/02/utah-lawmaker-calls-for-giving-state-park-status-to-the-full-140-mile-hole-in-the-rock-trail/ The asphalt is coming... :-(

Sounds like this lot couldn't organise a bar crawl in a brewery. What a shambles.

Ever driven out through Aneth and around Hovenweep? What a mess they've made of that area with all the pads and rigs... :-(

All this political nonsense made me re-watch this great short documentary. "This is one of the most beautiful places in the world. It's just too beautiful of a place to turn into this industrial sacrifice area."