Music while hiking poll

[barl0w]

I almost always listen to music on the trail. I keep it down though, where I can still hear the audio feedback from MotionX on distance traveled, speed, etc.

 

[aksoutherland]

I like to listen to music in the evenings around the camp fire, but not while hiking, I think it takes away from the experience while on the trail. But that's just me.

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[Canyonbug]

This is a fun post to read through. We have recently had this discussion amongst me and my canyoneering friends. It was a mixed bag of not sure. We have never hiked with music before. I like listening to my headphones while running and doing yard work as well as out on the boat on the lake, why not hiking. On some of the search and rescue calls that I have been on some of the guys wear their headphones on the hike in to the patient (they took them off when the real work started).

We tried it one day with a canyon, just on the hike in. We packed my iPod and a Goal Zero Rockout Speaker and played it on the hike in. This day it actually became a nuisance for me to have it, but it was more because we took some of our kids through the canyon with us and some of the songs were not kid appropriate so I kept having to fiddle with it to skip songs. Generally I have always hiked without the music, but I am not opposed to putting headphones on next time and trying it out again.

 

[Don]

Pretty much always have music while hiking. I have one of those 10 dollar mobile speakers clipped to my chest strap, can use iPod or phone. Sometimes when hiking alone I switch from music to an audio book or a podcast.

 

[klank]

love the sound of nature.. so no music while hiking. I thought would enjoy music in camp, but could not get into. MTB'r with plugs in truly erk me. too fast with no time to react when coming around blind corners.