Camping with JD - Part 6

The water in the Youghagany River is FREEZING! I swear, if it wasn't a river, it would be an ice block. Now, the reason I know the state of the water in the Youghagany River is because... That right you guessed it! I went camping in the Ohiopyle campground this past weekend. On this trip, I faced the enemy that three years ago tore pretty much halve of my face off,

Camping with JD - part 5

Can I just say that the hiking technique called Caterpillar is The Makers gift to humanity? The way it works is the person at the front of your group stops, and then next person in line continues for, let's say 10 paces. Upon reaching the distance of ten paces, that person stops, and so on and so forth. When te last person in line reaches the second person to stop, the one who stopped first starts up again. If the whole process is done properly, then your group should be ascending the mountain like a kindred soul ascends I to heaven. Meaning that you'll eventually hit an impenetrable layer of cloud that will result in your plummet into hell. Sorry, but you should have bought a parachute.

Camping with JD - part 4

I'm a Billy Goat! This weekend I hike from High Rock to the spot where I-70 meets the Appalachian Trail. It was great, even though I almost passed out from dehydration on Saturday. So I want to take this time to explain the dangers of heat exhaustion. DRINK WATER. LOTS AND LOTS OF WATER. IF YOU'RE NOT PEEING CLEAR, THEN YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. IF SOMEONE IS MUMBLING OR SLURRING THEIR WORDS, IF THEY'RE STUMBLING, IF THEY HAVE A HEADACHE, OR THEY'RE CRANKY. THEM THEY. ARE. DEHYDRATED. GIVE THEN WATER. now.

Camping with JD - Part 3

The Appalachian Trail is a beautiful trail. I love it, as well as my backpack. I love south mountain, I love my boots, I love my walking stick. I HATE MY FEET! After this weekend, I was ready to chop them off. Now I'm going to fall asleep until tomorrow. But anyway. I, thus previous weekend went on a 17 mile backpacking trip, which started in Dalhgren Camp ground, and ended at Harpers Ferry. Man that was fun.

Camping with JD - part 2

So this past weekend, I went camping. Well, more swimming than camping. It rained the entire time, save the night we got there. But other than that, it was great. We built a catapult out of bamboo shafts and rope, with which we flung an apple about 100 ft. We also lashed (lashing is a type of knot that is used to attach two pieces of wood, usually used to construct things) we also built a chariot, a table, and an egg carrying device. I have to stop now, because the blisters on my feet are ready to burst.

Camping with JD - Part 1

This past weekend i had gone camping in the state of PA. on this campout, I went on a hike that brought me up and down a mountain. but that's not so important. what's important (really I mean relative to the subject at hand) is that in the middle of the hike, there was this meadow. Now, when I have been to this meadow before, it's always been clear and nice and a beautiful day and such. Not this time. Nope. This time it was snowing, and there was snow on the ground. The snow in the air made it so that in combination with the sky of clouds, there was no seeing anything past about 100 yards on the mountain. but when I got down to the bottom of the mountain and back to my campsite, I found that the same property of the sky earlier was gone, even though the snow was still falling (and there wasn't but a 10 minute walk back to the site from the meadow). It's really weird that a change in altitude of about 200 feet could change the conditions of the sky. But other than that, it was a really cold and gray camping trip. 


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Sincerely (home and warm again),
JD