@FotoVorschlag
'Im Nirgendwo' 'in the nowhere'
It might look like a "normal" hiking photo. But that day I hiked into an area where I didn't see nor hear anybody for quite some hours!
Shortly after I took this photo, I reached a spot where I just stopped, looked around and - except for the trail - everything was just nature. No human made sound, no human traces ... And I think it was the first time I felt really "remote" and in the nowhere -- and I liked it!
@hikingdude @FotoVorschlag I love when that happens! It's very rare here but there is one very large park where you can hike for a day or two without seeing another person, if you are lucky.
The park is bigger that Bermuda and has 200 miles of trails, yet it's less than an hour's drive from Silicon Valley. One entrance is popular but the other end is hardly used and almost never by common day hikers.
@croyle Woah, 200miles sounds quite huge!!
@hikingdude It's pretty enormous and it covers a couple of large ridges. Part of the park is also designated as Wilderness where even mountain bikes aren't permitted, and they take considerable time and effort to reach those more remote areas. So that's a pretty effective barrier to keeping out most hikers. I always enjoy visiting when it's not too hot and dry there, whether hiking or backpacking.
@croyle @hikingdude My second backpacking trip was there! It absolutely wrecked me, but it was type 2 fun :)
I wrote a bit about it if anyone's interested.
https://seasonsofjason.com/backpacking-henry-coe-state-park-day-1-escaping-the-yosemite-bubble-2/
@killyourfm @croyle
Wow, very cool story. You had a bit of an adventure there!
@hikingdude @croyle HAHA my adventures never seem to be boring! (And I'm grateful for that)
@killyourfm @hikingdude Yeah, going up and down those ridges - sometimes on really vertical trails - can be brutal!
I went to look at your post but after a long time waiting got a "Cloudron App Error" whatever that is.
@croyle @hikingdude Sorry about that, should be working now.
And yea, some of those ascents are STEEEEEP.
@croyle oh I just checked the gallery and it looks *really* amazingly beautiful. I guess you can have some *really* good hikes there!
@hikingdude Yes, I've had a lot of good hikes there and several good backpacking trips with friends and family.
They have an annual "backcountry weekend" where people are allowed to drive in farther to a grass parking area and hike/pack from there all weekend, which I did with friends like five times as well.
@croyle @hikingdude Is this when you can drive into the Mississippi Lake area?
@hikingdude @FotoVorschlag love that feeling!
@intrepidhero
it really struck me - I think I never felt that before. At first I was a bit afraid, like "omg, there's really *noone* around" quickly followed by "everything under control ... and .. what feeling is this?
@hikingdude I remember the first time I went a whole day without seeing anyone. Been chasing that feeling ever since. 😁
@intrepidhero @hikingdude The first time I experienced this was on a 4 day backpacking trip to Merced Lake in the Yosemite wilderness. I came across 3 people TOTAL, across that entire trip. And I had the entire lake and surrounding area completely to myself. It was so wonderful and peaceful I decided to stay put the entire day.
@killyourfm @intrepidhero Woah. That's pretty wild!
