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05-29-2007, 11:30 PM
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Re: Tips for Wheeling Alone?
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Originally Posted by dеiтайожни
Get a pull pal!
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is this what it sounds like or is it related to wheelin....
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05-30-2007, 02:58 AM
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Re: Tips for Wheeling Alone?
Think it depends how long your stuck for
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05-30-2007, 03:37 AM
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Re: Tips for Wheeling Alone?
I know going prepared is part of the rush. I say find a buddy. Or don't go.
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05-30-2007, 02:10 PM
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Re: Tips for Wheeling Alone?
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Originally Posted by HummBebe
I know going prepared is part of the rush. I say find a buddy. Or don't go.
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It depends on how you define "wheeling." I have been wheeling all over the Colorado Rockies with far lesser vehicles than I have now. I didn't bite off too much or take any serious risks and never had any troubles. I had a blast exploring the beautiful trials there and found some great, hidden campsites we used for years. I always left my location(s) with someone competent to come get me and was always prepared to hike out and/or contact someone for help. There's risk in anything you do. I personally think it's riskier driving down a two-lane highway than the wheeling I've done alone. On a two-lane highway, you can do nothing to stop someone in a truck from crossing the center line and killing you instantly. I really don't see anything as risky as that in driving down moderate trails alone. Yet people have no problem driving down a two-lane highway. There's some risk wheeling alone, but you could also get struck by lightning or a meteor if you stay at home instead. It's always a risk/reward balance in whatever you do. Just be smart and prepared.
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05-30-2007, 04:44 PM
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Re: Tips for Wheeling Alone?
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Originally Posted by MarineHawk
I don't really call backpacking roughing it. It's all a day at the park in comparison to: waking up at 6 am for a hump when it's negative 5 degrees; scarfing down a half-frozen MRE chocolate cookie because that's all you have time to eat; having to strip down to one layer before forced marching 15 miles because, if you don't, the company commander is not going to let you stop and take some layers off as you start to sweat profusely under a bunch of layers after 20 minutes of exertion; then freezing your ass off like mad until you finally warm up; then carrying your tires a$$ and 80 lbs of gear up some meaningless trail behind some Captain sprinting along with a pillow in his pack to make it look heavy.
What I do is infinitely more comfortable. I stop and adjust my clothes when I want and smoke, change, drink, eat what I want when I want. Having good gear does make all the difference?that and not having to pretend like your rescuing the 1st Division at the Frozen Chosen.
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Sounds like a normal training day in Bridgeport( brr!) and dont forget about not being able to sh*t for a week after eating the oh so good MRE Cheeze( mispelled on purpose because of legal E&O issues, in short there is no dairy products used in making the stuff)
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05-30-2007, 05:53 PM
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Re: Tips for Wheeling Alone?
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Originally Posted by Mr. I - Man
Sounds like a normal training day in Bridgeport( brr!) and dont forget about not being able to sh*t for a week after eating the oh so good MRE Cheeze( mispelled on purpose because of legal E&O issues, in short there is no dairy products used in making the stuff)
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MRE = Meals Refusing to Exit or Meals Rejected by Ethiopians.
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06-05-2007, 01:32 AM
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Re: Tips for Wheeling Alone?
i live in northern mi.- tc, just let me know when you want to go and we'll wheel all over... you dont have to go alone! i would really like to plan a trip from coast 2 coast.......lake mi 2 lake huron with hummers sometime this summer with a night camping under the stars in between, anyone interested?
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06-06-2007, 05:22 PM
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Re: Tips for Wheeling Alone?
I would never wheel alone, cause s#$t happens at the worst possible time.
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