#hikers — Public Fediverse posts
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Backpack: Google Maps Got Two Groups of Teenage Hikers in Trouble in a Month. Here’s Why it Keeps Happening.. “It was early July, and the group of 17-year-olds had set out to hike part of British Columbia’s Howe Sound Crest Trail, a rugged, 11-mile trek across high alpine terrain north of Vancouver. To help them navigate, the group put their intended route into Google, which calculated that […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/02/backpack-google-maps-got-two-groups-of-teenage-hikers-in-trouble-in-a-month-heres-why-it-keeps-happening/ -
Backpack: Google Maps Got Two Groups of Teenage Hikers in Trouble in a Month. Here’s Why it Keeps Happening.. “It was early July, and the group of 17-year-olds had set out to hike part of British Columbia’s Howe Sound Crest Trail, a rugged, 11-mile trek across high alpine terrain north of Vancouver. To help them navigate, the group put their intended route into Google, which calculated that […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/02/backpack-google-maps-got-two-groups-of-teenage-hikers-in-trouble-in-a-month-heres-why-it-keeps-happening/ -
Head of Euthanasia Group Dies During Mount Fuji Hike
The head of a Swiss assisted-dying group has died after trying to climb Japan’s Mount Fuji, underscoring renewed safety concerns on the country’s highest peak. Police say the 58-year-old hiker lost consciousness during the a…
#Japan #JP #MountFuji #deadhikers #death #deaths #hikerdeath #hikers #hiking #hikingaccident #hikingdeath #MountFujiNews #news #富士山
https://www.alojapan.com/1515770/head-of-euthanasia-group-dies-during-mount-fuji-hike/ -
https://www.alojapan.com/1515770/head-of-euthanasia-group-dies-during-mount-fuji-hike/ Head of Euthanasia Group Dies During Mount Fuji Hike #DeadHikers #death #deaths #HikerDeath #hikers #hiking #HikingAccident #HikingDeath #Japan #MountFuji #MountFujiNews #MountFuji #news #富士山 The head of a Swiss assisted-dying group has died after trying to climb Japan’s Mount Fuji, underscoring renewed safety concerns on the country’s highest peak. Police say the 58-year-old hiker lost consciousness during the ascent and was pronounced
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Enjoying a winter hike near Penn State with college friend, Parri. 1973. #hiking #hike #hiker #hikers #walking #walks #trail #trails #winter #wintersolstice #friend #friends #friendship #college #collegedays #pennstate #maleprivilege #machoentitlement #straightmaleprivilege #bigotry #blm #blacklivesmatter #civilrights #equalrights #equality #vintage #twentiethcentury #1970s #1970sfashion #1970sfashions #woods #woodland #woodlands #forest #forests
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Enjoying a winter hike near Penn State with college friend, Parri. 1973. #hiking #hike #hiker #hikers #walking #walks #trail #trails #winter #wintersolstice #friend #friends #friendship #college #collegedays #pennstate #maleprivilege #machoentitlement #straightmaleprivilege #bigotry #blm #blacklivesmatter #civilrights #equalrights #equality #vintage #twentiethcentury #1970s #1970sfashion #1970sfashions #woods #woodland #woodlands #forest #forests
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Join me + Mythic on a hike in Kossuth County, Iowa -- home to indigenous speakers of the Yankton, Dakȟóta (Western Dakota), Dakhóta (Eastern Dakota), and Lakȟótiyapi (Lakota) languages.
https://www.southernminnesotaguy.com/home/2025/10/23/burt-lake #Insta360 #Iowa #travel #hiking #hikers #forest #autumn -
Join me + Mythic on a hike in Kossuth County, Iowa -- home to indigenous speakers of the Yankton, Dakȟóta (Western Dakota), Dakhóta (Eastern Dakota), and Lakȟótiyapi (Lakota) languages.
https://www.southernminnesotaguy.com/home/2025/10/23/burt-lake #Insta360 #Iowa #travel #hiking #hikers #forest #autumn -
Join me & Mythic Hiker as we hike around yet another great park along the Des Moines River, near Fort Dodge, Iowa -- traditional territory of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ and Báxoje Máyaⁿ (Ioway) nations. https://youtu.be/7fdz2TUFc70
#Insta360 #tinyplanet #Iowa #autumn #travel #adventure #hiking #hikers #forest -
Join me & Mythic Hiker as we hike around yet another great park along the Des Moines River, near Fort Dodge, Iowa -- traditional territory of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ and Báxoje Máyaⁿ (Ioway) nations. https://youtu.be/7fdz2TUFc70
#Insta360 #tinyplanet #Iowa #autumn #travel #adventure #hiking #hikers #forest -
Join me & Mythic as we hike around one of our favorite southern Minnesota parks, Seven Mile Creek, just off Hwy 169 between Mankato and St. Peter -- traditional territory of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Wahpekute, and Wahpeton nations.
https://www.southernminnesotaguy.com/home/2025/10/04/seven-mile-creek
#Insta360 #Minnesota #travel #adventure #hiking #hikers #forest #autumn
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Join me & Mythic as we hike around one of our favorite southern Minnesota parks, Seven Mile Creek, just off Hwy 169 between Mankato and St. Peter -- traditional territory of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Wahpekute, and Wahpeton nations.
https://www.southernminnesotaguy.com/home/2025/10/04/seven-mile-creek
#Insta360 #Minnesota #travel #adventure #hiking #hikers #forest #autumn
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Question for you Fediverse #hikers 🥾🥾
Other than the usual things, what "special items" do you ALWAYS carry in your backpack?For example: I always carry a couple of metres of duct tape. Ever since I witnessed my friend's shoe falling apart (a looooooong way to the end of our hike), I have developed a shoe-breaking-phobia.
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Question for you Fediverse #hikers 🥾🥾
Other than the usual things, what "special items" do you ALWAYS carry in your backpack?For example: I always carry a couple of metres of duct tape. Ever since I witnessed my friend's shoe falling apart (a looooooong way to the end of our hike), I have developed a shoe-breaking-phobia.
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“Canyon Hikers” — Two hikers walk along a desert wash between high walls in a Death Valley canyon.
It seems to me that when most people think of Death Valley National Park, the first things that come to mind are familiar desert icons, the sand dunes, with features like salt flats close behind. But the park is remarkably diverse, with other features that would surprise those who don’t know of them. Among them are the park’s canyons, some of which — like this one — feature extremely high walls…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/01/01/canyon-hikers/
#deathvalley #ourdoors #hikers #canyon #desert #nationalpark #nature #landscape #landscapephotographpy #photography #photo
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“Canyon Hikers” — Two hikers walk along a desert wash between high walls in a Death Valley canyon.
It seems to me that when most people think of Death Valley National Park, the first things that come to mind are familiar desert icons, the sand dunes, with features like salt flats close behind. But the park is remarkably diverse, with other features that would surprise those who don’t know of them. Among them are the park’s canyons, some of which — like this one — feature extremely high walls…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/01/01/canyon-hikers/
#deathvalley #ourdoors #hikers #canyon #desert #nationalpark #nature #landscape #landscapephotographpy #photography #photo
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Hiker numbers nearly double in August, as season wraps up, today in The Watershed: https://www.lionsbaywatershed.ca/post/hiker-season-wrap-up
#LionsBayWatershed #LocalNews #BritishColumbia #LionsBay #Hiking #Hikers #SeaToSky
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Total count of those rescued from Everest was approx. 900. (not including yaks)
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Total count of those rescued from Everest was approx. 900. (not including yaks)
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Interesting interview detailing how badly prepared those hikers at the lower (think tourist trek) elevations of Everest were for snow.
Comment was their group wasn't prepared because the weather in their region still 30C (86F) at this time of the year and they had no snow gear.
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Interesting interview detailing how badly prepared those hikers at the lower (think tourist trek) elevations of Everest were for snow.
Comment was their group wasn't prepared because the weather in their region still 30C (86F) at this time of the year and they had no snow gear.
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Hundreds of #hikers are trapped on #MountEverest. Rescue efforts are underway.
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Hundreds of #hikers are trapped on #MountEverest. Rescue efforts are underway.
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Long weekend rescue double-header, today in The Watershed:
https://www.lionsbaywatershed.ca/post/long-weekend-double-header
#LionsBayWatershed #LBSAR #LocalNews #BritishColumbia #hikers #Nature #LionsBay
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False alarm triggers chopper search, today in The Watershed: https://www.lionsbaywatershed.ca/post/false-alarm-triggers-chopper-rescue
#LionsBayWatershed #LBSAR #LocalNews #BritishColumbia #Hikers #Nature #CampfireBan
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4⭐ Alameda Creek Overlook, Sunol CA
https://www.trailspotting.com/2025/07/alameda-creek-overlook-sunol-ca.html
3 miles · Easy · SF East Bay#Hiking #BayArea #California #EastBayParks #Trails #Hikers #Trail #Nature #Green #Blogs #Outdoors
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4⭐ Alameda Creek Overlook, Sunol CA
https://www.trailspotting.com/2025/07/alameda-creek-overlook-sunol-ca.html
3 miles · Easy · SF East Bay#Hiking #BayArea #California #EastBayParks #Trails #Hikers #Trail #Nature #Green #Blogs #Outdoors
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#Japanese officials want ‘selfish’ #MountFuji #climbers to pay for #offseason #rescue
"There have been cases when people have casually made requests to be rescued via mobile phone, as if they were ordering a #taxi.. Other countries require climbers to have #insurance & they charge anyone tt they have to rescue.. #Emergency #services had to be activated to help injured #hikers #everyday during the #climbingseason"
Looks like #tyranny of the #illbred minority.🤔
#overtourism
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3310663/japanese-officials-want-selfish-mount-fuji-climbers-pay-season-rescue -
Hiking With a Herd of Cats – Not Literally
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Every week, in Whatsapp groups, I see the same questions. "Who is driving from A?" "Who is driving from B?" "Where can I park?" and more questions. The same questions are asked every time. A decade or two ago I might have understood, but not in 2025.
For some hikes this makes complete sense. For hikes that are impossible to access by train, bus or other it makes sense to ask. For those that are on main train lines it's easy, especially today to check the departure and arrival times from the start point, if that is given, or the destination point if that is given instead.
Looking at the logistics for one hike I see that people are going from Lausanne, Gland, Nyon, Geneva, Ferney Voltaire and probably two or three more places. Nyon is hypothetical for now. I am waiting to see if I am accepted on another hike first, as well as waiting to see if I feel knackered on Saturday evening.
I could add to the noise, saying that I can drive from Nyon to Divonne, and then car share from there, but I don't want to add to the noise, and I don't want to commit until I know what I'm doing the day before, as well as the next day.
There was a time when I thought nothing of driving two to four hours per weekend but now I like the idea of catching a train, if and when I can, rather than driving.
Remembering the Past
In the past I was stereotyped as being one of the drivers, so when someone asked "is anyone driving from A" or "Is anyone driving from B" I would be volunteered to be the driver and it got tiring. I like driving, but when you drive others you need to plan how much earlier to leave, where to pick people up from, and more. For a long time we did this for free, for each other. I'm glad that in one or two groups it was "as much as you want to give" up to "70 centimes per kilometre". When people pay it covers costs.
Routing and Logistics
I have been doing group activities for years, or even decades by now. It's normal for me to look at the route, logistics and more for every hike.
Scuba diving had the most complicated logistics because you have a lot of gear, and you have to fill the tanks, and more. Hiking, climbing and other sports are simple in contrast.
If I knew for certain that I wanted to do the Sunday hike, then I would. The issue with that hike is that as soon as you drive in France you have péages. In theory it's 10 Euros to get from Geneva to Annecy via the French péage.
As I wrote this post I watched as people self-organised to car-share.
And Finally
The event I was looking forward to joining on Saturday is on Saturday, as I thought, but one week from now, not this week. The result is that whilst I was watching the herding of cats for a hike I don't feel passionate about, I missed the chance with another.
If no other hikes turn up I am tempted to do a solo hike with a difference. I would set off one hour after the main group, and see how long it would take to catch up.
If Only
If only it was allowed, I would look at the list that is full, and the wait list that has as many people, and I would suggest doing the reverse hike and meeting at some point. I would also be tempted to do a staggered start. The primary group goes an hour earlier, and the backup group goes an hour later. With at least one cycling group we did have staggered starts and it works well. We meet for a snack and drink and then continue.
#favours #hikers #hiking #logistics #organisation #questions
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Hiking With a Herd of Cats – Not Literally
Reading Time: 3 minutes
Every week, in Whatsapp groups, I see the same questions. "Who is driving from A?" "Who is driving from B?" "Where can I park?" and more questions. The same questions are asked every time. A decade or two ago I might have understood, but not in 2025.
For some hikes this makes complete sense. For hikes that are impossible to access by train, bus or other it makes sense to ask. For those that are on main train lines it's easy, especially today to check the departure and arrival times from the start point, if that is given, or the destination point if that is given instead.
Looking at the logistics for one hike I see that people are going from Lausanne, Gland, Nyon, Geneva, Ferney Voltaire and probably two or three more places. Nyon is hypothetical for now. I am waiting to see if I am accepted on another hike first, as well as waiting to see if I feel knackered on Saturday evening.
I could add to the noise, saying that I can drive from Nyon to Divonne, and then car share from there, but I don't want to add to the noise, and I don't want to commit until I know what I'm doing the day before, as well as the next day.
There was a time when I thought nothing of driving two to four hours per weekend but now I like the idea of catching a train, if and when I can, rather than driving.
Remembering the Past
In the past I was stereotyped as being one of the drivers, so when someone asked "is anyone driving from A" or "Is anyone driving from B" I would be volunteered to be the driver and it got tiring. I like driving, but when you drive others you need to plan how much earlier to leave, where to pick people up from, and more. For a long time we did this for free, for each other. I'm glad that in one or two groups it was "as much as you want to give" up to "70 centimes per kilometre". When people pay it covers costs.
Routing and Logistics
I have been doing group activities for years, or even decades by now. It's normal for me to look at the route, logistics and more for every hike.
Scuba diving had the most complicated logistics because you have a lot of gear, and you have to fill the tanks, and more. Hiking, climbing and other sports are simple in contrast.
If I knew for certain that I wanted to do the Sunday hike, then I would. The issue with that hike is that as soon as you drive in France you have péages. In theory it's 10 Euros to get from Geneva to Annecy via the French péage.
As I wrote this post I watched as people self-organised to car-share.
And Finally
The event I was looking forward to joining on Saturday is on Saturday, as I thought, but one week from now, not this week. The result is that whilst I was watching the herding of cats for a hike I don't feel passionate about, I missed the chance with another.
If no other hikes turn up I am tempted to do a solo hike with a difference. I would set off one hour after the main group, and see how long it would take to catch up.
If Only
If only it was allowed, I would look at the list that is full, and the wait list that has as many people, and I would suggest doing the reverse hike and meeting at some point. I would also be tempted to do a staggered start. The primary group goes an hour earlier, and the backup group goes an hour later. With at least one cycling group we did have staggered starts and it works well. We meet for a snack and drink and then continue.
#favours #hikers #hiking #logistics #organisation #questions
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European #hikers, looking for a recommendation for the Alps in June. Looking to spend 4-5 days on the trails, non technical, but pretty. Refuges or camping both fine 🙏
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European #hikers, looking for a recommendation for the Alps in June. Looking to spend 4-5 days on the trails, non technical, but pretty. Refuges or camping both fine 🙏
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https://www.alojapan.com/1225751/japan-to-introduce-mount-fuji-climbing-fee-to-tackle-overcrowding/ Japan to introduce Mount Fuji climbing fee to tackle overcrowding #climbing #environment #hikers #Japan #MountFuji #MountFujiNews #MountFuji #news #overcrowding #Safety #tourist #TouristAttractions #富士山 The new measure will require hikers to pay a fee of 4,000 yen (about 900 baht) to ascend Mount Fuji on any of its four main routes. The goal is to improve safety and reduce the environmental impact of the large number of visitors. This decisio…
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I don't even want to know how these folks got stuck on a trail there. 🤔 #hikers #SearchAndRescue
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#Avalanche danger high in #PresidentialRange
Avalanche warning for areas of the #WhiteMountains in #NewHampshire
"The avalanche danger in the Presidential Range Avalanche Forecast Area is high, with very large avalanches likely to occur throughout Monday, according to forecasters. The warning remains in effect from 7 a.m. on Feb. 17 through 7 a.m. on Feb. 18.
"The affected areas include popular backcountry destinations such as #TuckermanRavine, #GulfOfSlides, #HuntingtonRavine, and #GreatGulf. Forecasters warn that avalanche conditions may also meet hazardous criteria in other areas beyond those covered by the avalanche center's forecast."
https://www.wmtw.com/article/avalanche-danger-high-in-presidential-range/63817318
#WinterWeather #NewHampshireWx #NHWx #Hikers
