How packed are the shelters on Friday nights this time of year? I’m considering my first solo overnight. I’m sort of a scaredy cat so wouldn’t mind a few people nearby to be honest, but a party till 2AM would prolly grate on me. Just wondering the vibe on a typical weekend.
Oh weird. Google maps forces me to Tom Jones when I search Stone Memorial. I’ll dig out my paper map later and find it. Thanks!
Also be aware that the Long Trail in general (the AT in VT is all Long Trail, and then they split off at some point) surprises people with its difficulty.
Vermont. Not sure one has better views than the other necessarily—depends what exact stretch—but having lived and hiked in both states I think Vermont is prettier. But it may also be buggier and muddier right now.
If you’re not attached to the AT and are willing to look at the northern portion of the Long Trail in VT you could get some pretty spectacular views. Camel’s Hump is pretty cool.
EDIT: here’s a helpful link for section hiking in Vermont. A few legs would work in 3 days. If you’re less experienced try Williamstown to Bennington. https://www.longtrailvermont.com/section-hike-suggestions/
Thanks! What shelters would you recommend if I’d like some peace&quiet but not complete solitude? Lol
Can I ask what the issue was? I haven’t ever used a can but looking at an ADK trip which will require one.
Ah, sorry. I haven’t done any trips that require that yet. I noted it definitely seems roomy enough. Is it not for your can?
Yes I got it this month. The load lifters are fine. It makes less of a difference than with the Osprey, idk why, something to do with math and physics lol. It’s a shorter pack, so there’s less above the load lifters…? But yeah they are there and it feels great with about 25lbs!! Even better with like 16. I really can’t stress enough how surprised I was when I went from lifting it up and being like okay that’s 25 lbs, to tightening the belt and getting situated and going wait… that’s 25 lbs??
A hip belt is going to dramatically change things though. Especially for your back. Really it’s not even comparable.
But I think 24 pounds is a realistic goal. If you’re fine with that on your shoulders, you’re gonna be thrilled with a hip belt!
EDIT: I recently switched to a Gossamer Gear Mariposa 60 and I adore it. It’s a good bag for edging toward ultralight, but it still has a frame and could comfortably carry up to 30ish lbs if needed. But the big difference vs my previous bag (Osprey Aether) is (1) the weight of the bag itself and (2) how well it carries weight. The bag is like magic. It’ll feel hefty if I lift it from the ground when it’s loaded, but once I’m all set up it’s like … somehow it magically gets rid of ten lbs. The hip belt specifically is so comfortable and moves with my body. Anyway. Just a plug if you’re in the market!
There’s so much to learn and read, for sure. I think outside psychoanalysis—and, I’d say, in some more contemporary movements like relationalism—repression sometimes (unfortunately) has a broader and looser meaning.
Freud says—I think in the Ego and the Id—that, strictly speaking, there can be no unconscious feelings, since feeling is by definition conscious. Sometimes he talks about affect becoming divorced from one idea and displaced onto another, less significant idea. Sometimes he talks about what he calls drive energy, when connected to an unpleasant mental representation (I want to sleep with my father, for example), being converted into a physical symptom. Either of these is repression and could very much lead to chronic illness.
But there could be psychic mechanisms other than repression leading to debilitating physical symptoms. It can get very complicated very fast.
Good luck and have fun!
You’ll find there’s no consensus about almost anything. There are major schools that consider themselves psychoanalysis that do not even speak at any length or with any depth about repression or neurosis. Klein, for example, makes very few references to repression in her work, and seems to abandon neurosis as a category. Kohut, in my opinion, basically abandons the unconscious—at least one at all resembling Freud’s, which was predicated on repressive mechanisms. It would be interesting to gather together different notions (or abandonments) of a given single concept, but there is no coherent consensus that has evolved on anything. Quite the opposite.
Since you’re writing about repression proper, though, Freud isn’t just the starting place, he’s the place to go. Read the Three Essays, too.
Thanks! Yeah, I’ve been frustrated how, in attempting to clarify these concepts, a lot of writers fall back on prototypical behavioral descriptions. Even with an added caveat, these images get reified and recycled. Fink & co. do this too much IMO. So I’ve been trying to challenge each of the more common symptom-images of a given structure. I was thinking like: maybe the Obsessional puts things off so as not to encounter their own desire, but the Hysteric puts things off in order to “slip away,” to evoke—precisely to elicit and encounter (unsatisfied) desire, in other words. Superficially, the descriptive symptom presentation is the same: I can’t finish anything!!
Backcountry bidet can greatly minimize how much poopy paper you’re putting next to your food
Anker vs ankerPurchase Advice
Okay all the links I use get my post removed so I’m just going to reference the products.
I'm trying to decide between two Anker chargers and, being not so tech literate, I'm having a hard time.
The Anker nano is 10,000, and seems newer, but you need a 30W charger to charge it? It weighs just over 7oz.
The Anker power core 10000 is the same capacity, almost half the price, and lighter by 2oz, but older, so I'm confused: Doesn't technology in general progress? Why is this older one obviously superior?
I'm leaning toward the second one, but I'm just checking that l'm not missing something obvious before biting.
Edit: thanks all! I went with the nano because I found it on sale for only $6 more than the power core and the 2oz penalty seems worth the speed.
Awesome. Can I ask you one or two more questions?
I have a tarptent motrail which is trekking pole tent. I’m coming from the northeast US so just wondering if this is sufficient for August conditions on the TMB or if a free standing would be better/safer? I am thinking of wind, etc.
Temperature wise, I have a 35 degree bag that really is only comfortable at around 40-45 and up. Plus an insulated pad, obviously. (Nemo tensor insulated.) I assume this is fine? For clothing I’ll have my puffy with me in case but otherwise was just planning on a sun hoodie, pants, etc.
Sweet, thanks!
As an alt, how about staying at the refuge du lac blanc?
I’m also interested in wild camping, if I can find a spot. Do you think this section lends itself to that?
Two nights
Planning a short solo excursion. If you could only do two nights in the France portion, what section would you hike? (I’m not looking for gruelingly long days or length achievements—more concerned with views and vibe.)
I have a tarp tent mo trail. Sleeps two, def not 3. But it’s a dream!
Literally no idea what shape you’re in, so ignore me if you’re experienced and fit, but 45 miles in 3 days is a lot. I planned a trip a few years ago thinking, well, I usually walk about ten miles a day easy in the city, and people average 12-18 a day on the AT, and even grannies do the AT so I’m good! Man. I was … fucking wrong. lol. 12 miles a day in these rocky hills with a (too heavy, admittedly) pack really messed me up lol. Even in good or great shape, I don’t have trail legs. This weekend I did a few 8 mile days. Time wise it was easy, I would finish by 1-2, but damn if my body wasn’t still like wtf is going on lol.
Again, ignore me if you’re good but I personally wouldn’t plan 40-50 miles over 3 days.
Which mountain
Down-time entertainment suggestions?
Ultralight