u/Aeon_Return

I'm trying to plan what I hope is a fun, safe, and easy solo route. I have up to five days. Please, any feedback is very much appreciated :)

As the title asks, I have a cheap trangia style knockoff and I'm out of ethanol for it but the apt we're staying at has a bottle of acetone. Is this safe to use? I couldn't get a clear answer from a websearch. thanks!

Very long story short my stove doesn't work and I'm in a small town in Romania where I can't get prepackaged hiker meals. I'm looking at 5-6 days, 4-5 nights and I'm not sure where to even begin picking food to take since I don't have a stove anymore. im thinking like 1-2 hard salamis, a bunch of trail mix and some protein bars, maybe bread? I really don't know, but weight is certainly an issue. Any advice is appreciated. For one person, btw

Hello! Long story short is I'm going to be in Baia Mare and the nearby area for about a week before hiking on the Rodnei ridge trail. I thought I would fill the time taking some shorter hikes I've found about the Drumul Maramuresului but I wasn't sure how the trail conditions are? especially since rain is on the forecast? I was considering Baia Mare (or Cavnic) towards Sighetu Marmatie to work with my later bus schedule, I use public transport.

Anyone have any experience or comments about this area? I really don't know much about it other than how it appears on a map

thank you!!

edit: or maybe further east like Petrova/Bistra to Viseu de Sus

I need a cheap power bank after mine died. I looked at the Kaufland near our rental but they didn't have any in stock. Can someone please point me where on the downtown area I could look next? thank you!

Hello! Long story short is I'm looking to do a solo trek through high(er) mountains starting in early July. I'll be starting transport in Arad and I don't want to go too far to the east (I'll save Brasov/Bucegi for another trip) or to the Retezat because I was just there with a group but now I have to go alone.

I'm a somewhat experienced hiker but, since I'll be hiking alone, my main concern is trail conditions like really steep w sharp dropoffs, rocky paths, infrequent markings etc. I want an easier safer path through somewhat high mountains but otherwise I'm pretty much completely open to ideas, I'm not really sure where to even start considering because there's so many options. I have up to three weeks, that's also open.

I was thinking mabye the 12 Apostles/Doisprezece Apostoli area south of Vatra Dornei? On my phone they show two main trails that go south and I might be able to connect with the Deda area and road. I can't really tell much about the trail conditions or markings other than for a few YT video and pictures but it looks like maybe a good area for that I'm looking for? Also, I'm allowed to wild camp there? I saw a number of camp spots mentioned from other hikers do I'm guessing it's allowed?

Thank you! any advice greatly appreciated!

We like hiking and outdoors stuff, in both cities we'll spend one day in the historic area, bastion, etc. I'm thinking 4 days in Timi, 3 in Arad, any advice? thank you 🙂

We left Sighisoara this morning heading towards Medias with the plan of hiking there in 4-5 days. Throughout the day multiple people (8!!!) warned us about a heavy bear presence in area and we saw signs on the ground everywhere. We were planning on wild camping but, given all the very strong indicators, we ended up cancelling the hike in the afternoon and taking the train to Medias. We do have bear spray and whistles etc wiius but we just didn't feel safe.

My question: where would be a place we can hike that might not have so many bears? Somewhere to the south or east? it really seemed like this was unusual but I've heard there are fewer the further south you get.

Any recommendations are greatly appreciated!

I'm pretty much open to anything as long as its somewhere in the romantasy realm. Just to give a direction one of my all time favorites is the Folk of Air series. No alphahole jerk male leads or powerless weak female leads please, otherwise gimme a suggestion(s)! (and if you're an author feel free to rec your own book, make yourself an easy sale ;)

Random thought that popped into my head as I was packing away my Cloud Up tent. In theory the fly could be used by itself as some sort of tarp-like shelter, used probably with trekking poles. It would be a bit oddly shaped but I don't see any reason why a fly couldn't work on its own w/o poles in some manner. I looked it up on youtube and didn't really see anyone doing this but I'm curious. Anyone ever tried this?

Sorry this is a dumb question but I'm not at the same house as my Mongar and a friend's loaning me some of his groundhog pegs. I'm trying to save weight where I can, what's the minimum I'd need for a decent rain pitch of the Mongar 2 UL? It's a pretty popular tent so i figured someone here might know :) TY!

Last year I did my first 100,000 steps in 1 day challenge. On Tuesday I'm going for it again. I don't really remember what food I DID pack with me but I recall not being hungry at all the whole day and my energy kind of dropping because I wasn't getting hunger cues and not eating enough.

Any tips? Both food wise and eating schedule wise? I'm thinking things that are calorie dense like hummus. I remember taking pudding cups last time and they leaked and made a mess. Energy bars are an option though they're pretty dry. I will have 2 villages I go through to restock so I don't need to carry that much at a time. Water is a bit more of an issue but I'm picking a cooler day (11C) and I'm taking my Sawyer water filter with me to use as an emergency backup since I'll be hiking by a few somewhat sketchy water sources.

How often do you think I should force myself to eat? Every 2 hours? I'm guessing on that one, though any tips are greatly appreciated :)

Okay, it's been a while since I read this one and all i remember was that it was a canonverse AU where Rey was somehow engaged to Kylo and it was an arranged marriage (i think maybe by Plutt but I'm not sure) and she got cold feet based on something Kylo said shortly before their wedding so she ran away. And then kylo chased her across several worlds. I never read the end of it, not sure if it's incomplete or a finished fic.

Anyone have any idea? Sorry I can't recall more

Recently re-read the Remnant Chronicles by Mary Pearson and I loved the Lia/Rafe/Kaden love triangle and whole runaway bride element. Today I just read a SFR by Mina Carter with a similar-ish theme but this one just didn't do it for me (and I normally love Mina Carter, this was one of her older ones so maybe that's why).

Any suggestions for "bride to be runs away and gets prusued by finacee?" trope? I don't really care about standalone vs series or heat level, though I strongly prefer either fantasy/romantasy/or sci fi settings.

TY!