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▲ 4 r/hiking

Sunburns on hands due to pole straps?

I’m hiking lately in very sunny, rocky areas, and I’m a naturally clumsy person, and so I’m using hiking poles for stability.

my problem is that when I put the straps around my hands, the sunscreen I put on my hands gets rubbed off, and then my hands get burned all day.

It’s extremely hot so using gloves isn’t really an option, I sweat like crazy in them, but I have before.

What are all of you doing to deal with this? Any suggestions?

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u/the-mp — 1 day ago
▲ 2 r/AnzaBorrego

Fish Creek to Wind Caves Trail: Looking for some insight on conditions

Has anyone on here been out to Fish Creek recently and able to provide some thoughts?

NPS describes the road as rough with sand rocks and boulders. I’m not quite sure what they mean by boulders in terms of the road - if they mean that it would be necessary to literally drive over a boulder with a winch or something, or just avoid them.

I had no problem with fonts point earlier for context. Considering either the wind cave drive, or I guess inspiration wash or hills of the moon wash, for some Badlands tomorrow.

Appreciate the guidance!

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u/the-mp — 3 days ago
▲ 283 r/onebattleafteranother+2 crossposts

The road trip I’m on passed nearby, and I already planned to go down to the desert so had the outfit with me, so I figured… Must do.

This is at a grocery store in Eureka. There is not actually a payphone outside the place like the movie, it’s a water dispenser, thus why I’m leaning on a newspaper box.

u/the-mp — 13 days ago
▲ 410 r/nationalparks

It is incredible how this park is right smack up against “normal” California. There are massive redwood trees immediately on the park border, which you cross and it feels like five seconds later you’re driving on the 101.

Last night, after shooting this video, we descended and a small herd of elk were hanging out in the middle of the road, no concern in the world. Highway maybe 1000 feet ahead. Just so crazy.

And I’m pretty sure there were whales surfacing way out in the distance, but maybe I was just imagining that.

u/the-mp — 17 days ago
▲ 40 r/hiking

Great hike of about three miles in a curated arboretum. About two miles to get here the way I went, but as you can hear, it’s near a road in this specific spot, so really only like a quarter mile from an access point or less. A more interior area on the (Coastal) Redwood Trail felt extremely isolated and never would’ve known I was in a major city. Very nice trail system.

u/the-mp — 19 days ago
▲ 19 r/askportland

I’m visiting your city over the weekend, and admittedly, I don’t know very much about Portland and Oregon except that everyone will love learning that I grew up pronouncing the state’s name as ore-uh-gone. (Don’t worry, I’ll tell everyone I meet!)

But I love movies. and seeing places IRL that were portrayed on film, so I’m just curious: what would you consider an iconic spot captured in a movie in Portland or along the Columbia River Gorge?

Hoping this could introduce me to new movies and find out where things filmed that I’ve already seen but didn’t realize.

I’m googling of course, but I’d love redditors’ perspective as well.

I’m focused on movies specifically… I know Portlandia, for example, filmed in quite a few places, but it’s not my jam.

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u/the-mp — 22 days ago