Goals for 2009

[mich4076]

What are your trail goals for the 2009 season?

Mine is to get out there as much as possible!

[JC785]

What are your trail goals for the 2009 season?

Mine is to get out there as much as possible!

I would have to agree. Me and my wife and another couple are getting into backpacking. Were planning on going every chance we get.

[mich4076]

I have to get on my hands and knees to get my husband to go with me... I think he'd rather sit on the couch and watch tv all weekend.. Not me!! He will probly wind up being left home a time or two if I can find someone else to go with when he doesn't want to come.

[JC785]

Me and my wife are total opposite of that she will go camping, hunting, fishing, hiking/backpacking and etc. she loves the outdoors and it gives me great company as well. Hopefully you can get him up and go with you.

[mich4076]

I'm sure I will... I love to get outdoors but I don't do it as often as I should. My husband mostly likes to fish.

[JC785]

I agree I wish I had more time to do the things I enjoy.

[mich4076]

I will be glad when winter is over with so that it's not dark after I get home from work. It always makes me feel like all I do is work and there is no time to do anything. This spring/summer I am going to take a few days off and just enjoy them. Hopefully the hubby will have a job by then and I won't have to worry about those few extra days!

[Tacky Hiker]

My wife (well will be in July) loves camping..car camping. She says she is down for backpacking. I am picking up her a pack soon. I just hope little 5'2" can hold a 20-30lb pack. haha

GOALs:

Get in shape for bachelor trip, wedding, and honeymoon.

Camp and Bike as much as possible !

[freshface]

My wife (well will be in July) loves camping..car camping. She says she is down for backpacking. I am picking up her a pack soon. I just hope little 5'2" can hold a 20-30lb pack. haha

GOALs:

Get in shape for bachelor trip, wedding, and honeymoon.

Camp and Bike as much as possible !

Haha! I'm 5' and barely break the triple digits... you just have to make sure to 'pack right'. Most importantly... get a good pack that fits correctly. There's nothing worse than carrying the wrong pack for your body type! Advice: take her with you to try on packs. GoLite's are great (fit me) or go somewhere like Mountain High Outfitters who can conform the pack to the individual. Good luck!

[dogwood]

My goal this year is to try and backpack once every other month, or at least once per quarter!  I'd also like to try and finish section hiking the entire Alabama Pinhoti...

[lawnmowwer]

 I hope to get out as much as possible also. Work has been demanding this season, and I have a lot of church stuff going on.

[McDowra]

to visit the waterfalls in Bankhead on Joshua's list (would be easier if the list didn't keep growing)

. done   .- Upper Caney Falls - (*)
. done   .- Eagle Creek Falls -
. done   .- Sougahoagdee Falls -
. done   .- waterfall acroos brushy creek otw to Sougahoagdee Falls
. done   .- Kinlock Falls -
. done   .- Auburn Falls -
. done   .- Fall Creek Falls -
. done   .- Lower Caney Falls -
. ??  .- Unnamed Falls on Caney Creek Tributary Between Upper & Lower Caney-
.            .- Shangri-La Falls -
.            .- Collier Creek Falls -
.            .- Coal Mine Branch Falls -
. done   .- Little Ugly Creek Falls (upper & lower) -
. done   .- Deer Skull Falls -
.            .- Upper Hemlock Creek Falls (the one with the bathtub)- (*)
.            .- Lower Hemlock Creek Falls -
.            .- Wolfpen Creek Falls -
. done   .- Upper Turkey Creek Falls -
. done   .- Lower Turkey Creek Falls -
. done   .- Parker Falls -
. done   .- Parker Cascades -
. done   .- Unnamed Falls by Sipsey Pavillion 1-
. done   .- Unnamed Falls by Sipsey Pavillion 2-
. done   .- Unnamed Falls by Sipsey Pavillion 3-
. done   .- Quillian Cascades -
.            .- School House Falls -
.            .- West Bee Branch Falls -
. done   .- East Bee Branch Falls -
.            .- Feather Hawk Falls -
.  done  .- Upper White Creek Falls -
.  done  .- Lower White Creek Falls -
.  done  .- Unknown upper falls on white creek tributary
.  done  .- Unknown lower falls on white creek tributary
.            .- Walker Falls -
.            .- Hurricane Branch Falls -
.            .- Fountain Falls -
.            .- Payne Creek Falls -
.            .- Clifty Creek Falls -
.            .- King's Cove Falls -
.            .- Unnamed 100ft Waterfall -
.            .- Falls on Lick Branch -
. done   .- Mize Mill Falls - same a turkey creek
. done   .- Unnamed Tributary Falls off Turkey Foot Creek 1 -
.            .- Unnamed Tributary Falls off Turkey Foot Creek 2 -
.            .- Unnamed Falls Below Lower Caney Creek Falls -
.            .- Devil's Well Cave Waterfall -
. done   .- Clear Creek Falls (bloop, bloop, in Lake Smith) -
. done   .- Little Roadside Falls Above Kinlock -
. done   .- Kinlock Chute -
. done   .- Jay's Secret Falls (you'd NEVER find these ones, there are three in a T format, and don't ask, ) -
.            .- Seifried's Secret Falls (in a cove) -
.            .- Waterfall on trail into West Bee Branch Canyon -
.done    .- The five seasonal falls on side streams along Eagle Creek -
.            .- Davis Creek Falls (Sipsey) -
.            .- Davis Creek Box Canyon Falls (Sipsey) -
.done    .-Michele Falls- tributary between arnold motorway and riddle creek going into quillan
.done    .-tributary waterfall below quillan mill site

[Old Hickory]

My goal is to spend at least one weekend a month in the woods, lose the last 20 pounds that I want to lose, and continue to lighten my pack.

[Tacky Hiker]

Haha! I'm 5' and barely break the triple digits... you just have to make sure to 'pack right'. Most importantly... get a good pack that fits correctly. There's nothing worse than carrying the wrong pack for your body type! Advice: take her with you to try on packs. GoLite's are great (fit me) or go somewhere like Mountain High Outfitters who can conform the pack to the individual. Good luck!

I will take her with me to get sizes properly. Im looking at Gregory's for her. She likes mine and wants to match (more me wanting us to match )

Thanks

[Lesley]

This girl will tell you that size matters! If a pack doesn't fit well you won't be able to use it because you will be so miserable it'll never be used again. (I say you but I mean her). Gregory's rock. My Gregory Jade 50 is an awesome pack, I love it. She should try on as many packs as possible. I like Gregory's, my girlfriend prefers osprey's, my Mom like her golite. There are loads of great woman's packs packs out there.


My 2009 Goal: Finish a spring break trip...the last one was flooded out because we couldn't ford the rivers.

[Joshua Szulecki]

Goals for 2009, most of them vague and tangentially related to hiking.
- Job. (Recycled from 2008)
- Visit all Cypripedium sites on my list in Mid-Atlantic.
- Finally get out an check Potomac State Forest in western Maryland.
- Hit Dolly Sods Wilderness in WV
- Hit Ricketts Glen in PA
- Finally hike in Soldier's Delight in Maryland.

Goals for 2010.
- Valcour Island in Lake Champlain (NY). This is a boat in, camp-on, area with a plant species I NEED to photograph.
- See a mountain with snow on it not in winter.

Goals for 2011-2015
- Hike to Cypripedium passerineum sites in Montana wilderness areas. Backcountry bushwhack required.
- Hike to Cypripedium guttattum and yatabeanum sites in Alaska.
- Get my butt to Yellowstone, GC, Pacific NW.

[Tacky Hiker]

This girl will tell you that size matters! If a pack doesn't fit well you won't be able to use it because you will be so miserable it'll never be used again. (I say you but I mean her). Gregory's rock. My Gregory Jade 50 is an awesome pack, I love it. She should try on as many packs as possible. I like Gregory's, my girlfriend prefers osprey's, my Mom like her golite. There are loads of great woman's packs packs out there.

LOL....thanks for the info !

[Joshua Szulecki]

to visit the waterfalls in Bankhead on Joshua's list (would be easier if the list didn't keep growing)

. done   .- Upper Caney Falls - (*)
. done   .- Eagle Creek Falls -
. done   .- Sougahoagdee Falls -
. done   .- waterfall acroos brushy creek otw to Sougahoagdee Falls
. done   .- Kinlock Falls -
. done   .- Auburn Falls -
. done   .- Fall Creek Falls -
. done   .- Lower Caney Falls -
. ??  .- Unnamed Falls on Caney Creek Tributary Between Upper & Lower Caney-
.            .- Shangri-La Falls -
.            .- Collier Creek Falls -
.            .- Coal Mine Branch Falls -
. done   .- Little Ugly Creek Falls (upper & lower) -
. done   .- Deer Skull Falls -
.            .- Upper Hemlock Creek Falls (the one with the bathtub)- (*)
.            .- Lower Hemlock Creek Falls -
.            .- Wolfpen Creek Falls -
. done   .- Upper Turkey Creek Falls -
. done   .- Lower Turkey Creek Falls -
. done   .- Parker Falls -
. done   .- Parker Cascades -
. done   .- Unnamed Falls by Sipsey Pavillion 1-
. done   .- Unnamed Falls by Sipsey Pavillion 2-
. done   .- Unnamed Falls by Sipsey Pavillion 3-
. done   .- Quillian Cascades -
.            .- School House Falls -
.            .- West Bee Branch Falls -
. done   .- East Bee Branch Falls -
.            .- Feather Hawk Falls -
.            .- Upper White Creek Falls -
.            .- Lower White Creek Falls -
.            .- Walker Falls -
.            .- Hurricane Branch Falls -
.            .- Fountain Falls -
.            .- Payne Creek Falls -
.            .- Clifty Creek Falls -
.            .- King's Cove Falls -
.            .- Unnamed 100ft Waterfall -
.            .- Falls on Lick Branch -
. done   .- Mize Mill Falls - same a turkey creek
. done   .- Unnamed Tributary Falls off Turkey Foot Creek 1 -
.            .- Unnamed Tributary Falls off Turkey Foot Creek 2 -
.            .- Unnamed Falls Below Lower Caney Creek Falls -
.            .- Devil's Well Cave Waterfall -
. done   .- Clear Creek Falls (bloop, bloop, in Lake Smith) -
. done   .- Little Roadside Falls Above Kinlock -
. done   .- Kinlock Chute -
. done   .- Jay's Secret Falls (you'd NEVER find these ones, there are three in a T format, and don't ask, ) -
.            .- Seifried's Secret Falls (in a cove) -
.            .- Waterfall on trail into West Bee Branch Canyon -
.done    .- The five seasonal falls on side streams along Eagle Creek -
.            .- Davis Creek Falls (Sipsey) -
.            .- Davis Creek Box Canyon Falls (Sipsey) -
.done    .-Michele Falls- tributary between arnold motorway and riddle creek going into quillan
.done    .-tributary waterfall below quillan mill site

I'm glad you're getting on there with the list, and I see you've made additions.

I'll fess up on the little waterfall between Upper and Lower Caney, it is more of a weeping wall than a waterfall, visible ONLY from the other side from the trace down to the lower falls. I remember it being across from a wet draw, about mid-way between the upper falls and the curve in the creek.

[cwhiker]

To get my butt in gear and shoot some of the waterfalls I haven't gotten to yet.

[McDowra]

Holmes Chapel Falls  as the list gets longer and longer.

BTW anyone know where this one is?

[Rob]

My 09' goals would include meeting some Alatrails folks and joining some of the group activities. ( I now have off Saturdays, WooHoo!) I must say that you all have a wealth of info to be gleened.

Hiking at least two or three days a month.

Learning that I can live without a 40 lb. pack full of "stuff". (go ahead and laugh, no shame in the truth)

[Joshua Szulecki]

Holmes Chapel Falls  as the list gets longer and longer.

BTW anyone know where this one is?

I had to ask Uncle Wayne when I saw it in the gallery... He said it was on a feeder to Rush Creek.

[mich4076]

I feel ya about the 40 lb pack! I almost couldn't walk yesterday because of one! 

[ednotmilkman]

wow, I must be new, but old school with good back, to still consider 35# as light and 45# as not bad because I'm taking more field guide books and sheet music in my cheap, external, plastic frame pack.

I'm hoping to hike farther up the Pinhoti  in GA or some of the B.MacKaye sometime this year. Have no schedule yet however.