Anil Mitra—Hiking—Planning and preparation
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general planning | weaverville | willow creek | backcountry packing—trinity alps
sequence: trip plan – assign blocks of time – follow module also for travel | new/important | just before leaving | yr-all year contr-container sp-spare fn-function cp-capilene src-source wp-waterproof ® trip plan
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Planning and preparation |
Notes- needs |
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Long term-review this list esp red items |
Trip-kind Places-alt map.guide.contact for trail-road access,
hazard info; local storage. Goals—projects
xpt physical-psyche / open trip-living / trial trip Travel prep: vacc; info
contacts.make map.guides phrase bk; bus.taxi.ride.bike-sea-air; schedules
tickets permits
insurance Readiness—gear language; yr endurance-flex-balance; skill: route-x-c, tent-tarp, climb, animal-plant-weather recog, knots, med rspnse Routinize—meals, trail technique, meals, ‘transformation’ Efficiency—am: alarm + light, have food ready, ¯ unpack pre-pack |
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Short term-as trip nears |
Gear-med—layout, go over needs—check-treat-repair-replace-get shoes, stove, tent, mattress, liners, meds, fresh-charged batteries Packing—get and sack gear and non-food supplies; get food; minimize items and weight Person—hair, nails, feet Food, fuel, supplies—check supplies, lighters / dry matches—note needs, get. Notify banks of plans Perishables just before leaving |
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Pack (w’proof, stuff sack) Principle: min—wt, items, sacks |
Packing |
1 Pack for access: top ® body ® weigh-pare… 2 Pack cover 3 Heavy items close to body, ¯ = climb, = downhill 4 Layout night before |
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Top—plans… small items, spares |
Travel—plans maps permits visa/passport; wallet CDL cred card-checks cash key; tickets-passes-schedules; p-words | med resp-knots-notes. Watch clock. Pen paper Cell phone-trav camera chargers; binocs sp glasses-shades Toilet—mirror comb shave t brush-paste d-floss p-shave m-wash; Accessory bag—knife, compass, thermometer, nail clip, lamp, lighter, ear plugs, pen, glasses ¿Needle nose pliers? |
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Pack body—Meds, spares, rope, repair kits… |
Meds—salt / w-purifier tabs, insect repel chapstick sunscreen analgesic xanax, allergy antibiotic cortisone, anbesol, band-aids, medical tape Spare—pens, batteries camera cards lighters, watch, glasses, o rings, rubber bands, stuff sacks, wp bags, ziplocs Rope…—for hanging + sp + tent stays | sp shoelaces, sp straps, sp buckles; stuff sack, spade, sling-shot Repair—tent / stove / insulating pad / pill-box: needle-reg / strong thread / razor blade Instructions—watch, stove, tent |
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Pack body—Clothes, straps |
Feet—2 heavy & 1 light pr sox, boots or hike-run shoes, sandals | Snow shoes / skis / trekking poles Legs—pants (cum) shorts (dark, zip pockets, 38", loops + belt: use straps?), u'wear-cp (short, long), pants: warm &OR wind &OR rain Torso—cp t-shirt long (w / collar) & short sleeves, shirt, warm top, jacket, wind &OR rain top + hood, warm / wp gloves Head—cap / hat, bandana, warm wear—chullo, umbrella, insect netting Misc—towel Travel | town—duplicate only if essential— pants, shorts, shirt, t-shirt, shoes, sox, sneakers, sandals, flip-flops, dress clothes, coolness, clothes hangers, swim trunks, sleep and warm wear, rain gear and umbrella, suitcases / travel packs, day pack |
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Pack body— Food prep, shelter, storage |
Food prep—stove-fuel-¾ qt/wk, base-windshield-clip; lighter/wp matches; cookware/holder, scrub pad-utensils-coffee filte; immers heater Shelter—biv sac, tarp-stakes-ropes, tent—lite-tent pole, ground sheet & pad (closed cell), sleeping bag-stuff sack-wp-straps Storage—H2O (filter): qt bottle x 2 + flex 2 gal / 15 mi src to src, hang sack; wp food sacks etc, cooked food contr; day pack |
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Pack body—Food (amt/wk) |
Breakfast—granola 4c (1c=3fist), vitamins, milk 1c PDR @ 2/3 c : 1c H2O, evap milk, coffee 4tbsp=8oz, sugar 7oz Trail 2c ea—nuts, dried fruit, snacks; food bars… Supper—rice 3c (inst-online) / beans 2c, ramen, salt 1-2oz, spices, fresh / dried veg-meat, tortilla-bread, oil, soup, cheese, desert, tea, drink mixes H2O: 3 USqt/day+ 1 qt/5 mi; more if hot-dry, uphill Expt—alt foods: variety, dry-quick prep, fresh |
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Return—base, home |
Clean, launder, repair / replace, new items; replenish supplies. Write notes, mod to goals, this sheet; edit photos; review; upload |
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Unpack. When to mail stuff home. Places to live. Storage. Paper—ads. Local hikes.
Get permits-USFS-paper-fluids-food: stay-hike—fresh items, dessert, sugar, oil, soap, mouthwash, aftershave, aroma, cond milk, coffee, fluids, moistureizer, hair. Prep feet
Look for rides to pack locations and home—businesses / motel help / publications / Rigzin Ling volunteers, taxis
Hikes with, without wt—simulate b’packing—Weaverville Basin; consider Boulder Lakes, Lake Eleanor, and Swift Creek Falls; and see plan for backcountry packing
Practice skills, e.g. tarp pitching, cross country hiking
Meditate. XT meditation | think about my life, the way, and the big changes
The Way of Being—see plan for backcountry packing
Movies—Trinity Theatre 530 623 5135. Other entertainment from paper and ads
JC—Chagdud Gonpa—call? 530 623 2714
Friends
Joss House
Jake Jackson Museum 780 Main
Trinity Highways
Oslon Stoneware 516 Main
The Course 60 Oakridge Dr. 530 623 3933
OldTown Station 419 Main
Weaverville Hotel and Emporium 481 Main
Asian Cuisine dragon—530 623 5370
Trinity Alps Golf Course—530 623 6209
Mama Llama Eatery and Café—530 623 6363
Trinideli—530 623 5856 | With Tangle Blue—530 623 4436
Susie’s Bakery—530 623 5223, 4 AM – Noon, closed Sunday, Monday
Nugget—530 623 6749, 6 AM – 9 PM
Corner Mart—530 623 3690, MTW 6 – 9, ThFS 6 – 10, Sun 8 – 9
Holiday grocery store, South end of town
Café on main 530 623 1951
Red House 530 623 1635
Raliberto’s 530 623 3111
Up North Confectionary 530 777 8140
Weaver Basin Trail Committee; Trinity County Resource Conservation District Office; PO Box 1450; Weaverville, CA 96093; www.tcrcd.net
Bigfoot Campground
39810 Hwy 299 W; Junction City, CA 96048; Phone (800) 422-5219
Business website bigfootrvcabins.com
Boise Creek Campground
2mi west of Willow Creek; Six Rivers National Forest; 1330 Bayshore Way; Eureka,
CA 95501; (707) 442-1721
Junction City Campground Creek Campground
1mi west of JC Store, BLM, 530 224 2100, First come first served, Self pay –
drop box - $10 a Night
Unpack. When to mail stuff home. Places to live. Storage. Paper—ads. Local hikes.
Get permits-USFS-paper-fluids-food: stay-hike—fresh items, dessert, sugar, oil, soap, mouthwash, aftershave, aroma, cond milk, coffee, fluids, moistureizer, hair. Prep feet
Look for rides to pack locations and home—businesses / motel help / publications / Rigzin Ling volunteers, taxis
Essence. What to do.
Hikes with, without wt—simulate b’packing—Weaverville Basin; consider Boulder Lakes, Lake Eleanor, and Swift Creek Falls; and see plan for backcountry packing
Practice skills, e.g. tarp pitching, cross country hiking
Meditate. XT meditation | think about my life, the way, and the big changes
The Way of Being—see plan for backcountry packing
Friends
Willow Creek China Flat museum—530 629-2653
Espresso and more—530 629-4193
Ray’s food place—530 629-2457
River Song Natural foods—530 629-3148
Gonzales Mexican Restaurant—530 629-3151
Bigfoot Steakhouwe—530 739-2614
Earlybird home of the Bigfoot burger 1.5 mi east of W Creek—530 629-4431
Bigfoot Motel—530 629-2142
Coho Cottages—$$$—530 629-4000
Forks lounge—530 629-2679
Osprey coffee shop
Find—especially climbs
Boise Creek Campground
2mi west of Willow Creek
Six Rivers National Forest; 1330 Bayshore Way; Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 442-1721
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Make Alt trip plans before leaving and / or in Weavervile ■ Leave Eureka Date ■ Weaverville: Night at Red Hill Motel | call / go to USFS re trail conditions and permit | Morning bus to trail ■ Trail plan: 7 days + on Canyon Creek Trail. Details follow, beginning in places ■ Return: F.Now | All planning in one place
Reflect on plan / rhythm / places…
Conditioning hike with weights…
Days before leaving: Home: pack and be ready
Living there | Have fun | Weaverville Basin Trail System
Example: days (1) Hike in, (2) explore Beyul, (3) Beyul-meditate / yoga, (4) rest and The Way of Being
Rides / taxi to Canyon Creek Trailhead.
Hike in road to Canyon Creek—Canyon Creek Trail to (a) Canyon Creek and L Lakes—ridge and N. Fork Basin and / or (b) Boulder Creek Lakes
Spend time at trailheads—and practice hikes…
Way out—(a) Bear Creek Trail to Stuart Fork to Mirror Lake (Smith / Morris Lake xc side hike) (b) CC Road—Grasshopper Flat day hike (turn off » 10 mi from 299) (c) CC Road—East Fork trail overnight (» 10.5 mi from 299)
Rides from Weaverville to Stuart Fork, Long Canyon, or Hobo Gulch
Weaver Bally Road and Trails
East Weaver Creek Road ® East Weaver Trail ® Trail to East Weaver Lake
Redwood National Park?
Pure being—meditation and presence. XT meditation
Beyul—seek places, e.g. ELL and Alpine Lakes—and mega-hiking
The Way of Being—the essentials – outline, the aim, the means, the ideas. Take booklet and other materials. Realization now. How to explain, share, get an editor.
The solution—establish and order my priorities; #1=move+realize, need=ingenuity-cash … one thing for my life (the way—based in system of human knowledge, reason, practice, and action.html), one thing a day. How to cut through the unending rewriting of ‘Journey’. Eliminating the negative – retardation – suffocation from self / other.
My life
Photography
Hikes for endurance, awareness, trail finding, x-c, meditation
Direction awareness, trail and compass, trail sense; terrain-weather-animal-plant recog / ways
1 mi camp* (L on way in)
2 mi Power House Rd* (L)
3.1 min steep* access (L)
4.1 mi flat spot (L)
4.3 "
4.5 mi flat, road to* (L)
6.1 mi flat, road to* (L)
8.0 mi flat, road to* (L)
8.8 mi CC bridge, flat, *, (R)
9.5 mi, long trail to CC
Investigate—Grasshopper Flat turn off » 10 mi, East Fork trail » 10.5 mi
* = water!