21 sats \ 16 replies \ @grayruby 19 Mar \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
I didn't know you were headed to Yosemite. That's awesome. Quite the drive.
Looking forward to your Hiking Adventures Yosemite edition in the future.
Check this out, impressive adventure of crossing the entire Canada from east to west up until Arctic Ocean, 25k KM in almost 2000 days.
https://youtu.be/ODrEHBkXk70
you can find it on Popcorntime
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that looks incredible 😍😍
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I am a passionate hiker too.
But when I saw this incredible story / documentary, made by a 50 yrs woman, alone, 6 years walking, I was very impressed.
Incredible story!
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i gotta get outta the boring UK more often. but sadly travel is just so expensive these days. hopefully i'll be able to afford to travel more. i've been to some incredible places, south america, south east asia. but i havn't been in some time and really need to get back to it.
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travel is just so expensive these days.
Why? You just grab a backpack with some food and clothes and go... Put your hammock between 2 trees and sleep. Why do you have to do expensive trips when you have so much nature near you? You don't have to go across the globe just to hike.
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Hiking is something we do regularly. But unfortunately due to UK laws, you can't just put a tent anywhere. It has to be proper campsites and they charge you. Plus to get anywhere worth hiking from where I am, you need to drive to the decent places, so there's fuel cost and then parking costs. There's always hidden costs, nothing is free. The UK has found a way to charge you for anything they can these days. Doesn't make it impossible ofcourse, just more difficult. But we do go hiking often.
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That's a powerful message. He speaks a lot of hard truths.
due to UK laws, you can't just put a tent anywhere
omg.... and you just like that obey the laws.
Impressive how much obedient are people nowadays.
If tomorrow a gov will say in a paper that people must walk in 4 legs, people will just obey.
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The issue is the land is owned by someone. It's private land, there may be permissive routes but fundamentally, by setting up your tent you'd be trespassing. Do I agree? No, not at all, do I obey? Yeah, because the consequences of not following that law unfortunately cost quite a bit. I don't believe you get jail time, but the fines are pretty shite. There is a movement to bring in the "right to roam" similar to Scotland but of course you'd need to have protections in place for the owners of the land, farmers etc to protect them if the law of trespass were to be abolished. Litter, waste, damage etc are all massive problems to those land owners. They'd need legal protection from incurring losses due to other people using their land. It's a surprisingly complex arguement that's been ongoing for ages. But I am hoping we get the right to roam eventually.
Thanks for sharing. The Great Trail caught our attention when my wife told me about it a few years back. It's quite something to walk across the whole trail.
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