Get up n go for me. Well coffee, breakfast , pack and get rolling .
Get up n go for me. Well coffee, breakfast , pack and get rolling .
"These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of it's members." Ralph Waldo Emerson
I like to get up early, before the sun rises, make coffee and breakfast, go for a walk and then get back in the hammock and sleep a while again. Not too long but if I am up at five and do my morning thing, I will sleep for another 30-40 minutes.
People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.
-Nalini Nadkarni
I start slow, then get up and go. If I wake up before first light, I'll try to the point of futility to go back to sleep. Once it's light, there's usually a short battle with the bladder about getting up now or "in a minute but with urgency". With that resolved, I'm starting water for coffee/breakfast. I used to head out on coffee only and have breakfast an hour or so later, but now I need a little food with my caffeine. I'm usually packing while breakfast is cooking, so once that's done and cleaned up I'm off. If it's going to be a super big mile day, I'll spend an extra few minutes with the map/guide making sure I know my landmarks or waypoints.
If I'm with a group, I lollygag a bit more and pace my morning so I'm not waiting around for everyone to get started, which I find frustrating. I'm best solo or with 1-3 others.
Thanks,
Ranc0r
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Like to get up and go myself. Will drink a cup of coffee while tearing down. Get to the next hill and then eat.
I'm a naturally early riser, and especially so when in the woods. At the same time, being in the woods is a vacation for me, and on cold mornings the idea of getting out of my warm cocoon makes me want to roll over and go back to sleep. Thus, I actually get up around 7 in winter and 6 or 6:30 in summer. I don't drink coffee in the woods, and I don't cook breakfast either, so I don't have to get the stove out, going, cooled, and packed. I try to keep stuff generally organized while in camp, although not having a tent to keep everything inside is a bit of a hindrance. I find that most often from the time I haul myself out of the hammock to the time shoes hit trail is about half an hour. More if I'm lazy or if I have to deal with a wet tarp. Less if I've done a good job of pre-packing the night before, and especially in summer since I don't have to worry with the darn sleeping bag and underquilt.
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Life is too busy outside of the woods to not enjoy some down time in the woods. I'm always good for a chill moment from about 7:30-8:30am. That means I'm packed and ready to go by 9am, more than enough time even if I'm putting on miles.
That may find it's way into my vocabulary.Originally Posted by Dcolon13
That was funny; I was thinking this sounds like me, then noticed you are in Illinois also! Maybe it's something in the water!
Slow start for me I like my coffee. I do admit it can be a time waster.
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Hash browns and bacon strips , I like the way you lick your lips
As everyone else has pretty much summed up, it just depends. Solo: I'm up and going because I generally have a goal in mind. The only group I've hiked with (as an older civilian) has been with my daughters. So for them, I cook breakfast, refill water, get last minute checks, then casually start up again.
If 100% solo, I don't think I would be in Early Riser's league....but I might be a mile right behind him.
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