[pct-l] music while hiking

[Edward Anderson]

Hi Yogi,

I like to just sing while riding along the trail.  Primo does not seem to mind - and I am usually alone on the trail.  Besides, that saves the weight and bulk of the electronic sound devices that some of the UL Hikers usually bring along.  I invest the weight in a solar shower instead! - And in a canister stove.

MendoRider





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From: Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com>
To: Ann Marie <dbanmrkr at yahoo.com>
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 1:16 PM
Subject: [pct-l] music while hiking

Hello Ann Marie -

While hiking sections, I prefer to not carry a radio or other music player
with me.  However, for me, thru-hiking is a different situation.  I enjoy
having music in my life both off-season and during a thru-hike.  While
thru-hiking, I don't listen to music 24/7, but for several hours each day I
do listen to the radio.

Most hikers I've seen in recent years have IPods or similar devices.  I
prefer a radio over an IPod for a couple reasons:

(1)  Batter life.  My radio takes one AAA battery and never needs to be
recharged.  I use lithium batteries which are very lightweight and last a
long time.

(2)  Music memories.  Let's say you load an IPod with all your favorite
songs and take that on your thru-hike.  Although you'll certainly enjoy the
songs, you're listening to songs from your past which already have memories
associated with them - songs from high school, from a summer at camp, from
your college days, etc.  However, when you use a radio while hiking, you'll
create new memories associated with whatever songs are new the year you
hike.  As I type this right now, there is a song on the radio here in my
home office with trail memories for me.  It came out during the summer of
2007 while I was thru-hiking the PCT.  Here I am in my home office in July
of 2011, yet I'm instantly transported back to Oregon in 2007, and it's all
due to a song playing on the radio right now.

yogi
www.pcthandbook.com

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Ann Marie <dbanmrkr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> My birthday is coming up....and long distance hiking continues to be in my
> future.  I love music but hate putting playlists together (on my laptop) and
> I don't currently own a music player.  Is it worth the investment for the
> trail?  Just as another tidbit...I love silence while hiking short sections
> and usually just shake my head when encountering hikers with earbuds. But
> longer than 3 weeks might change my mind.  Did it change yours?:
>
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