Hikermick

joined 2 years ago
[–] Hikermick 9 points 6 months ago

Haha your grandma is awesome!

[–] Hikermick 10 points 6 months ago

Yeah the first couple of these I tried to make sense of. It's pointless of course, best to just let your eyes roll through it and enjoy the moment

[–] Hikermick 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't have a X/Twitter account anymore but can still read tweets or whatever they're called these days

[–] Hikermick 4 points 6 months ago

For lunch my go to is open faced turkey with gravy. Breakfast is a Denver omelet and wheat toast

[–] Hikermick 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I always thought Lakewood had the coolest layout of any city. Compact housing. Major east-west roads with bus service and lots of cool, small shops. I'd be nervous on a bike though

[–] Hikermick 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm lazy so I tend to look up endorsements from unions

[–] Hikermick 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why not? Norm Macdonald had a career in show business and he had the blandest monotone voice ever. People tell me I sound just like him

[–] Hikermick 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was at a lull in my life and needed a passion when my girlfriend's brother gifted her scuba diving lessons for her birthday as he was instructor. Scuba always looked cool so I signed myself up and eventually saved up enough to buy my own equipment. It eventually dawns on me that the oceans are quite a ways from Ohio. Now the price of traveling is a factor so camping is a way to keep the costs down. This soon leads to me taking up backpacking. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than scuba. Diving is incredible but you spend a lot of dough to be underwater for an hour or less. While backpacking you are immersed 24/7 and it's practically free once you have the gear. In fact I could argue I save money because I'd spend money at home just keeping occupied. Gas money to Pennsylvania is the biggest expense. Fast forward 25 years and carrying a pack is getting harder. By this time I've run into a lot of fly anglers along the trail and knew when it came time to hang up my pack I'd give fly fishing a try. Trout seem to live in the prettiest places and the sport attracts the nicest people.

So that's how I became a fly fisherman. A long rambling point that I hope comes across to others seeking a passion is to just try something that looks fun. There's no reason you can't drop it if it's not for you. Doing things exposes you to other things. The important thing is to not do anything

[–] Hikermick 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

More likely that's the insurance company's call

[–] Hikermick 5 points 6 months ago

The band Native Howl just had their gear ripped off while on tour. They also had an AirTag in with the gear but the charge died while they were tracking the thief down

[–] Hikermick 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have a few Fiskars products I really like. Hatchet, garden trowel, craft cutting board. They use a very durable, lightweight plastic

[–] Hikermick 2 points 6 months ago

I have a pair of Oboz that have held up for quite a while

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