“I miss being able to pee anywhere.” Haha…you wouldn’t miss it so much if you had to squat as low as possible to avoid pissing on your feet. The glacier water sounds lovely though.
We both decided we actually prefer doing our business when it’s even less developed and you have to just find a random spot and dig, rather than these (often smelly) outdoor toilets.
I liked: "we unravelled from exhaustion with the usual bursts of pointless anger that come with the transition from wild, grueling nature, to mundane, bland, cushiness."
Wonderfully descriptive! Thanks for letting me take this trip vicariously through your re-telling!
"It was the tea-equivalent of hiking up a tall summit, but without finding a clear viewpoint; satisfying, but not majestic...."
"It was almost like a different tea—bursting with a deep-lingering aroma, and a complexity that had previously been absent. Water really is the mother of tea—and of us all. That complex, ancient mixture of unpolluted water from these towering glaciers had completely transformed my humble rolled tea, brewed in a camping cup, into The Dragon of all Oolongs" .
Now I know the reason why some people took water at Lynn Headwaters regional park and brought home.
“I miss being able to pee anywhere.” Haha…you wouldn’t miss it so much if you had to squat as low as possible to avoid pissing on your feet. The glacier water sounds lovely though.
I’ve had to do that many times! (For pooping)
We both decided we actually prefer doing our business when it’s even less developed and you have to just find a random spot and dig, rather than these (often smelly) outdoor toilets.
"I miss being able to pee anywhere". You can go to Vietnam where many people pee on streets 😄
Good point! The nice thing about doing it in a forest, is there aren’t that many people, so it doesn’t pollute as much.
So true. And the trees love it too :-)
I liked: "we unravelled from exhaustion with the usual bursts of pointless anger that come with the transition from wild, grueling nature, to mundane, bland, cushiness."
Wonderfully descriptive! Thanks for letting me take this trip vicariously through your re-telling!
What kinda wares are we rocking on the trail? Cups and brewing vessel wise - water boiling wise. Give the people the specs!
Always enjoyable posts Nick, thanks for taking time to write this glacial dispatch
Pre packed oolong into a few tea bags, and just brewed it like that in a camping cup.
The filter I use is a Grayl Geopress, which I can highly recommend.
"It was the tea-equivalent of hiking up a tall summit, but without finding a clear viewpoint; satisfying, but not majestic...."
"It was almost like a different tea—bursting with a deep-lingering aroma, and a complexity that had previously been absent. Water really is the mother of tea—and of us all. That complex, ancient mixture of unpolluted water from these towering glaciers had completely transformed my humble rolled tea, brewed in a camping cup, into The Dragon of all Oolongs" .
Now I know the reason why some people took water at Lynn Headwaters regional park and brought home.
Yes—and I think water from there is very ordinary compared to water much higher up directly from glaciers.
Shall we run a business bottling water from the Olympic mountain?
Yes