I’m in a similar situation in !ultralight@lemmy.world. Getting people engaged is a bit like getting people to dance at a party, many people want to but someone has to break the ice… things I’ve tried is pinning a post asking people to stop by and say hi, also comment on each post so there’s something to latch onto, people won’t click in with 0 comments. You can also try a joke post to break the ice, in the case of SpacePorn you could combine a picture of a galaxy and a swimsuit model and say “Am I doing this right?!?” or something; it’s stupid but hopefully it makes someone laugh.

the ideal is a soft spot with an existing dip. alternatively, you can scoop/shape the terrain to fit your body. i prefer sleeping under a tree where possible and one can easily shape the leaves/pine needles/detritus.

great lighterpack! any upcoming trips planned?

haha what's up? have a trip coming up in later this summer. i think i saw Lemmy mentioned on reddit first, how'd you find this?

A great example of how much you can do with lighterpack. It does make you wonder how many backpacks he owns though...

hello and welcome! we'll help you find ways to cut weight inexpensively :)

oh man i'm jealous. i'm doing the Uinta Highline first week of sept 🤞what's maroon bells like?

Hello from !ultralight@lemmy.world nice to get the mention. Stop in a say hi!

woof, was looking at the elevation profile on L2H (click the red line and click "Profile") and realized the first 14 miles from Badwater to Telescope Ridge in Death Valley NP are a deal breaker as I don’t reasonably think I can do 10k elevation gain in a day… did several thousand feet less on my biggest day on the PCT which I was in shape for and took a nap and I was still exhausted the next day. love the area and it feels… slightly uncomfortable to realize I’d be out of my league.

Haha that sounds amazing, do you have any pictures from it? Your friend sounds like a trip, I'm not sure I have the mental fortitude to walk through all those states like that, that is something else. Holy crap, you roadwalked from Whitney to Walker Pass? Socially your PCT SOBO sounds like my CDT SOBO. After seeing dozens of people in Glacier, a handful in the Bob and a half dozen in Anaconda I only met 2 other SOBO thrus in the next 2000 miles... I did pass by like 100 NOBOs in the Winds though, that was cool. They were friendly but looked so tired... one of them complained non-stop about Colorado's thunderstorms and snow and blowdowns and mosquitos. One of them loaned me a knife to perform surgery on one of my shoes which was rubbing on my Achilles... Yeah, SoCal is pretty easy, especially for you after all that you'd been through.

Hello from !ultralight@lemmy.world, I always wanted more overlap between r/ultralight and r/myog personally, they go hand in hand. Stop by and say hi :)

WA state is beautiful, I've hiked through it on the PCT and would love to go back one day! How was Baker Lake?

it keeps your elbows off the ground. i've used this exact setup before and it works great.

This diagram from TarpTent’s How to Prevent Condensation video explains what sites work and which don’t more clearly and concisely than any text or video I've seen so far. Time and time again I’ve seen people make poor site selection decisions and wonderful why they wake up cold and wet.

That is awesome! So you carried 12 liters total? How was hiking in Death Valley? Which route was your friend taking? And how did your SOBO PCT thru go?

The clothing combination of a wind jacket, down vest and poncho is not something I've seen before.

hello and welcome! where was your last trip? anything fun planned?

I’ll get a pixelfed or something and share a gallery here

is that the standard way to share images here? i'm not sure i've seen an image gallery yet on lemmy

haha that roadwalk sounds rough. i definitely know the way from Walker Pass to Kennedy Meadows South, as I traversed between there 3 different times last year, twice by hitchhike and once by trail. My shoes died unexpectedly early on the way out of Hiker Heaven and I had some shipped to me in Tehachapi but they were delayed, and instead of get stuck in town I hobbled to Walker Pass, hitched to KMS, bought shoes in KMS, hiked SOBO back to Walker Pass, then hitched back to Tehachapi, then hitched to KMS. It... was exhausting and stupid lol but I didn't want to stop. I kept going and had a blast but burned myself out by South Lake Tahoe and made it as far as Sierra City before calling it. I was trying to hike cheap and fast and it worked but i learned that i just don't have the mental and physical toughness that some folks do, which was a tough pill to swallow. that desert has a stark beauty to it though, and i'm trying to figure out how to get back out there.

that's a hell of a sidetrip! i have so many questions. how did you decide to do it? did you team up with anyone? did you cache water?

I’m honestly not sure what, if anything is the standard operating procedure is for galleries.

this seems to be the case, i've searched around and only found other people asking the same question. it does seem that you can include images inline in posts, but i guess links to images after the first image don't work? let me try 2 images and see what it looks like: