{"id":38060,"date":"2026-01-05T16:49:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=38060"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:49:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:49:52","slug":"data-geek-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=38060","title":{"rendered":"Data Geek Special"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Getting things set up for 2026, but for those data lovers a look back at just hiking data first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carbon Karma Bank<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For every 1 hour driving to hike, 3 hours of hiking is “net zero” carbon karma; I’m balancing the environmental cost with sufficient time in the woods. I started tracking in 2024, but too loosely; that was corrected in 2025 and tracked diligently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For 2024, 129 hours were banked, for 2025 200 hours banked. Monthly carbon karma banked – hiked more than 3 hours for each 1 hour driving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miles Hiked<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, I only tracked miles until 2024 and then started tracking other data. For the 5 years, 5,863 miles hiked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2025, the hikes accumulated 188,463 feet of elevation gain, and 441 actual hours of hiking January thru December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those miles are mostly divided between 3 types of hikes: Backpacking, Day Hikes and Urban Hikes. Urban Hikes are those hikes around town >10 miles with a pack and gear. My backpacking miles declined recently. I found day hikes from campgrounds (base camps) provided more flexibility to experience the woods rather than focusing on logistics for thru backpacking trips on PCT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shoes and Packs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My most important gear for the miles I do at my age – Shoes<\/strong>. The list of shoes and their miles were tracked from 2022. I have changed brands, styles and practices several times to keep my feet and knees healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the full list. The shoes with * are currently worn. The others all retired. The Altra WP Boots 1 will be retired soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My current ‘default’ shoes: Wet, tough conditions = Altra WP Boots; typical cascade hikes = Altra TIMP-2; summer hikes around Mt Jefferson = Altra WP low 2 (the volcanic and B&B Complex fire ash seeps thru mesh uppers – dangerous)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Packs<\/strong> are selected to match both the hike itself and weather conditions. Through 2025 the pack miles looked like this for the packs currently used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Yar.gear 38 Mountain Drifter – 2,073 miles (now retired for ‘in town’)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Gossamer Gear Fast Kumo 36 – 991 miles (default wilderness pack)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Gossamer Gear Mariposa – 964 miles (default backpack)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Gossamer Grit – 99 miles (default day hike pack non-wilderness – new this year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • REI Flash 18 – 20 miles (default urban hike pack for limited gear)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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