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- Suncoast Outdoors We're all about Hiking🥾 Camping⛺ Paddling🛶 Biking🚲 Nature Therapy❤🩹 & Family Friendly Fun 👪
- Suncoast Outdoors has activities for the beginner/intermediate, the experienced long distance trekker, and everyone in between.
- Suncoast Outdoors Event Hosts share a deep well of experience within our ranks. We are happy to share this with the outdoor community.
- Suncoast Outdoors is for those who share our passion for the great outdoors, and want to experience the benefits that being actively immersed in nature provide.
- Suncoast Outdoors is family friendly. We encourage youngsters to join and get outside with us.
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If you bring a guest who is not currently a member of Suncoast Outdoors, you have assumed such liability for that guest. Your guest is free to join our group and register individually, thereby releasing you from any such liability.
Possible risks from participation include, but are not limited to:
Injury from a trip & fall, venomous snakes, stinging insects, venomous spiders, wildlife encounters, heat stroke, hypothermia, noxious vegetation, weather related injury, insect or airborne transmissible virus and disease, smoke inhalation, wildfire, falling trees, drowning
Currently, Suncoast Outdoors has NO annual membership fee. We collect NO per event fees. On occasion we will ask for donations to offset out of pocket costs associated with particular events. If you have any questions or need any further information, please feel free to reach out to me.
Sincerely,
Lenny
lenny.d.chew@gmail.com
Featured event
🏕 Backpacking the Georgia Bartram Trail 🥾🥾 Chattahoochee National Forest🐻
EVENT IS FULL! RSVP's closed
Those with the requisite experience and conditioning level can expect a challenging & strenuous primitive experience. You will be well rewarded for your efforts and tenacity.
This will be a loop of about 42 miles. We'll plan on 4 nights camping, hiking out on day 5.
Be prepared for freezing temperatures at night. Groundwater sources are to be considered "intermittent".
I will have a handsaw available for you to use for cutting firewood in the evenings. Another handsaw would be helpful. We will possibly encounter new obstruction for which such will be helpful/necessary.
The named falls in order are:
- Dick's Creek
- Becky Branch
- Martin Creek
Scenic Overlooks and outcroppings include:
- Pinnacle Nob
- Rabun Bald
This trail was destroyed by our recent storms. The Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy, USFS, and other local volunteers have done a remarkable job in recovery and restoration.
Quote from WILLIAM BARTRAM, Colonial naturalist and botanist, commenting on Florida's natural splendor, during his exploration in the pre Revolutionary mid 1700's. He wrote much about Payne's Prairie and has been described as the first naturalist who penetrated the dense tropical forests of Florida.
"Whilst I, continually impelled by a restless spirit of curiosity, in pursuit of new productions of nature, my chief happiness consisted in tracing and admiring the infinite power, majesty, and perfection of the Great Almighty Creator"
Travels of William Bartram 🌿🍃 © 1928
Bartram Trail Conservancy
YOUR RSVP TO ATTEND A "SUNCOAST OUTDOORS " SPONSORED EVENT IS YOUR EXPRESS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF FULL PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR ALL ASSOCIATED RISKS.
Possible risks from participation include, but are not limited to:
Injury from a trip & fall, venomous snakes, stinging insects, venomous spiders, wildlife encounters, heat stroke, hypothermia, noxious vegetation, weather related injury, insect or airborne transmissible virus and disease, smoke inhalation, wildfire, falling trees, drowning
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Beginner BIKEPACKING!
Hideaway Ranch, 15187 Keller Street, Brooksville, FL, USAre ready to try bikepacking? Are you ready to let your bicycle carry the load?
This will be a new adventure for me and a new event offering from Suncoast Outdoors. Two nights / Three Days of primitive camping and cycling.
What is bikepacking? Simply put, bikepacking is a mix of cycling and backpacking. Bikepacking involves carrying only essential gear much like backpacking but attached to your bike. This event will require your bike to ride on pavement and limited dirt roads. You will need to carry a full load with shelter/sleeping system, a cooking kit, food, water, and your clothing needed for two nights of primitive camping and three days of cycling. And do not forget a spare tire tube and tool kit.
There are options for attaching your gear to your bicycle. There’s purchasing specific gear for bikepacking, and there is a pack-it and strap-it method or the combination of the two methods. Please find what works best for you.
https://bikepacking.com/bikepacking-101/
The planned route:
Day 1: Hideaway Ranch to Fort Cooper State Park – approx. 38 miles.
We will meet at the Hideaway Ranch (aka Brad & Jamie’s house) at 9:30 am. Get our gear loaded and attached to our bikes. The plan is to saddle up and hit the pavement by 10:30 am. at the latest. This first day is approximately 38 miles. Having gear on our bikes will slow us down considerably. We want to have plenty of time for breaks, adjustments, and stopping for lunch before arriving in Fort Cooper. Once we arrive at Fort Cooper, we will set up our camp for the night.
Day 2: Fort Cooper to Crooked River Campground – 22 miles
We will have a leisurely morning but target our departure time to be no later than 11 am. This departure time will give us plenty of time for breakfast and to repack our gear. This could be a challenging morning getting all our gear packed up properly. We will take breaks and stop for lunch as we make our way to Crooked River Campground at Silver Lake.
Day 3: Crooked River to Hideaway Ranch – approximately 25 miles
We will have breakfast and pack up our gear for our last day of bikepacking. We will leave early on this last day. We should be more proficient in our packing up, and everyone will be ready to get back home. Much like backpacking, we will have limited luxuries.
Since this is a beginner event, we will be learning as we go. I suggest watching some videos on bikepacking. You will find that most of the gear you use for backpacking transitions quite easily to bikepacking. The biggest challenge is getting it attached to our bikes.
https://bikepacking.com/bikepacking-101/
https://youtu.be/AoFJUGYC0z4
https://www.rei.com/learn/series/intro-to-bikepacking
https://www.garagegrowngear.com/blogs/trends-top-10/bikepacking-on-a-budget
https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/bikepacking-checklist.html
https://youtu.be/Srhl4Uu6HfQ?si=rfGlpBXzskTdbBOs6 attendees
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