Headlamp nerd
Me about a half hour up the trail (I started at 5:40am). There's a cabin behind me with lights that say "Merry Christmas." The War on Christmas has, apparently, suffered a minor reversal in Icehouse Canyon.
I wear that dopey headlamp when I walk in the dark. All us hikers do these days. They kick ass. They work very well, illuminating the trail and keeping your hands free, and they light up whatever you are looking at; just turn your head. But everyone who wears one looks like a dork. Good thing we only wear them in the dark, when no one can see us doing it.
In the past, I would refuse to hike in the dark. Aside from the risk of tripping and falling, I just don't like wandering around at night. I don't even like walking my dog at night. But with the headlamp, I can get onto the trail before dawn, which is great. I still don't ever want to have to be hiking in the dark at the end of a trip, when I am tired and much more likely to fall and get hurt; but I no longer have any problem with getting started in the pre-dawn darkness.
Headlamp nerd
Me about a half hour up the trail (I started at 5:40am). There's a cabin behind me with lights that say "Merry Christmas." The War on Christmas has, apparently, suffered a minor reversal in Icehouse Canyon.
I wear that dopey headlamp when I walk in the dark. All us hikers do these days. They kick ass. They work very well, illuminating the trail and keeping your hands free, and they light up whatever you are looking at; just turn your head. But everyone who wears one looks like a dork. Good thing we only wear them in the dark, when no one can see us doing it.
In the past, I would refuse to hike in the dark. Aside from the risk of tripping and falling, I just don't like wandering around at night. I don't even like walking my dog at night. But with the headlamp, I can get onto the trail before dawn, which is great. I still don't ever want to have to be hiking in the dark at the end of a trip, when I am tired and much more likely to fall and get hurt; but I no longer have any problem with getting started in the pre-dawn darkness.