2013 Hazolutions

[Tortoise_Hiker]

Hello my fellow Hazers,
Here we are again.Someone once told me that as you get older the years go faster.It sure feels like it.This year sure seems to have went way to fast.How about sharing some of your New Year Hazolutions and let us know how you did.
Well I (with a lot of help) did finish the AZT.Thanks to everyone that helped.What an awesome time it was! I did get to hike with a few more Hazers this year too.Thanks I hope many more in 2013.I will have to give it a little more thought for 2013.For now I would just say lots more safe and fun hiking with lots more Hazers.I hope you all have a great safe,healthy,fun year.One more thing.Let us find GPS Joe.God Bless!

[Jim]

Goals for 2013:

3) Stay ahead of my only competition in PixelTrivia, Hike HAZbot.

Does anybody know his score anyway?

Send him a PM and find out. I'll bet he knows.

[SuperstitionGuy]

@Jim_H
I tried that once and never received an answer.

I think he was to embarrassed to respond.

[outdoor_lover]

1) Get my knee repaired or replaced.

That would be one of my "NOT" goals for 2013....I would like to try to get 10 more years out of them, although my Ortho laughed at me when I mentioned that...

[chumley]

@Jim_H
I tried that once and never received an answer.

Hazbot will only reply if you speak it's language. Try:

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Hike with more HAZers

[Alston_Neal]

Stay ahead of my only competition in PixelTrivia, Hike HAZbot.

That hurt.
I like to think of myself as your PixelTrivia refresh button.....

[autumnstars]

You're aware that cous cous is a wheat product, right?

Lundeberg, for one, makes a brown rice couscous that is entirely gluten-free.
More importantly, it is good and comes in multiple flavors.

[chumley]

While I agree with the notion of not making resolutions, I would like to increase my totals in both mileage and elevation next year after a great 2012. I would be content with a 25% increase. But ultimately I am more interested in the adventures than in the numerical totals.

[BobP]

To hike more with the creator of this thread.

Both versions

[outdoor_lover]

I have only one resolution for this next year. It's not Hiking related, stat related or Outdoor related. I can get out and Hike and enjoy the Outdoors to help me ease the pain of everyday life. My father, however, has not been able to do that in a very long time... Yesterday at 3:00 P.M., my father fell and broke his Femur. He is scheduled for emergency surgery this afternoon. He is already in Hospice for Congestive Heart Failure, they are only fixing the leg for comfort reasons. Third surgery on this leg in 4 years, first the Hip, then the Femur further up, now this.

So, this year it is my sole goal to help and pray that this last year for my dad is somehow peaceful and painfree. Everything else is just a bonus... ;)

[big_load]

@Outdoor Lover I hope your dad finds whatever relief he can. I fear the time when my status update sounds like his.

[beterarcher]

So, this year it is my sole goal to help and pray that this last year for my dad is somehow peaceful and painfree. Everything else is just a bonus...

I feel for you Pam, I'm kind of in the same boat with my father. No broken bones but LOTS of cancer and heart problems. My mom and I have him at a physical rehab home (I hate the word "nursing home") to hopefully get him able to come home for care and treatment after over a month in bed at John C. Lincoln hospital that started the day after Thanksgiving. This is why I've been such a lurker lately. I hope you are able to make your father as happy and comfortable as possible. I'm giving it my best shot with my dad. I'm sorry I couldn't even think of joining the Vulture Peak trip. My uncle used to own several acres directly across the Hassayampa River and I spent a lot of time in those hills and washes as a teen.

Best wishes and a bonus or two,
Michael

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I should do this: Finish writing and recording a heavy metal album, been on my mind lately. It was in the works and put it on hold for a long time, pretty much all of 2012 for different reasons. Lots all already done and featured in a couple of zombie films in Atlanta a while back. Need to complete it, but so much work for 1 person.

[azbackpackr]

I am coming up with resolutions day by day. I won't bore you with all of them. Write more, hike and bike more, get fitter, blah blah blah.

But there were a couple of you who mentioned hiking the Tonto/Gems. Maybe if I had a permit, I could get a friend of mine to 4-wheel me out to the S. Bass trailhead. I need only walk east from there, because I have already hiked the S. Bass--Elves Chasm section. I also have not hiked the section from Grandview to SK. I might actually do that one on my own over spring break, if I can get the permit. Over the past 15 months I was able to complete Beamer Trail, Escalante Route, and S. Bass--Elves.

[chumley]

I also have not hiked the section from Grandview to SK. I might actually do that one on my own over spring break, if I can get the permit.

You don't need a permit for this section. It's a simple dayhike: http://hikearizona.com/triplog=67391

[azbackpackr]

I also have not hiked the section from Grandview to SK. I might actually do that one on my own over spring break, if I can get the permit.

You don't need a permit for this section. It's a simple dayhike: http://hikearizona.com/triplog=67391

Haha very funny! I actually like to backpack. I like hanging out in the Canyon. I don't even care if I don't move camp for a couple of nights.

[gummo]

Revised...

1. Visit Brazil
2. Find rattlesnakes in Yellowstone (Aug 2013 - I have a family reunion in Yellowstone this August)
3. Photograph Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake
4. Photograph a bobcat
5. Do overnight hike to Reavis Ranch
6. Photograph a badger
7. Photograph a black-footed ferret
8. Hike Bryce Canyon (July)
9. Explore Muleshoe Ranch (new area for me)
10. Photograph a mountain lion
11. Finish building 3 artifical snake dens
12. Find a rosy boa and kingsnake in Joshua Tree NP
13. Do at least one new hike each time I go to Joshua Tree NP/Mecca Hills/Palm Springs Area
14. Explore Agua Dulce Mtns
15. Find a gila monster in February

[cactuscat]

@Outdoor Lover

My mom passed away a year ago this month after several rough years battling COPD ... my heart goes out to you. :budrose:

[RedRoxx44]

Revised...

14. Explore Agua Dulce Mtns

Down near the border?? I did a long loop dayhike in there once and it's a neat place---

[gummo]

Revised...

14. Explore Agua Dulce Mtns

Down near the border?? I did a long loop dayhike in there once and it's a neat place---

Yeah, I just have to figure out how I'm going to get back there.