better done alone?

I'm gonna try them in the morning too, although tripping out in the city? If you read my last post tripping in a city aint too good, lol. But if you're familiar with the city and you know some places to chill then it could be good. My advice would be wrap up if it's cold.

 

Hmmm... I'm thinking about doing shrooms again this weekend for the first time in a while. If I do it with friends I don't really know who I'd trip with, as both of my trippin buddies are at the moment unwilling to participate due to bad trips/ current life issues.


I have a quarter ounce and if I do eat them alone, I'll eat about an eigth and save the rest for another date unless its recommended to do a quarter and really blow my mind. All day I was wondering what activity I should do while tripping and a thought came to me: Climb a mountain!

On saturday, time permitting, I'll drive out to Pennsylvania to a good tall mountain with a far view across the Appalachians, and there I will trip and explore to my heart's content.

First question, would I be able to drive about 1- 1.5 hours home about 6.5 hours after consuming?

Does anyone know of a place in Eastern Pennsylvania where there is an unpopulated, good sized mountain with a good view? I'll look for one online tomorrow when I get the chance.

Is this even a good idea at all, or should I just wait till next spring to trip on a mountain?

 

Hehe I'm so happy, I have it all figured out. I'm going to a mountain called the Pinnacle, with one of the best views in Pennsylvania. Its about a three hour hike to reach the peak (of the mountain and my trip). I'll consume the mushrooms slightly before I hit the trail with some warm clothes on and a backpack full of munchables and maybe a guitar, probably not though.


Saturday will be a good day. Sorry for hijacking the thread, it can get back to normal now

 

Last night I tripped alone for the first time. 4.0g of cubensis (gold caps). I have plenty of experiance tripping so i wasn't too conserned. I knew i had the house to myself and i closed the curtains as too let any one know that even i wasn't there (people often stop by my flat for a chat/drink/whatever. I turned off all communication (cell phone, skype).

I drank in in a warm milk tea, said a brief pryer (something along the lines of: I am here to experiance all that is to be offered, i search only for that which is to be recived, i am a loving creature...)

The mushrooms hit HARD and i spend about 30 minutes after injestion becoming sedated and going through the normal questions (why did i take it? is this a good place? an i alone...?). The next hour a layed on my porch listening to some instrumental music from my youth, eyes closed with powerful closed eye visuals. I was DEEP in it, tripping... I open my eyes on occasion to look at the sky, i concentrated on the freedom of imagination while the clouds became laughable in their various shapes and formations (now becoming beautiful women, wise old men, and strange charators all together. I was jolted up by the NEED to pee!

Upon standing i looked down and saw swarms of bugs! catapillers, centapeds, ants!!!! all over where i had layed hahahahaha. my vision was that of a kalidascope, see every bug mutliplied by the dozens. Yeah, i freaked a little... but that is where i knew to change my surroundings and escape. I peed and went back outside to check it out because i wan't a second look at the frightening scene. Yes the bugs were still there, they were real the entire time (even the one the went up my shirt!).

I stumbled through my house a bit feeling insane and a bit goblin like then hurried upstairs. I listened to the entire "One" Beatles mix album while laying on my rooms floor. All was enjoyable, I reached out to my family (my mom and let her know i was ok), I realized my foolishness in waking life (too fucking lazy!), and i reconnected with my laugh and smile. I meditated over a stick of insance, and was visited by the tempations in my life. I spend most of the time with partial tears in my eyes.

Once the album was over I watched Pinnocio and literally became the child i once was. Waiting in anticipation for the film to begin and giggling at the funny Jimminy Cricket. When the film was over i was out of the trip and i stayed up tossing and turning a bit while i waited for sleep.

Tripping alone is NOT for the first timmer, but it can be very rewarded for those who are willing and curious. Go for it. You'll have no support system and free space to trip on. good luck and best wishes. j

 

Depends on the situation and what you want to get out of it. First I always ask -- what questions do I want to address in this trip? What is my intent?

 

i don't always go into a trip knowing what i want out of it. even if my trip is intended for one soul purpose, the trip can take lots of turns and you go from deep thought to a child like imagination again, and the big things in life don't even matter.

but to answer the question, it's probably best to trip with 10 or less friends who are all experienced, and will make your experience great.

 

i only like doing them alone when i need a serious break from reality..away from everything

 

if i am completely alone i for sure wont have a bad trip. ive noticed that having to interact with people can put me into a bad trip. i do enjoy being with 1 other person whos tripping though..no more than that though

 

when i did it alone, i started thinking about how my dog might die because of old age, and i began to cry.. lol, so

i had to call my friend, and she had to reassure me that everything was okay.

so yeah, its better to have someone there to talk to while tripping.

 

it sure is but if it's the wrong person, your trip can be horrible. my first trip alone was horrible simply because my family was just outside my bedroom door (so basically i couldn't do the things i wanted to, like listen to music, call my friends, or go outside.) i know my next trip will be on acid, so i'm going to be doing everything possible to make it as perfect as i can. the perfect spot would be out at my camp. i'm planning on doing some snowmachining while tripping which should be fun, and then maybe i'll spend the rest of the trip inside listening to music.

 

Do them without someone that Isn't eating them, Someone with a bit of common sense.

 

i already replied here, but wanted to note something else. you should have friends to help you out, but they should repect your decision if you want to be alone. i wouldn't recommend tripping at a party, because drunk people don't understand the concept of wanting some privacy.

also it's always nice to have other people tripping where you are, but just in case, there should be one sober person to deal with someone in case someone starts freaking out. nothing can ruin your trip more than when someone else is having a bad trip.

 

My favorite time is alone... Its the best

 

I would do them alone, it doesn't help if your with a load of mate's who are all going "hey dumb ass, are you tripping yet!" whilst their slapping you!

Want to see something freeky? Take two if their strong and then go look in a mirror.. hahaha, MR Potatoe Head!

As for not doing them alone, well that really does depend on how meny of them you consume doesn't it? If you only have one or two your only going to have a mild trip, but if you eat a great big handful, well hell yeah, your going to take off!

I tried the mexican variety, they where pretty strong with only two and they had been dried. Best way to take them I hear is with a cup of tea, but I ate mine and washed them down with a cup of coffee. Also sometimes they can make you feel a bit sickly, like you want to hurl, its best to fight that feeling or you waste them straight down the toilet. Your body will react by going "hey what the hell is this?" best to fight that until your up and on them.

By then your brain and your stomache wont care!

But if you experiance painful cramps and a need to throw-up, go for it, those wouldnt be magical and that would be the first signs of serious poisoning. (Toadstools) and if their already dried how can you honestly tell the differance? Did the guy who picked them and sold them to you honestly know what he was doing?

When september rolls round I really must remember to go on a liberty cap hunt. How can you spot the differance between a Toadstool and a Liberty cap. Easy one will have white gills and the other one has a rainbow type shimmer and a little nipple, people who pick em know what im on about.

Oh and as with all things, take your time, they wont have an instant effect, so eating more doesn't help matter's, it just makes you trip harder.

 

I had a bad experience once when a friend of mine invited me over for dinner and showed off his Mexican cactus. He invited me to try just a sliver off the side of it.

Well all I can say is now I know why the native American Indians respect peyote!

That was the first time in my life that I was cuddled by a shimmering tree with a giant lazer canon on his shoulder!

Was it the cactus or the shrooms or did I actually meet E.T, I'll never know, but I remember it made me freek out big time and I made my way across 50 miles to go visit my mom gibbering about aliens!

Now I can look back and laugh about it, but at the time... Terrified!

"Their coming to take me away, noooo!" LOL

 

The first time I did shrooms I was with several of my friends in one of their basements for his birthday party while his parents were awake upstairs...it was weird. It was really cool at first...then I freaked out for like an hour and a half...and then I was fine again. My friends mom opened the basement door and asked "Do you guys want mushrooms on the pizza? Does everybody like mushrooms?" (She had no idea what we were doing, mind you.) At that time I was under a pool table laughing hysterically. 3 mice fell out of the ceiling and into a garbage can. We set them free outside.

The other time I did them I was alone. Had almost a quarter. It was a much different experience than when I was with friends. More personal, I guess. I wouldn't say either experience was better than the other. I think its good to do both. Sometimes with people...Sometimes alone.

 

.... he was answering the thread i dont see how that's so despicable :|.

and, i would definatly go for a small group of friends

 

I think eating an eighth and walking in the woods for a few hours would be amazing, and I plan on doing that this summer, but I have also tripped at a concert surrounded by loud, boisterous, fucked up people and it was a great experience. I was really out of my mind and I lost all sense of individuality while surrounded by people. It was an amazing feeling and after the show I had such an affinity for the mass of humanity around me that I didn't want to leave the venue. Also about tripping in a city, make sure you watch for crosswalk signals, don't trust anything else telling you to cross a street.

 

ur own acid test, whaha!!

 

Yeah, don't under any circumstance take acid if you will be trapped in your room unable even to listen to loud music or watch movies. Even that isn't enough usually, you will want to go outside and see the world.