RE: favorite pump up music before going in the woods
I turn on any AM news station that doesn't come in too well and turn it down low as I drive out in the dark. Just seems to feel like the right thing to do an hour and a half before sunrise.
I don't seem to see the need to get pumped up to sit still for hours on end...I need to keep my nerves OFF edge to do that[8D]
On the way home in the dark however, it's probably something from "Violent Works of Art" or if I've been successfull it's "Holy War" by Thin Lizzy.