Its official, this isnt a bping forum

“I'm just a lazy, old troll.

2001   35  Bag Nights.

2002  152

2003  155

2004   74

2005  152

2006  105

2007   33 

”

“nowslimmer you put us all to shame.”

“I can't wait untill I'm old and jobless!!”

“�I can't wait untill I'm old and jobless!!�
LOL, Hell you're young, get a job at a hoods in the woods outfit! The pay sucks and the kids may cut your throat while you sleep, but you get lots of nights in the woods.
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“Steve....i don't do well with kids!!! I'd end up shooting them myself or leading them off a cliff LOL!”

“Thats probably why the burnout rate is two years ;-)”

“JoeSchmo my name is on several trips and on my photo site there are over 12 albums of pics from trips and those are only the ones I've uploaded including a trip to Glacier to bp some real mountains last August. Go back to your fantasy backpacking forum on the other side. Maybe now that you've got 5000 posts you can go on your first trip but that would mean you couldn't be a pretend backpacker anymore hiding behind a troll name.”

“

“nowslimmer you put us all to shame.”
Mocs123

One just has to get out. But I'm slowing down. It's not a competition. We each do what we can or want to do. Eventually, everyone phases out!

“I can't wait untill I'm old and jobless!!”
Spirit Coyote

I was working during those first three years with TT. And I still had a daughter in school until sometime during May, 2005.

"... but you get lots of nights in the woods.
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mtnsteve

You feel that I need more nights in the woods?

What Dub said!

Actually, i'm sure that I had a lot more nights in the woods from 1990 to 2001, even while working.”

“I wasnt trying to start a war or pissing contest, folks. It was just an observation. Most of you know Im a regular here (coming up on 4 years I think) and certainly contribute to the non-backpacking chatter. I get out in nature regularly, too.

Glad to see some good discussion, lets not kill each other in the process.”

“I wonder if Tucker Joe is the guy on the other side who used to give out all kind of backpacking advice, post all the time and...as it turned out, the MF had never stepped foot on a trail.”

“"... but you get lots of nights in the woods.
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mtnsteve

"You feel that I need more nights in the woods"?

What made you think I was talking to you nowslimmer?”

“I need more nights....hmmmm, I may need to look into the hoods n woods thing.”

““I wonder if Tucker Joe is the guy on the other side who used to give out all kind of backpacking advice, post all the time and...as it turned out, the MF had never stepped foot on a trail.”
chili

you just described everyone over there, not nice ;-)”

“Yeah, I suppose so.”

“I'd like to thank Dub. Years ago I was hangin on the other side..however anytime I posted it was like I was invisible. ..now I guess i know why. I didn't have enough posts under my belt...ironic, my low post count was because I was out HIKING!

So Dub heres to you..for directing me to the real deal. Heres to you...raising Bud Light
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“Hey Sandyann...It's rewarding work. I think I learned more about my own issues than the kids learned about themselves.

It doesn't pay squat though.

Sorry about your ankle. Any chance you might be able to hobble to a campsite for a full moon trip on March 22. I can arrange for help with your gear. Just a short hike in.”

“Yo DUB my man.......why don't you do the North Fork trail with me?”

“MMM I lvoe the North Fork Of the American River!!!”

“To be fair, there are some good folks on the other side. A few know their stuff too. It does seem a lot more cliquish though.

They do have a lot of folks that only seem to post in the Political Arena. Never figured out why there were there.

Once you get past the first few "TROLL!!" posts and verbal abuse, this place is downright friendly ;-)

More experienced backpackers here I think. We actually go on trips with each other...imagine that.”

“mtnsteve - I fell asleep at the post. I'm guilty.”

“zombie cayote/ please come to this trip!”

“�mtnsteve - I fell asleep at the post. I'm guilty.�

Not to worry, been guilty of it myself.”

“Oh I wish!!!

I dream about that trail. Its a dream I have often, ever since I was little LOL Strange, I know.”

“must be a happy trail”

“MtnSteve - Can you make it another week-end? I am already on a trip that week-end. Albeit a car camping trip but it will be my first after this debacle (please ignore spelling errors).

I hope the cast comes off in two weeks and then a walking cast. Any other week-end and I am up for it....please!”

“Zombie Coyote/ Follow your dream.....Your dream will edify your life>>>>”

“One other tting Steve...I have to post my Lassen pictures from this summer. You would not believe, or maybe you would, the water level on Snag Lake. It was more like Snag Pong with swamp surrounding the shore. Provided for much foolery and laughter including snorting as the mud sucked at our boots. The famous phrase 'Don't Do It...' was used a bit too late.”

“dub: I have been on more trip , you can afford or should I say your parents afford.

Dolly Sods Trips you have posted in the past, you are always lost....

Chili you sign up on lots of trips but never show up.

nowslimmer I looked at some of your past posts I you bag night in a camper.


dub I looked at your pics. LMAO'''

How many miles do you do, 3 miles a day.

I wonder if Tucker Joe is the guy on the other side who used to give out all kind of backpacking advice, post all the time and...as it turned out, the MF had never stepped foot on a trail.�
chili
chili I know cottonsocks and I know how she got her name. That should tell you who I am.”

“mapeleaf listed several backpacking trailnames. Most from the NORTH. Southern backpackers are lazy.”

“Go away troll.
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“Ms. creek dancer I have met you in passing. How is I thing his trail name is ewker? I may have it wrong but it is close.

I know more! you see I know who your backpacking friend works for and the company I work for buys a big part of there parts.

this willbe my last post for a long time. by see you on the other side creek dancer we have posted many times there.
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“Wow tuckerJoe, that's amazing!

Please tell us more!”

“please s.t.f.u. polesmoker”

“Tuckerjoe = J BURCHICK?”

“Why would ENS make 2 troll names that are the same personality?”

“No, I really doubt that it's ENS.

They both blew in here recently, and they are both from PA, so that's why I thought they might be the same troll.”

“This doesn't sound like ENS at all. I'm with creek dancer.”

“Why would anyone think they had to prove anything to anyone?

----- much less to something like that?”

“Ok, the suspense is killing me. I have no idea who you are TuckerJoe. I've only posted on other other side maybe 3 times in the past four years, so I don't "know" you from there. At least tell me where we met in passing. Argggggggggg.”

“ENS if from PA. He looks down on people who don't hike as much as he hikes. His trolling technique is to say obviously trollish things to denigrate others, usually groups of people, and he knows a lot from both sides. Not saying for sure it's him, but it seems like it.
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“Let's all push the ignore this user for Tuckerjoe. Who does he think he is, insulting every one? What a dork! He's missed the entire point of TT.”

“ens is too busy pulling off this hoax that he and lyra are married and expecting a baby

;-)”

“Yeah, I'm sure thats hard enough without having to add trolls!”

“Why would anyone think they had to prove anything to anyone?

----- much less to something like that?”
Tilt
6:46:45 PM
2/09/08

That's almost exactly what I typed in my first post, my man.
From what I gather reading his posts Tilt, if he doesn't know who you are, or you don't post on backpacker.com, then there's no way in Hell you've ever backpacked. Apparently it just isn't physically possible to backpack by yourself or go on trips that he or someone from the other side doesn't attend.”

“Personally, I've been on trips with folks from both sites. Both sites have their advantages and disadvantages--the trips page here is excellent but the regional and gear forums over there are great--and both sites have their fair share of #&%!$s. Y'all should ignore the troll. If you starve them, they go away.”

“How many times do we get people like this blow through here in a year? � There's always a few. � They read a few posts, get a bug up their ass, and go off on one of these things. � It's always the same.

But really, if someone requires that others post photos or trip reports or whatever to 'prove' they're a backpacker..... � Let's just say those are the people whose opinion I would value least.

Gee, do I need to have something notarised? � < WINK >”

“Mapleleaf, I did a search on all those names you listed and most of them never participated in many trips here much less on posts....I did find many on the other side and WhiteBlaze.....



Mapleleaf...I have actually met you , you just don't know who I am from the other side....
TuckerJoe
5:37:31 AM
2/09/08

well now i am confused. just because they do not post that much, does that make them and myself non-backpackers?

in your defence, everyone that I have met and hiked with, I like. well maybe not gortex but he was nuts. are you gortex?

please email if you wnat this to be private.”

“I climbed 2000 feet up a snowy class 3 Sierra mountainside this weekend with a full backpack.

Am I cool enough to post here?”

“no - now you are too cool”

“So what is thebackpacker.com all about?
thebackpacker.com is a website dedicated to the backpacking and hiking community. It is intended as a place for beginners to learn about backpacking and also as a gathering place for more experienced backpackers. Many people have used thebackpacker.com to meet fellow outdoor enthusiasts in their area. All the backpacking gear reviews and hiking trail reviews are submitted by the people just like you. Some reviews are positive and some reviews are negative. There are no "professional experts" here. Everyone is welcome to voice their opinion, that includes occasional day hikers, weekend backpackers, thru-hikers and those just dreaming about starting to backpack.

thebackpacker.com believes that in a very competitive world, backpacking is a way for many people to relax and get away from the daily grind. This idea is best summed up below...

"To be a true sport you must be able to play it." That was a part of a conversation I had once with some friends. One person wanted to say that you "play baseball" and "play football", but you don't "play bowling". So bowling shouldn't be considered a sport. I know this is a gross error, but it does have some merit when it comes to backpacking. Have you ever heard anyone say, "let's go play backpacking"?

Backpacking isn't a true sport in the common use of the word. After a backpacking trip there isn't a winner and a loser. You can't score points by hiking a half a mile faster than the next person hikes. But many people are trying to push backpacking in that direction. Take a second and look over many Internet message boards, including Trail Talk on this site.

People want to make backpacking into a competition. One of the favorite topics of discussion is weight. Comparing the weight of your pack has become the new way to attract women. It has gotten to a point where people are practically sucking the air out of prepackaged food just to save weight. How many miles you can hike in a day is also another hot topic of discussion. It is as if backpackers can earn points and eventually be labeled as the "Uber-Packer".

There are no national rankings of backpackers, no polls to compete in, no tournament to qualify for. You don't leave college early to become a professional backpacker. The nearest competitions for backpackers are Adventure Races, and even those are more of a hybrid of many activities.

Since backpacking isn't a sport, why should the backpacking community bicker whether your way of camping is better than my way? You can't break rule number 5.3.1c because it doesn't exist. Backpacking is a recreation, a time to get into the wilderness and absorb. Ask parents why they take their kids camping and one idea usually comes up, to share that time with their kids in the wilderness.

Someone wrote into Trail Talk and said that if you ask twenty backpackers a question on camping that you would get twenty-one different answers. That is how it should be. Everyone has a different backpacking routine and everyone backpacks for different reasons. But does it really matter?”