Who here backpacks?

“Backpackers
MarkO
Pepsisformosa
Roseymonster
RastaMonJonnie
Euro
Amy G
Gremlin
Swampy
hikerduane
spalpeen
lilmountaingirl
mapleleaf
nowslimmer
Dub
simer190
mildbill
Manuka
Nigal
Chili
Sass

Non-backpackers
HighPlainsDrifter
Nonconformist
Wounded Knee
last edited: 3/25/10 7:43:01 AM”

“busted misogynist
roseymonster”

“Would farting be as much fun without the omnipresent risk of crapping your pants?...or vice versa.

Discuss.”

“Yes, I am a backpacker and can prove it. My wife had a pilonidal cyst removed from her lower back. While the wound heals, I have to pack it with gauze twice a day. This is true - she can confirm it to the next TT'er we see (probably Maple).

Or is that what you meant? Backpackers, hmmm, what are back packers....?

Are these people who pack after they take a trip, instead of before? Or are they semi-literate Green Bay fans (Packer Backers - Ok, that's a stretch)?”

“I tried to add, but the apostrophic glitchalization prevented me - so here is the edit:

Oh I almost missed the opportunity to plug my trail journals - you can find 'em if you search "pedxing" at trailjournals.com”

“Backpackers
MarkO
Pepsisformosa
Roseymonster
RastaMonJonnie
Euro
Amy G
Gremlin
Swampy
hikerduane
spalpeen
lilmountaingirl
mapleleaf
nowslimmer
Dub
simer190
mildbill
Manuka
Nigal
Chili
Sass
pedxing

Non-backpackers
HighPlainsDrifter
Nonconformist
Wounded Knee”

“roseymonster, you want to be taken seriously? On the other thread you ask me to give you information about my hikes, but you keep antagonizing me (attempt to anyways) by putting my name in the non-backpacker column. You have zero credibility.”

“done that”

“Put me down on the non-backpacker list. The last thing I desire when I head into the backcountry is to be walking on a groomed trail with a bunch of identity-seeking suburbanites. And certainly not the alcoholics who pervade Trailtalk. The backpacking "culture" is rather off putting, to put it politely.

That said, I do enjoy humping gear out into wilderness areas. I don't get a chance to nearly as often as I'd like, though.”

“I just talked to Mutt and Stovestomper (not really) and they want to be on the non-backpacking list with the rest of the cool kids.



Hey, why did John Muir, Colin Fletcher, and Gov Mark sanford get removed from the 'do not list'? Please put them back.

Timothy Treadwell too.”

“Wait---what is the criteria for being on the backpacker list?”

“dammit Mutt!”

“Sanford should be on the backpackers list, He single handedly elongated the AT five thousand miles south.”

“I do backpack. In fact I just mentioned on another thread this week a place I go to backpack.


HighPLainsDrifter
12:27:25 PM
3/24/10


I tried to hike a couple of weeks ago.�
MarkO
12:28:02 PM
3/24/10

In light of this recent information I corrected the list:


Backpackers
HPD
Pepsisformosa
Roseymonster
RastaMonJonnie
Euro
Amy G
Gremlin
Swampy
hikerduane
spalpeen
lilmountaingirl
mapleleaf
nowslimmer
Dub
simer190
mildbill
Manuka
Nigal
Chili
Sass
pedxing

Non-backpackers
MarkO
Nonconformist
Wounded Knee
Mutt”

“marko and wounded knee both backpack. I have done it with both of them”

“Mainly a day hiker. But a few nights ago aliens abducted me and left me near the top of a rocky outcrop in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge. Gave me a tent, pack, and all kinds of gear, so I guess I'm a real backpacker now.


”

“I've been known to pick em up and put em down once in a while...”

“Butt plugs don't count as "backpacking".”

“why not?”

“is there really such a thing as a butt plug?”

“I guess ask Mr. Stomper”

““marko and wounded knee both backpack. I have done it with both of them”
mapleleaf
11:46:15 AM
3/25/10

Heeeeeeeeyyyyy, you tryin' to get me in trouble, lady?”

“http://www.turdtwister.com/

Stovie spends countless hours playing with this thing.”

“I'm a backpacker.

Let's talk gear.”

“Gear:
Golite Jam 2
Big Agnes SL1 or TNF Tadpole (short trips)
Western Mountainering highlite
Thermarest Prolite 3
MSR Pocket Rocket
MSR Titan Kettle”

“@ nonbpers”

“not sure if yall consider me a backpacker anymore......been way too long for me ...BUT Trixie and I have a trip planned in May!!!!...I still have all my equipment...and bought a new pair of hiking boots the other day!!!”

“no answer...that's scarey :(”

“"marko and wounded knee both backpack. I have ===> done it <=== with both of them"
mapleleaf
10:46:15 AM
3/25/10

snicker, does Treebeard know about this ?
last edited: 3/26/10 3:10:19 PM”

“Dear Deirdre,

I have never written to you before but I realy need your advice.

I have suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. The usual signs: phone rings, but if I answer the caller hangs up. Going out with "the girls" a lot , but if I ask the names it's "you don't know them". I try to stay awake to look out for her when she comes home but I usually fall asleep.

Anyway last night I decided to finally check on her. About midnight I put on some warm black clothes and went onto the drive and crouched behind my motorbike. A car pulls up a couple of doors away with a man driving and she was in the passenger seat doing up her blouse. They kissed and she got out of the car, got her panties out of her handbag and quickly slipped them on. I moved slightly to get a better view and that's when I noticed it: a hairline crack in the manifold right where it meets the exhaust! Is this something I can fix myself or should I take it back to the dealer?”

“lol...hahahahaaaaaa”

“w / die”

“well, i used to and wish i still could but that is not in the cards. :(

last trip i did was the smokies.. freaking awesome it was.

last edited: 3/28/10 9:36:12 PM”

“Those look a little like Mata's prayer flags.”

“last 3 years 140 miles of the JMT , 78 miles of the PCT 60+ miles in the Sawtooths in Idaho, this summer Teton Crest Trail, YEA I Backpack”

“I had the same thought about the prayer flags”

“It's good that we are remembering her. She obviously had a lasting impression on a lot of us here.”

“That looks like a stealth campsite in GSMNP.”

“^^^^ not really, mt sterling.. northern slope as there was no good room on the designated flat spots.”

“I should do a separate thread for this trip, but I prolly won't. Benson Hut trip in the northern Sierra beg. of March. Thousands of feet of altitude gain and loss. Went in under ideal conditions and came out three days later in a snow storm. Altitude from about 7K to 10K. Guess who I am.

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/album.sfly?sid=0AYt2jhs4YtGTt4&startIndex=0&fid=00c30c1f95a635ee”

“I'm betting you're the guy walking around in all the snow”

“the ugly one?”

“The one holding the camera at arms length in the other pictures”

“Love the pics! really neat!”

“nice snowcave!”

“first off. you suck

I am so jealous...

great sharp pics and.

LOL at HPD the ugly one :)”

“Thanks, all.

The one holding the camera at arms length in the other pictures

Nope!

the ugly one?

Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that...

Maple, you come on out anytime.”

“Bump”