Hey Buddha Bear!!!

“You think the editors aren't aware of what a platypus bag is and thought you meant plastic bag?”

“I don't know Violin, does platypus advertise in Backpacker?”

“If you happen to puncture an artery while in the backcountry, try applying a Terraquest instead of a touranquit (sp). Studies show that the Terraquest saves 20% more limbs.”

“No one connected with Titanium Chef copyrighted the name?? THEY BETTER HAVE.

Rodale won't make that mistake. Now they'll sue US for using the name.”

“It doesn't matter if they applied for the copyright, if a different organization had been using the name in commerce, they can still lay a claim to it, and probably win. Check out the battle going on between Trump, and some Yenta who owns a store called "Your Fired".”

“WTF is Terraquest?”

“What about that letter you wrote to Penthouse Forum?”

“Oh, in the penthouse forum version, I put a bag over the boots.

lmao aero!”

“I could have told them that Buddha is a known liar, had they bothered to ask.”

“Howdy Buddha Bear.. congratulations!!


NOTE: Titanium Chef is soon to be a registered trademark. The papers have been submitted, and just awaiting response from the US Attorney's office.”

“BB - do you get National Geographic Adventure mag? Each month they have a 1 page article called "World on the Cheap." It's about taking 10 day international trips for less than $2k. This month it was on Machu Piccu. I obviously thought of you.”

“That's my favorite section (and robert Young Pelton). Makes me wanna start a vacation account at the credit union and get out there!”

“I haven't read it yet, but the pictures of Roan were great. I've hiked that section twice and would do it again at the drop of a hat. I also like the world section and the Pelton section too. His two articles on Afghanistan were really good. The first issue of NGA was his first artile on Afgh. I think that was about 2 yrs ago.”

“Was that the one with the North ??? (can't remember what it was called) unit, who was later killed in the war by a suicidal cameraman?

It was a good article.

also, I think RYP wrote something about going through some central American country. That one sounded totally hairy. The guy has great tales and hits a needed market, but I have the feeling some day the luck will run out and he'll day out there. On the central American trip it was very close.”

“Was that the one with the North ??? (can't remember what it was called) unit, who was later killed in the war by a suicidal cameraman?

It was a good article.

also, I think RYP wrote something about going through some central American country. That one sounded totally hairy. The guy has great tales and hits a needed market, but I have the feeling some day the luck will run out and he'll die out there. On the central American trip it was very close.”

“I think was in the Congo you're thinking about lizs. He was traveling with a group and they were captured by rebels and held at gunpoint. I agree, one day it'll run out.

I don't remember the specifics of the Afghan articles.”

“Then there's the Cahill articles. Those are great. I just finished one of his books of short stories. Very good. He spends lots of time in places were the aboriginal cultures are being lost.”

“Alrighty, dayhiker, ya had me curious on that, cuz it seems I remembered meeting someone who had been to Central America and thinking I was gonna ask about that article. Think it stuck with with me cuz it seemed crazy a location so close to the U.S. had such atrocities going on.

Anyhoo... curiousity won out and I went to the website to see if they had archives. The article ran in April 2003. Here's what it said as an introduction to the web version:

Grabbed in the Gap

Robert Young Pelton wrote the book on traveling in dangerous places. Good thing: All that hard-won experience came in handy when he was abducted while hiking Panama's Darién Gap.

by Nicole Davis


In January, while on assignment for Adventure, Contributing Editor Robert Young Pelton and two hiking companions were kidnapped by right-wing Colombian paramilitaries in the Darién Gap—a lawless jungle along the Panama-Colombia border. After ten nervous days, the trio was released unharmed. We spoke with the author of Come Back Alive after he'd done just that.

The website

I only hope this bodes well for me when I'm spewing out facts off the top of my head about past stories I've written in conversation. lol

And I do love Tim Cahill's articles.”

“I must've been remembering the article about bush hunting in the Congo where people were shooting folks to protect gorillas?

Good call.

I wonder if Buddha will show up at his own thread.”

““also, I think RYP wrote something about going through some central American country. That one sounded totally hairy.”

Yeah, I think it was Panama. What an adventure! He’s got a great web site called Come Back Alive where you can get his books, vids and see a bunch of on line info on global dangers and traveling. The Black Flag Café is an awesome board filled with all kinds of nuts. One of the people he got kidnapped with was a poster on his board and that’s how they met.

http://www.comebackalive.com/”

“I have his book The Hunter, The Hammer, and Heaven. One of the stories was about his trip to Chechnya when the Russian army was trying to quell the rebels. The things they did would curl your hair and make the recent “atrocities” we committed in Iraq seem like a kindergarten class.”

“ttt”

“Hello! I haven't seen a NG Adventure Mag in months. I guess I'll have to get out there and buy one now... Thanks for the heads up dayhiker!”

“*GASP* Buddha Bear lives!”

“cough, cough”

“You have follow up mail from yesterday. Recheck the date I sent you. You're a year off.”

“OH! In that case, it's feasible!”

“I thought it would be. Check the other stuff in those emails.

If'n it was this year, it'd still be time better spent than campaigning.”