montanapalooza 2002

“I did the other day. Stroking the Holley at the light. It changes the RPM's drop below norm and the clutch goes out. GAS!! POOF!!!! Bad timing. Grind the starter. Pissed, so I had to bark it into 3th just to learn it one more time. Total Morgasm !!!”

“Now that is so true!

8)”

“9 days til we leave, and we'll be on the trail 4 of those days.....that leaves 5 days to get it together for Montanapalooooza!!!”

“Get it together lady!”

“And I'm leaving tonight for another trip, so I lose another day. Now that leaves only M/T/W to pack. Yikes! Time flies!!”

“Or did all the good companies let them go early today?

I am so bored here today I think I've turned into newgirl.

Nothing to do and three hours to go...if I don't sneak out early that is.”

“SN, don't forget to pack my stove!!! 8^)”

“Navi- I got a bottle for you too (fuel that is)..”

“i'm gettin ready for my own trip out to the absoroka wilderness, 13 days on trail, no food drops, up to 11,000 ft, gonna be a fun one :) can't wait”

“When are you going, simer? What parts? Hurry before the fire season starts!!”

“starting at the boulder creek campground on the north side of the wilderness and ending up near knox lake on the south side of the wilderness (can't remember the name of the campground, but it's south and a little west of where we start...) anyway, it looks like a good route of mixed easy and hard days - a couple of nice lakes, and couple of stream crossings (maybe more!), and a couple of higher-altitude passes (10,000-11,000 feet)”

“and i'll be out there towards the end of the month... 25-27 somewhere in there”

“Thanks Aero, I've sent my stove AND bottle with Snow Nymph as the easiest way to get around the airline problem.”

“Howdy from whitefish,MT Headed up to polebridge, mt for the 4th and some ou la la! See ya at the hike! Banff NP was awesome as well as Glacier!”

“I can't believe it's less than 2 weeks til Montanapalooza. We've been talking about this for what - 6 months now?

Crazy Mike, I think what you have is becoming infectious!!

Get pysched Gang, The Texas Tornado is coming to Montana!!!

Tex”

“What? No posts for a whole day? ;-)

Newgirl - Would you mind sending me your email addy... Thanks

hodgeman@telus.net”

“This is going to rock!!!!

I have my gear all ready planned out for the trip and I am so pumped!!!!!!

This is going to kick all forms of @ss!!!!!

8)”

“1918 posts and you people havent even packed yet! are we shooting for 3000?”

“So who out there on this trip is bring a bivy or a tent?

I thought about bring a bivy but I don't know!

Any thoughts?

8)”

“Jerbear - there has been a major change in our plans. Please call us at home.

If anyone talks to Jerbear, would you please pass this along?

Newgirl - I will not be in Red Lodge after all. If you'll e-mail me, I'll see what I can do from here.”

“to go to montana while i am in the middle of my home demolition!...but..oh well...that is the way it is.....when i planned on montanapalooza, I had not even seen this place....so...what can i say.....at least i wont need to find someone to care for the dogs....between the builder and roofer and plumber, someone will be out here everday while i am gone ..:)

Crazy Mike! somehow, i cant imagine your shatkti (energy) contained in a bivy...LOL!..... i was going to bring the hennessey hammock, but i just dont think i want to worry 'bout finding trees to hang myself from...so i am bringing a lightweight solo tent. it weighs 3lb 7 oz. .....a pound more than the hammock...but...if it comes a storm, (and i recall a couple of good ones out west in july).....i dont mind the extra weight to ride it out in....plus, you want to get GOOD rest and SLEEP...so you can jump out bright and early and get on with the day! so, I would say bring what you feel snug in!

i was supposed to be moving stuff out of the war zone for crew tomorrow, but got my gear all lined up and dehydrated final meals instead......priorities!...
this is going to be a grand journey.......even more than a cowboy, i am wishing to spot some meese,..i hope we dont scare all the wild things away!
ya'll be safe in your travels on the way to this convergence. i can hardly keep still...”

“I do feel snug in my bivy but I think that I am going to bring my tent.

8)”

“8 days to climbing on a jet plane!!!! I guess I should be looking into food and gear!”

“How can we miss you all when you won't go away??

<SMILES>”

“That's why you will be in such great company on this trip with your fellow TT-ers!

When I tell people I am getting on a plane to go backpacking in a state I've never been, to live in the woods with people I've never met and stay at their houses..well, they think I have gone WAY over the edge!!

So, what's their point? They're just jealous because they are EXISTING and we, mah dear-ah, are LIVING life to the fullest!!

Remember, if you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much space!!

Montana or Bust!! (Sign posted on Tex's Kelty Coyote pack)

Tex”

“Tilt is soooooo jealous!!!!!”

“Pepperdog -

You know that's true..he'll be suffering down there in Hotlanta while we're living it up in the wilderness..ahhh, clean mountain air, cold streams..wildlife...

Poor, poor, Tilt! What's the Astonomy outlook for Montana next week Tilt?

You can be our pre-Hike Astrological consultant. I am bringing my constellation wheel though, since the conditions should be PRIME for star gazing!”

“Greetings from my vacation in Seattle. Man, it sure is a lot cooler up here. I've done a little hiking here and it has been great!! One question that was asked of me regarding my Montana trip was "are there any cancel Christmas sections of the trail?" Meaning, are there any places on the trail where it is narrow and steep and one wrong step and your family is canceling Christmas. I said I don't know, but I can find out. I may have someone interested in coming with me. Are there any places where someone with a small fear of heights would have big problems?”

“Hey jgeils - I'll be hitting the I90 at Everett, Wa., on Friday morning, if that's of any use. Are you staying out west this week and heading to Montana, from there?”

“Hodgeman, we fly back to Arkansas on Monday morning. I'll only be home for 4 days then back on the plane again on Saturday.”

“jgeils - Is your friend a Washingtonian? If he/she wants to ride along, I have one empty seat”

“Have A huge time everyone sounds like a real adventure-
Be safe-watch out for those blue eyed prairie grouse...They will be in mating season while you guys are there--meaner than bears if provoked.”

“I'll be in my bivy.
I love watching all those stars.”

“I finally got to look over the maps a bit, but I couldn't remember where our stops were likely going to be, each night.

I tried looking through the thread, but it's getting to big. Could someone refresh my memory, please”

“H of Bc, the first night Aero is looking at Bald Knob/Ouzel area, 8.5 miles from the trailhead. Night 2 & 3 at Fossil Lake. I believe that's 1.5 miles from Bald Knob, leaving plenty of time for fishing, exploring, photography, etc. Night 4 will be at Rainbow Lake, leaving a 7.5 mile hike out to the trailhead the final day. That 7.5 miles is all down, but far from easy.

I'm loading my pack right now and making a "FINAL" determination on what's going. ;-)”

“I try to avoid this thread. I get insanely jealous every time I read it.”

“<grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...>”

“I think i'll just have a personality disorder instead.”

“I too am jealous-
Watch out for Jackalope too-been known to eat fleece...”

“no need to be jealous . . . JUST GO!!!!!!!”

“the new tech that i am training is from Ghana, when i told him that i was going backpacking in Montana he asked "ooooooooo, you are not afraid of being attacked by cobras or leopards?" lol.......











there are no cobras out there right? heh”

“"Greetings from my vacation in Seattle. Man, it sure is a lot cooler up here. I've
done a little hiking here and it has been great!! One question that was asked of me
regarding my Montana trip was "are there any cancel Christmas sections of the
trail?" Meaning, are there any places on the trail where it is narrow and steep and
one wrong step and your family is canceling Christmas. I said I don't know, but I can
find out. I may have someone interested in coming with me. Are there any places
where someone with a small fear of heights would have big problems?"”

“om - Montana cobras are friendly. You have to watch out for wacko college professors that like the woods (like Ted Kazinski).”

“Dont they also have that seperatist/survivalist movement up there that was refusing to pay their taxes awhile back?

shouldnt they also be on the look out for phd seeking students phil? I hear some of them are pretty wacko too. :}”

“I was on the golf course on the 4th of July when my cell phone rang. It was Prowler. He tells me he is in Yellowstone and was wondering if he could hook up at my place until the Montanapalooza on Sunday. I told him the hike wasn't for another week. I don't think he believed me at first. I thought he was going to show up in Cody on Friday, but I haven't heard from him since.

Has anybody (Aero, Geezr, Newgirl) heard from him? I told him I could point out some hikes to him. After all, he has 30 days off for this thing.”

“"I try to avoid this thread. I get insanely jealous every time I read it."

Vann, Leaving Friday, room in the car! Let me know.”

“OOPS!!! sounds like he is early.

Hey Aero!! I gonna try to ship my stove sometime today or tomorrow. Just bring it to the airport if you are still planning on meeting Navi and myself. Please!

Hey any of you folks that have not left yet, do any of you have extra hiking poles or old ski poles I might be able to borrow. If not Aero expect a funny long package to accompany my stove package. Cause all I got are some old ski poles that I hike with.
DO any of the outfitters out there rent them, you think?”

“dom - Yes, watch out for wacko doctoral students (like the guy at Stanford who killed his dissertation chair with a hammer).

There is a pattern here...both of these guys were math majors.”

“Rabbit, I have one pole you could use.
Let me know if I should pack it.”