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hey get thisView Messages“Popp'n, You any relationship to Tea? On a serious note, It's a good choice not to guide them. When you guide someone, you are responsible for what happens and the blame will go you when something goes wrong. Thats what being a guide is all about. You are responsible for people having a good or bad time.” 5:44:41 PM 1/15/02 “not sorry no relation to tea i know my spelling isnt at its best right now i am learning to type before i go into the CG.” 5:49:10 PM 1/15/02 “Let me get this straightt.... Go hike the PCT for a couple of months and have the time of your life or join the Coast Guard, get yelled at a lot in basic, get stationed in some God forsaken place, eat lousy food, all the while the Man has you by the short hairs for four years, and for minimum wage pay no less? Hmmmm....this is a real dilemma. You can always join the military but believe me when I tell you that you will probably not get a spare 3 or 4 month block of time again in this lifetime. Do the hike!” 5:59:05 PM 1/15/02 “screw the compass, get life insurance on them” 6:03:29 PM 1/15/02 “Solitary Hiker as some of the older people here said I will have a whole lifetime to do it so I will just wait.” 6:04:40 PM 1/15/02 “I have that fear that one of them is going to be eating by a large rattlesnake in the middle of the night.” 6:09:48 PM 1/15/02 as a Vet.... “do the hike... after Basic the whole world looks different. You may be able to do the hike later, heck after my Army years I didn't want to be in the woods much for a long time! Do it now! Those memories will be great when you are having to stand watch in the cold late hours!” 6:17:48 PM 1/15/02 “yea but i agree with everyone i dont have the exp. plan and lead such a thing. and i need cash bad so coast guard will provide me with a stable job” 6:20:19 PM 1/15/02 Mr. Fresh “Check your email.” 6:21:18 PM 1/15/02 “cool thx. But I have already determined that it would be best that i mature a little bit more before i undertake such an adventure. and that i dont yet have the mentality to acomplish it yet and netier do my friends and i told them that to. most of them have good grades and want to skipp college for a couple of years. And I told them "go to college first get a good carreer first then have fun.” 6:28:12 PM 1/15/02 “You are the best judge of that. Nobody knows you better than you know yourself.” 6:31:27 PM 1/15/02 “but they are stubborn and are going with or with out me. so skullcap if you read post #50 i have explained what i plan on doing” 6:32:14 PM 1/15/02 “I read it. I think that's a good plan.” 6:35:04 PM 1/15/02 “they plan on sharing gear/responsabilitys. When they asked me what i would share with them i said. I carry my own gear and i will not be responsable for carrying their stuff i have them on 4-way phone right now planning our first overnighters” 6:38:32 PM 1/15/02 “Yeah, I usually prefer to pack solo too. Unless it's someone you are really sure you can rely on, it's best that way.” 6:39:54 PM 1/15/02 “i am worried about the girls in the group. I advised them not to let them come. NOT because i dont want girls along , BUT because they have less exp than the guys do. And the fact that they are Just following their boyfriends. so i hope they drop out second i have to ween some of them off of pot I dont want them lighting the desert on fire!” 6:42:22 PM 1/15/02 “LOL, sorry can't help you out with either of those issues.” 6:44:15 PM 1/15/02 “i know well i read this in a book(dont kill me please) that inexperianced women slow men hikers down.... i dont trust this statement(it was a crude joke) but i put that book on top of the pile of books i gave them.” 6:47:55 PM 1/15/02 “If it is their girlfriends we're talking about here, that probably won't faze them a bit. It was a nice try, though.” 6:50:06 PM 1/15/02 “Poppinfresh, Go do your service time. Save 10-15% of EVERY paycheck when you are in. Trust me, you will waste most of it anyway. When your term is up (4 yrs or whatever) DONT re-enlist! Go do your hike, you will be older,stronger and wiser plus it'll be more rewarding.You can then re-enlist and prolly get a signing bonus too. Dont rush this stuff.Plus if you get hurt you dont hike or get to join the coast guard.” 6:51:56 PM 1/15/02 “read Journey On the Crest by cindy ross GREAT BOOK! she did the trail back in 82 BEFORE I WAS BORN!!! back when the trail wasnt finished yet” 6:52:22 PM 1/15/02 “that book was what got me into backpacking” 6:53:52 PM 1/15/02 “they went out and bought 3 msr dragonflies ( a waste of money in my opinion) to share among them. I am staying with my pepsi stove my metal tech teacher wants the patern. he built me a really cool pot stand/ wind srcreen like that found in the shawn grabber stove” 7:00:11 PM 1/15/02 you read what?? “women slow men hikers down?!? sheesh, the men I hike with always hike faster...ya gotta be able to keep up, iffin ya wanna check out my a$$ on the trail. ;op” 7:43:45 PM 1/15/02 “like i said i dont agree with it you will have to read the book to understand it.” 11:00:14 PM 1/15/02 “thank you all once again for your wisdom so i guess this thread can be closed!” 11:10:37 PM 1/15/02 “AmyG, u r such a tease.” 1:26:22 AM 1/16/02 11:35:41 AM 1/16/02 “back in 82 BEFORE I WAS BORN!!! poppinfresh 06:52:22 PM 01/15/02 Great. I was in highschool then. I'm going to go take my geritol now, if I can open it by myself that is.” 2:17:28 PM 1/16/02 “Highschool? '82 was day-before-yesterday!” 2:27:41 PM 1/16/02 “back in 82 BEFORE I WAS BORN!!! poppinfresh 06:52:22 PM 01/15/02 My son was born before '82!” 3:24:12 PM 1/16/02 Wise- “Hey remember 30 days paid vacation every year-money for college- Good choice son.” 3:34:48 PM 1/16/02 “Hey Poop - Talk to each of your trail buddies separately, when no one else is around. Try to get a real sense, of each ones commitment, to the PCT hike. You may find that some of them are just 'talking it up' in front of their girlfriends etc. I'd hate to see you 'put off' your enlistment and then have everyone bail out on the PCT plan. Sometimes it's tough enough just getting hiking buddies to commit to a weekend” 3:43:38 PM 1/16/02 “I want to hear from Sargent What's his name-you know the maggot calling guy.Birch?” 4:06:34 PM 1/16/02 “yea i plan on talking to them seperatly. because some of these guys are puting scholorships on the line for this..... How DUMB if you ask me.” 4:16:39 PM 1/16/02 “second i have to ween some of them off of pot I dont want them lighting the desert on fire!" poppinfresh 06:42:22 PM 01/15/02 So, like man........didju bring the papers? No man, chit. Maybe we can rig up this water purifier and make a hooka kind of thing. Did you bring water for the bong? No man. I forgot. Hey, its not my fault. I told you "I forgot." Geez, man. Chill. All this while still in the parking lot at REI.” 4:32:08 PM 1/16/02 “LOL!!!!!!!!!!!” 4:36:09 PM 1/16/02 “i don't think that was meant to be funny.” 9:16:22 PM 1/16/02 “No need to waste the dope- I thought this idea might have started around a pipe and somebody cleaning seeds on an album- Hey poppinfresh ever seen a vinyl record? I kinda remember this conversation happening,but the AT was subject. Wait a minute-California weed doesn't have seeds.” 9:24:34 PM 1/16/02 go 4 it. “uh...poop is 19. Does anybody remeber what a 19 year young body can do???? Pure brawn will get them through, even if they have no brains.” 9:33:02 PM 1/16/02 p.s. what a bunch of sexist pigs. “A few weeks ago a young girl was asking about backpacking the world and you all encouraged her. Now poop is only talking about a mere thru-hike.” 9:35:36 PM 1/16/02 “Hey biz- Which gal? Are you talking about the one going to Thailand?” 9:38:32 PM 1/16/02 “LOL @ Biz! I can vaugely remember what a 19 year-young male body is capable of... ;-> 'Course all the guys my age are interested in now is drinking beer & watching hockey..... what a waste of beer! :-p” 9:58:19 PM 1/16/02 “You mean the one with the harbor seal? As I recall, most folks tried to comment as gently as possible that she might be a total flake. She hadn't slept outside a night in her life and she and the pinniped were going to walk around the world... riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.” 10:10:23 PM 1/16/02 “you dont think to highly of me biz do you? well i dont like you anymore either. i try to be polite to you.and all you do is critisise (hope I spelled that right) me. maybe i dont want to meet you in person... I thought you where a nice person. Guess i was wrong.” 11:55:04 PM 1/16/02 “I got MY JMT BOOKS IN THE MAIL!!!” 3:40:16 PM 1/17/02 “Go to Basic and get established in your unit. Then take leave to go hiking. You will have more knowledge and skills after basic. OR Hike the JMT now, honestly the Coast Guard will wait. Regadless of what you decide have a kick @ss time.” 5:39:00 PM 1/18/02 “It would be interesting to see how the interpersonal group dynamics work out. The best of friends will often end up trying to kill each other after 6 months of living together under adverse conditions and close quarters. Especially when all parties are so inexperienced. "Survivor" should film this trip.” 5:58:40 PM 1/18/02
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