Have you ever hiked with a whiner?

“Seeing as some,,errr, at leat one person, whines on TT, I am reminded of the time I took a backpacking trip with the ultimate whiner...a fellow law school student who claimed she was a backpacker....

The sleeping bag wasn't comfortable..

The tent was not pitched in the "best" spot....

It was too cold....

The pack was too heavy...

And oh,,,,the ultimate,,,,,she didn't know there would be hills...

WTF did she expect the Ozarks were???

After 4 days, I came as close to murder as I ever will.....I was actually to the point I was conjuring up a plan to dispose of the body.....

Am I the only one who has suffered through a trip like this?”

“No, but this lady whined so much I don't have time to tell the story now. Later!”

“No. I don't try to hike with my sisters anymore!”

“Don't have to go hiking to find a whiner. Just log on to:

http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailtalk”

“Sounds like you were hiking with biz.”

“chili, was this how you met your ex-wife?”

“Gear Slut, you should be ashamed.”

“Maybe she was BooHoo's mama.”

“biz?”

“What I do in that predicament is just keep on walking 'til I'm out earshot. I think I'll do the same with the current whiner. I don't think I'll feed that troll any more.

I am pretty much convinced that it's just the same troll with a different routine.”

“Gee, Tilt, d'ya think?”

“nope dayhiker, the ex didn't start the whining until we actually accumulated some property,,,,then the "I want more" routine began...

The one I was hiking with just complained from the beginning to the end.”

“Yep.

I hate to restate the obvious, but the reason the troll changed tactics is because people began to ignore him. The sooner the current routine is ignored, the sooner he'll have to change once more.”

“Yes I have and it sucked!!!!!

I don't want to say any names becuase I think this person reads this board!

8)”

“so like a virus
The troll mutates yet still cries
Oh please! Attention?!”

“I admit that I am a whiner. But only in a joking around, I need to get my discomfort off my chest way. Not in the make it all better for me way. It's just who I am and I only mean to joke around anyway.”

“joking around is one thing newgirl,,,,but constant complaining for four days can cause me to go postal”

“You'd think after the first day or two someone'd get sick of hearing their own whining. Of course, I know that this is not actually true. I've tried hiking with my sisters!!!”

“I told you, I hardly talk in real life Ü”

“yeah skully, I think chronic whiners must be immune to the abrasive effect of b!tching.”

“I admit i might complain about getting a blister but i'll only say it once and take care of it. I'm usually very quiet on the trail and like to listen and see everything around me. If i'm with someone who is constantly complaining then i hike away from them...which isnt usually a problem because im usually the slow one anyway! :)”

“Yes”

“But I've seen one.

Me, my ex-girly, and her six year old daughter were on the ferry after three days on Cumberland Island. There was a 30-something man sitting nearby that b!tched constantly.
"Oh! These skeeter bites!"
"Oh! My knees!"
"Oh! The blisters!"

Courtney, the six year old, LOL'd at the wuss...
I came >this< close to saying something about what a trooper Courtney had been (and she had) to the fellow, and how glad I was to have spent the time with her instead of his whiney arse.”

“Yeah, boots didn't fit, back hurt too much, back wasn't balanced, couldn't poop.

Oh, wait, that was me on my first trip! (j/k).”

“Chili, here is an example of me whining.

"F***, man, the blister on the heel of my left foot licks massive, hairy ba!!s!"

"Jesus H. Christ, what kind of camp spot do you call this? Little Peru?"

All of my remarks are followed by laughter at myself (mainly 'cause I crack myself up saying stuff like ba!!s and Jesus H. Christ) and relief for having said it.

Is that the kind of whining that will eventually get my arse kicked?”

“massive hairy balls??????

LMFAO! No, I don't think that type of whining will cause many people to open a can of whoop @ss.

You might have opened pandora's box with this crowd though.

Geez, Boo Hoo is going to #&%!$ a brick when he/she/it sees your post.”

“That is what I was getting at though. Sometimes stuff does suck and you need to get it off your chest. I find that a good way to do that is to put it into funny (albiet immature) terms and laugh at myself.”

“not by me... I like it when girls swear!

When I'm with whinners I pray for rain, give em' something to really #&%!$ about!”

“My ex ended up giving me all the heavy #&%!$ to carry and her pack weighed all of about six ounces at the end of the trip, which we had to cut short because she hurt her little footsie. And that does not count the tantrum where I had to walk away for fear I'd hit her, and a female friend on the trip later told me I should have hit her.
She #&%!$ed on the uphill and she #&%!$ed on the downhill. She #&%!$ed on the levels. She #&%!$ed at the bottom and she #&%!$ed at the top. She #&%!$ed at me and she #&%!$ed at my friends. When we hit the shelter at night she was all nice and happy. Two steps on the trail next day and the #&%!$ing resumed.
Hell, the damn bears ran off screaming for mercy: "Get away from that crazy woman!" Skunks gave her a wide berth and the porcupines dove for cover. Even the no-see-ums wouldn't have anything to do with her. There probably wasn't any blood in there anyway.
Yeah, donman, like you said!!! Damn shame it didn't pour!
And somebody wondered why people hike solo?”

“Hee hee, funny stories. Murder...the judge and jury would understand.

I take newbies on hikes just to test them out...if they whine...they sure as hell ain't backpacking with me. I've zero tolerance for whiners...carry your weight, keep quiet or get back to the trailhead and wait.”

“I hiked with a guy from work one time who whined the whole time that he wanted to get in my tent (the bugs were terrible). Then he whined that I didn't have to carry my tent (my friend had the tent, I had the stove) and that I was hiking too fast. So I took the tent to make him happy. He also whined that he forgot his Paxil and was seriously feeling bad, that he ran out of water (but wouldn't accept any from me) and then he almost fell off a cliff he was so tired, so he whined about that. It was a pretty messed up trip. He had his friend with him so I didn't feel too bad about leaving him.

My friend and I dusted them and I haven't talked to him since. Ü

You never really know people til you hike with them.”

“I'll cut newbs some slack, especially if I enticed them to go. But if someone claims to be "experienced" and all they do is piss and moan, I'll never hike with them again. For the most part, real backpackers don't complain no matter what the predicament. They make do, deal with it, remain calm and offer solutions. Poseurs who wish they were backpackers whine and are incapable of remedying the situation.”

“This guy was definetely a poser. The funny thing was he had pictures of backpacking trips he had been on all over his house and pretty decent gear.”

“Chewy found my "other" photo page!”

“Gojo, you are just too silly. Thank the lord above, I've never actually seen any, I just think it would suck majorly to see them, so I feel it is a good comparison for how bad something sucks.”

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
-Carl Jung”

“Seen any massive, hairy ones to be precise. LOL! I'm really cracking myself up today.”

“Biz, kinda sounds like that guy had an ulterior motive. Get into your tent? Hmmmmmm.”

“For some reason people don't complain to me.”

“Walk faster!!! and you'll never hear it, but twice a day. The last words you'll hear before you'll hit the next camp will be 'Wait up you phucking a$$hole!!'”

“lol Artex. I hope it didn't have to do with massive hairy ba!!s”

“complaining about food while backpacking is the one that makes me homocidal... "This freeze-dried shat tastes like shat!" "No kidding, really? What a surprise! thanks for reminding me I'm eating freeze-dried shat, I was putting it out of my mind"”

“It really hate hearing the incessant whining when I am hiking alone!”

“Whiners? Where?

The only whiners I've hiked with so far were my kids. I hope that people don't think that I'm a whiner. I'm a newbie and usually am struggling to keep up. When I'm having a bad time, I usually try to keep quiet, but who knows, maybe I complain more than I realize. I'm going to keep it in mind.”

“LyndyS, I'm sure you don't complain. It's the folks who have to be conned/persuaded into trips that whine (or the ones with ulterior motives who don't get their way). You're cool, you are there by choice!”

“And I'm not there often enough!
(Ooops, that was complaining, wasn't it?)”

“Merlot is a good whine.”

“I should have known when he asked "Will there be Rangers there?" This guy agreed to go backpacking in the Kalmiopsis. We had hiked for several hours on a previous day trip (lots of uphill) so I figured he was ready for it. He totally ignored the fact that I only asked him to bring enough pancake mix for 2 people for 2 breakfasts. This was going to be a 3 day trip only. He brought 2 watermelons, two 8 pound bags of grapes and wanted to bring a whole package of Q-tips. Tried to tell him that watermelon was not backpacking food. We drive many many hours to reach the trailhead but it gets dark and we have to camp nearby. Next morning he has a toothache. I ask him how long this been going on. He says off and on for two months. I am freaked out by thinking that he has an impacted tooth and will have blood poisoning and we will be three miles down in knarly country and 20 miles on gravel roads with an emergency. So, we Dayhike up on ridges instead. His toothache goes away by afternoon. I say let's go for it. He says that he does not really think it is safe to spend the night away from the car. He was concerned about not having soap to wash his hands and did not trust the antibacterial hand cleaner that I brought. I am so mad I can hardly talk. It is best if I not say much to him I think to myself. This is after I have told him that I do this for 25 years now. Horrible experience. I missed out on a wonderful trip and he never figured out why I won't see him again. Not sure I will take any newbies expect on local one night trips first!”

“"No. I don't try to hike with my sisters anymore!"
skullcap
10:33:08 AM
05/21/02


Hehehehe I say the same thing Scully but Bacpac might just come hunt me down.”

“(psssst...i won't tell him if you won't...maybe he won't see this)”