I have seen Tc2

“I have made my pilgrimage to Tc2 and survived. That's right, I went up there for the day. Everybody was having a great time. Cudos to Blue Ridge Mountain Sports for providing great prizes. Major props to Towndawg for making this thing happen.

When I left, the party was raging. The rangers had just taken away TownDawg in handcuffs because of some problems with permits. People were getting into fights because tents were setup to close together. People were urinating into the water trailer. Yelling matches were starting over who was the best troll.

So in recap: Tc2 a success, normal TT antics.”

“Wow, this is Matt, the webmaster's very first trip report!!! Good one Matt...where are the pictures? How can we be sure you really were there? ;)”

“Musta been a heckuva trick for a drunken hiker to get on top of a water buffalo to pee in it!”

“Pardon me for being suspicious but how do we know that this isn't another troll????

Matt - did you introduce yourself?”

“Matt probably just lurked between the trees, stalking helpless TTers, with out saying a word, just like on the website.

LOL”

“Holy #&%!$!! Matt's out and about!!!

So just what are you doing with those blackmail pictures???

(Matt is gonna be RICH!!)”

“If you were really at TC2 you should be able to answer a few easy questions. 1.Who won cookout?2.What was the meal? 3. Who are you really?”

“It's Matt... he would do this. :-)

So.... someone had told me this event would be so much better if only I could have gone to it.

So Matt, was he pining away in his tent, hugging his dog?? Or was he partying his @ss off and almost ready to be charged with "illegal conduct and disrespectful use of a wand while intoxicated???"

Yeah, I thought so......

;-) LOLOLOL Moooooooohahaha”

“Can you give us some more lurid details please?

And please, Name names”

“lol, lizs”

“Everyone was a winner at Tc2 thanks to Blue Ridge Mountain Sports (free shipping till Christmas).”

“I have now HEARD of Tc2 from "Walks Through Flames." (CAn only imagaine there's a few new burned spots on his clothes.)

But what of the graceful fairy who flew over the flame? What of him???”

“(that's when the cell phone battery went..... dang!)”

“battery go 'dang'?

whut da... ?”

“Titainium chief 2????”

“Just got a report on the event from HPM...sounds like ther was more than enough alcohol for everyone to get blitzed.

HPM had a really good time. He's just started the 9-10 hour drive home.”

“Yes, ditto from stikmon. I can't understand why he would be staggering, what with his cool hiking poles???! lol”

“was my guess right???”

“It staggers the mind...”

“It was chili who got on top of the water buffalo and pissed in it.

It was an awesome time and yes I'll verify "MATT THE WAEBMASTER WAS THERE!!!!".

The cookoff was a great time. Sorry for all those who could not make it. You missed some great laughs, great hikes and some good food(specificly my cooking).

Just a few recaps that I'll let others explain further.

HMWHC Buddha Bar
Stove Blowing up and almost destroying the Buddha Bar
Several TT'ers walking through the fire(I mean walking through it)
Peeing in the Water Buffalo
Purple Hooter Shooters
Whiskey shots taken off a woman's body
Jerbear the gerbal
Several TT'ers try to save a hiker from carbon monoxide poison.
The Truth about Trolls(confession time)
1st official HMWHC meeting
Dog fights & dog flirting
Battle of the Websites
Burping Contest(won by Burpy Belchwell aka Heidi aka Candy Apples)
Baptism of new TT'ers and their new trail names

Man There is a bunch of stuff!!!

More to follow......................................”

“ BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN SPORTS ROCKS!!!!!

We had so many prizes. Everyone went home with gear. It was awesome!!!

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN SPORTS donated a bunch of stuff. THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!

Just a few of the many:
Dutch Oven
GSI travel bar
LED frisbee
Nalgene bottle
Lexan wine glasses
MSR superfly stove and fuel
Platypus beverage bar
Msr backpackers cupboard
Msr Stainless steel full cookset
Lexan place setting
Therma rest Backpackers combo mat and chairkit

Man there was so much stuff. I can't even think of it all. There was much more that they donated.

www.brms.com free shipping til christmas”

“REI-- www.rei.com ----They donated a KILLER REI Downtime 0 degree bag. This was nice!!! They also donated a $50 rei giftcard. Thank you Scott and Bill!!!

Cumberland Transit in Nashville donated a MSR WhisperLite Stove and a MSR Titannium Cookset and a few energy bars. Nice items..Thanks Michael!!

Riversports in Knoxville and Nashville donated 2 Camelback hydration packs. VERY NICE!!!! Thanks ED!!!

Stickmon www.stickmon.com donated 2 nice hiking sticks...THESE THINGS WERE AWESOME!!!! Nice work!!

We had several other prizes donated by various others. I can't even remember everything else.

DUH.........I almost forgot to mention the HENNESSY HAMMOCK that Tom and Ann Hennessy donated. Man these things are nice..I own one myself. This is the most comfortable thing I have ever slept in.....Visit there website

WWW.HENNESSYHAMMOCK.COM

TOM and ANN, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“Sun and Ski Sports in Nashville donated a MSR Stove that was nice.

Thank you Rodney and crew.



Also we had tons of stickers from Kelty, REI and Blue Ridge Mountain Sports.

Please frequent any of these vendors stores or sites and let them know how much we appreciate their support.

Okay I'm done....for now.”

“Oh and a few other highlights were:

Appointing of HMWHC officers with job description.

And psycho backpacking girl shows up with poison ivy and sneaks it everyone's sleeping bag.”

“BBinkley, how the hell did you guys get these comps to give you all gear. And how where the prises distributaded??”

“The vendors were super nice to us. I shop at these places and they didn't mind supporting us.

I'll maybe let someone else post some of the results.”

“It looks like it was a good deal BB.I can't wait to see pictures.

8)”

“Anyone got an actual count? My guess is 50 - 60. It was an awesome time!!!!!”

“So this year there were twice as many there as last year? Cool.”

“it was a blast skully. Wish you guys could of made it.”

“Thanks to....
Towndawg for putting TC2 together!!
All the people that contributed services!!
All the Sponcers that donated Prizes!!
Matt the Webmaster for FINALLY showing up to a TT event!!
All the people that drove for hours to attend!!

Weather was Great!! Lows in the teens and Highs in the 40's. Clear sky all weekend. The Fire kicked all major forms of @ss!!!!

For those few that didn't make it, Hope you can make it next year!!!!”

“OH, BTW, Great Into to the thread Matt!!!!”

“had a blast, it was really great meeting you all.
more when I had my shower!
Towndawg, thanks for making this happen!”

“to bring you a special message from your President.

We pulled into the are around 1pm, and were soon face-to-face with Buddha Bear, Stalker, and BBinks. Shortly thereafter we met up with Stovestomper, Jerbear (sounds like gerbil when said in a drunken slur..coincidence??) Ewker, Simer, Mauler (simers friend), and Forest(simers dog). We added on to the already massive HMWHC compound, opened the bar, and commenced to debauchery....for I said let their be beer...and it was so. A group was out on dayhike, and it started to look like many of us were gonna beat Walkindude's who have you met threads.

Oh there was about 1-2 inches of snow on the ground..so this was gonna be fun!

most of us held down spots around the campfire 24/7...and as the night went on, more showed up. Prosecutor and his lovely wife "The Empress". SuperTroll and Trailkitten (aka, one night stand) MDShiker, his daughter Rachel, and his friend showed up with the popup feild hospital. Towndawg, tarabull, Jim (nlol) and chili (maybe more but i forget) came back in from the dayhike. On the other side of the treeline on a ridge was the BRMS group's site, and they contributed as much fun and laughs as they did prizes. Milemonster, a guy from Wileys in HSV, walkindude, and packrat showed up later.

Waterproof MATCHes, Rip van Winkle, and Cool Hand Luke showed up from Ohio...they stumbled onto towndawgs site after searching for porn...errr waterproof matches and decided to come join us..and they fit right in.

(ending this post for stalker..more soon)”

“2 of towndawgs hiker friends showed up, John(i think) drove right up to the site, and the other was a very nice and pretty hiker (towndawgs holding back on us guys!!)
Gemini, snuck up on the group and almost became a victim of a very horny chili (not what you think...well...lol)
Dayhiker also entered into the equation and all i have to say is GIG 'EM AGGIES!!!!

Stikmon and Khatru slid into the site and were welcomed warmly!

That night ...CENSORED... and then we all drifted off to bed.”

“Good report!

Thats cool that there were so many TT'ers there.

Did I hear right Jerbear drinking????

HFS!!!!!!!!

8o”

“Oh i almost forgot Humanpackmule was there the first day, and it was really good seeing him, great guy...and the shirts are soooooo PIMP!!!..also him and walkindude never need to hike with CMB...the knowledge of heavy rock, music, and amp blowing sounds would drive the world mad..lol

Smokeygirl arrived the next morning and was a lifesaver with a truckload of wood.

I'm gonna start forgeting pple and get in trouble so i'll leave out most of the cookoff, prize ceremony, campfire and other scandals for you other guys.

Me and Miss Opie entered in a Chicken and Cheese Enchilada, refried beans, and spanish rice...all cooked on an esbit stove, and easy to pack..usually each of these items is a dinner on the trail..but we combined them in order to wreck Buddha bears lower intestine!

Matt showed up quietly during the day before the cookoff..I had a feeling it was him, and asked...So who would you be...he said Matt...i said Matt who...he said just matt....dim bulbs clicked on all around the campfire and all his loyal subjects dropped to their knees and groveled. He's so much taller in real person!

Good guy, modest, sits in the background and a man of little words. While sitting around the campfire he deleted 3 conversations and banned Buddha bear twice. We asked for the return of bacpac (FREE BACPAC) and chanted BAN GEOBEET!!! (jk)

I also lobbied to have the state of NY banned from trailtalk but all i got was a laugh. He wouldn't even take money..oh well...his children still love him!!! (THANKS MATT!!!!)

Thank you everyone for the great time me and Michelle had...everyone was great, no friction, no scandals, no coarse words, and great food and friends...

I HAVE spoken....miss you guys already!!



OH YEA...DUCTAPE and Prowler..were the hell were you guys..we waited 2 days!!!”

“jerbear did not drink, but a fun time was had....i didn't say he was sluring..we were!!”

“Towndawg
Chili36
Opie
Miss Opie
Buddha Bear
Tarabull
Stalker
Jerbear
Bbinkley
Stove Stomper
Ewker
Gimini
Walkindude
Pack Rat
Stickmon & Khatru
Super Troll
Trail Kitten
Day Hiker
Ina
Gimini
Prosecuter & The Express
MDShiker & Rachel
Mile Monster
Waterproof Matcher
Cool Hand Luke
Rip Van Winkle
Simer
Mauler
Smoky Girl
HumanPackMule
Matt The Webmaster
4 dudes from Blue Ridge Mountain Sports


That's some that come to mind for now. Copy, Paste, & Add to the list please.”

“Man I must of read it wrong!

8)”

“finalizing the cd right now. I should have some pics up in an hour or so. (not many tho)”

“On Friday Jerbear and I hiked the John something farm trail. 6 miles and was a great stroll through the woods. It was great to see you again Jerbear.

Saturday-After Towndawg tried to talk me out of hiking the Honey Creek Trail...I decided to go anyway...Jerbear, Gemini and myself took off. It's supposedly one of the toughest hikes in the state.

IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

This is my favorite trail now. It was absolutely unbelievable. If you come to TN you have to do this trail. 5.8 miles long..We crawled through squeezes, crossed creeks on logs, walked creeks that were solid ice, climbed up and down boulders and ladders that were covered in ice,,trying to dodge icicles that were falling from 300 feet above.

There were waterfalls and so many cool things. A fun and challenging hike. I have tons of pics and so does Gemini. I'll post mine as soon as I have them developed.


I want to say thanks to Frank Graham and staff at BSF for letting us have TC2 and for helping with everything.”

“Can't wait to see the pictures.

8)”

“Quote of the weekend

"Your big potato was great last night @#$%&#@#"-Anonymous”

“Ban Geobeet? It's been tried before.

Glad you all had a good time. Hopefully next year's won't conflict with Army-Navy. Cudda used some of that free gear, damital!”

“I got a camelback that i will let my daughter use for her pack.

Also, I got a MSR Titannium cookset and a Lexan place setting.

Hopefully you can join us next year.

Also LIZS, chili and a few of us were going to go to the payphone and upload the BLACKMAIL pics of Stickmon and post them on TT last night. We decided not to do that in case he had any of us.”

“Sounds like a good time was had by all! I thought about you all while I was bored out of my gourd at work!”

“okay, I've uploaded them to a temporary directory for now. They are not resized so those pics are huge!! Give it some time, don't even have 1/2 of it uploaded yet!
link is:
http://gwwebdesign.com/honey_creek

some of the pics are blury because the idot gemini forgot to change the cameras settings. :(

all of them should be up in about 1/2 hour to an hour (depending on how fast my ftp connection is today)”

“We ended up having no one to watch our kids. Everyone was going somewhere or had to work.

ductape who knows? Probably pumpin iron.”