Whats your claim to backpacking fame???

“We all have that one trip that we are allways talking about it. You know, the one that was the most difficult you have done and you brag about it all the time???”

“1) Philmont NM, 14 days, 1 on the Arkansaua river, 1 touring, 2 at base camp, and 10 days on the trail.

2) FYAO Negitive 20!!!!”

“duh, FYAO III !

-19 F babeeee!”

“I have already started to distort the truth about what happened on my last trip. I came (literally) face to nose with a ferocious raccoon and survived.

I will be on Oprah next Tuesday.”

“I talk about a lot of trips, but it ain't bragging if you've done it, is it?”

“Well I was on the OLP once and you would n't beleive it, but there was this guy named Ice...

Oh, never mind.”

“And the trip where Pennsy and I drank from the tainted spring, and it gave him an uncontrollable urge to go around whizzing in springs.”

“Tea -

Was it -20F? You mean I've been jipping myself on these bragging rights by a whole degree? yikes”

“FYAO III for me also. Minus 19 degrees isn't for the faint of heart. That was truly a very, very cool experience (pun intended).”

“i have no fame
that i can claim.

:-(”

“1.285 mile thru-hike SHT.

2.Coldest temp backpacking in -25 deg.

3.Most miles in a day 36 miles.

Biggest goal to do in 2007 a thur-hike of the PCT.

8)”

“Bailing out on my 70 mile/4 Day Smokies thru-hike less than 12 hours before I was supposed to leave home.

Mike, do you mean 1,285 mile hike? That's impressive.”

“Fame! I want live forever ...”

“Ya I want to do it in 2007.Its a very big goal of mine that I want to meet!

8)”

“what? you're not impressed w/ a 1.285 mile thru hike? lol”

“Not really. I'm not sure I could measure .285 miles. I know its 1504.8 feet and my steps are 2.6' each. That would be 578.77 steps. I'm not sure that's accurate enough.

CMB, we're talking about #1, not #4.”

“I told my family and my boss that I am going to do this and if I am able to do the whole thing that I may not go back to work and just backpack for the rest of my life.There are lots of reasons for this but it is going to be the crossroads of my life and when I get to it I hope that it all works out and that my friends and family will understand that the wilderness is when I want to die and that I am going to sell my house and just have a way of getting buy but just as long as I can backpack ya I know I am crazy but thats the way I want the rest of my life to be played out on the trail in the wild where life is the best and most care free.

8)”

“i start my claim to fame hike August 15th. first JMT thru-hike with a 16-month-old. maybe it's my claim to insanity!

and Crazy Mike, if you do the PCT in 2007 and i'm still in S. CA, i'll help you out with whatever you need. we might do it in 2008. yippee!”

“285 miles!

8p”

“dayhiker - i get the feeling he doesn't want to answer. maybe it was only 1.285 miles. lol

j/k cmb”

“1. summiting Mt. Rainer

2. Climbing Mt. Katahdin

3. 14 day Isle Royale trip”

“Bongo Isle Royale is sooo very pimp!!!!

8)”

“darn, he posted to quick.

i get it now... it's

1. 285 miles
not
1.285

wow, that was confusing.”

“Thank you!

8)”

“yeah CMB...it was my second backpacking trip ever...I was 14.

I think we covered 85-100 miles.

The mountains though...the mountains are really pimp...”

“I agree soooo very much Montana was so pimp!

8)

I had alot of fun there it blew me away!!!!”

“LBL - North/South Trail Thru hike
67 miles in 3 days


White Mountains in New Hampshire
6 days


Grand Canyon was cool too.”

“Who could foget the RAIN at the LBL trip WD?????

8)”

“Watch that decimal point.....”

“I know I know!


8p”

“Crazy Mike,
That was most deffinatly the WETTEST trip ever but I wouldn't want claim it as anything beyond just wet. If your into water it was AWESOME.
I think I'm trying to put it out of my mind. LOL!!”

“I bet remember when I said that it was past the point of fuc# it?????

8)”

“Walking down the trail during a windy day and notice a big owl sitting on a tree that had been blown over. The owl had its back to me, it appear to be watching something in front of it, and I walked right up on him and poked it in the back. It just shrugged its shoulders so I poked it a little harder and it just rolled its head around and looked at me and flew off.”

“LMAO!! I remember that!”

“my claim to fame is all of my trips and that I made it home from all of them.”

“don't have a backpacking fame to claim. I did rim of the gap in november when everything was icy as a solo hike. is that worth something?? do I get a couple of points for that?
Some say that this trail is pretty darn tuff to do, speciall for a girl (hey, that's what they said!!)”

“Approaching my intended campsite I was dismayed to see two tents already set up. Bummer! I thought we would be alone.

Upon getting closer we see four women without a stitch of clothes on sitting around their tents.

Of all the times to have talked my wife into backpacking with me....”

“Backpack? WHO backpacks???! Therein lies my claim. :-)”

“backpacking... or at least attempting to, i'll get back to you on that, lol... around the country :)”

“So far I have erected 32,046 crosses on public trails.”

“WTF Bacpac??????????????

8o”

“I am on a mission from God.”

“Bacpac forgot to mention that the crosses were to commemorate his victims. A little tip: don't RSVP to any birthday parties from bacpac.”

“Shure you are.......8o”

“yeah and I am right behind you trampeling them down!”

“Everyone is a victim!

Jesus Christ, this place is going to hell in a hand basket.”

“Bacpac, Hillery Clinton is the victom too. I'm sure you heard the clips of her going nuts yesterday. "I am sick on people calling people who speak out against the administration anti american..."

She is sick.

Back to my thread.”

“Many moons ago, I got down on the ground to get a pic of a mischevous raccoon. To get his attention, I unhooked the wide braided camera strap & jiggled it. Well.....he came nose to nose with my camera & stole my camera strap. He scared the s$## out of me and I never saw him or the camera strap again.”

“That raccoon needs his @ss kicked!!!

8)”

“If I was face to face with a rabid liberal or a crazy racoon.

I would want you at my back.”