Backpacker hall of fame

“Im considering starting a Backpacker Hall of Fame on my website. I need suggestions of backpackers who have accomplished something out of the ordinary or were inspirations to others”

“Oetzi...”

“You can put me in the hall of shame...

I get lost, trip over my own feet, stuff like that.”

“Earl Shaffer.”

“Lizs”

“I thought this board was the backpacker hall of fame.”

“Nice, bitpusher.”

“If so, I am in the wrong place.”

“First thing I think of when I strap on the pack is, "Damn, I sure hope I make the Backpacker Hall of Fame before I die!"”

“I just hope to make it without the knee bursting open, gravy spilling all over!”

“lightpacker please put Geobeet in the Hall of fame as qucikly as possible. Judging by the looks of him any trip out could be his last.”

“Chip has got to have a place





I am not sure where but definately a place”

“Wassup bales, cops chase you out of the park again?”

“Oetzi is good,

How about Mao Tse Tung with the "long march", can anyone verify if he carried a backpack for any part of that walk?

Roald Amundsen to the South Pole and back.”

“I nominate yo' mama!”

“Wounded knee - why do you have sauce in your knee?”

“bear that is not info that needs to be shared with us, thank you very much”

“I hereby elect John Muir. He was an inspirational backpacker to me, maybe even a couple others, I don't know.”

“Wounded knee - why do you have sauce in your knee?"
bearmagnet
04:11:15 PM

Gravy is what I refer to as fluid. It just sounds better.”

“So he always has access to a high-calorie snack on hikes.”

“Sounds better? The idea of a thick brownish substance or (Thanks to Scorch) a thick chunky red sauce oozing out of your knee? This is better than "fluid"?

I want to party with you!”

“Sorry mapeleaf!”

“mapleleaf - sorry, I'm sauced!

LMAO Bit - maybe I should try it. Where would one put the Garlic bread?”

“I tried to talk him into having a spigot installed on his knee during his last surgery...no go though.”

“Anytime bearmagnet!”

“ok then thank for that little bit of Idid not need to know info.”

“How about a hall of shame?”

“I have extra ladles.”

“How about a hall of shame?"
must hike
04:35:01 PM

I get to be first on that list!”

“I read that as "ladies" first...”

“extra ladies? I need a lady first!”

“Wow! so many amazing entrants”

“I didn't even think she had been on her first overnighter yet?”

“Geromino could RUN 100 miles a day”

“Can I please submit RebelYell? He's the breastest!!”

“John Muir and I don't use backpacks , just overcoats with big pockets for our stuff.



Oh, and shoes.”

“You and John Muir were flashers?”

“Mitch Cumsteen.”

“I'd nominate my brother.
The comsummate backpacker/adventurer.”

“Thanks, brother!”

“The Abo-dude. Whatever his name is.
Colin Fletcher, author of the Walking books.”

“The Abo-dude is Cory Lundin.

Nomad1, Vasque Violet, and the Abodude”

“I'll lift a beer tonight for all those backpackers out there who hike in anonymity, just doing their thing, never getting mentioned in a g_d-damn book, never fanatically drilling holes in their toothbrushes to save weight. Hike on !!

Maybe they could make a Bud commercial for backpackers.”

“How about Marco Polo? IMHO I'd say Italy to China and back is a pretty noteworthy hiking trip.

How about Lewis & Clark? St. Louis to Portland and back.

Or the Swedish dude who went from Stockhlom to the top of Mt. Everest a few years ago?

Maybe Budda? Wandered the Indian subcontinent for a few years, living off the land, until he final "awoke" (as he put it).”

“And don't forget.....

Jedediah Smith
Jeremiah Johnson
Tom Fitzpatrick
Jim Bridger
Johnny Appleseed
Ghandi
AND.........

Forrest Gump”