Help beginner with pretty and easy mount ains!!

“Hi, backpackers, I am pretty fresh to this field. But I had a good time for my first backpacking. I wonder...are there any good mountains for me, the beginners??!!”

“Fill out your profile.. where are you from?”

“I think WannaZ is EarthNSky's girlfriend....”

“oh, the TROLL! ; )”

“Photographic evidence...”

“Sorry WannaZ, all the hikers on this board are uber hikers who have all hiked the 1,482,959 toughest, highest, meanest, most impossible to climb mountains in the world. Have you tried Delaware?”

“Female? I'll show you a pretty peak. Send me your photo first...”

“I give up...”

“At least you tried”

“come on guys, she's legit, check out EarthNSky's webshots from last weekend in Shenandoah.

Where do you wanna hike wannaz?

Pick a place and just DO IT.

Check out the trips page and sign up.

Enjoy.”

“What a cute girl!
What was the question again? ;-)”

“Wanna - Welcome to TT.
Pretty and easy mountains are rair.
They all pretty much go UP, and packing UP ain't easy!”

“I've had lots of luck with going slow...going too fast can really wear you out.”

“Up mountains that is.”

“rair=rare?

welcome to trail talk. so i am guessing you live in PA.”

“yep slow and steady gets you there - the view isn't goin anywhere and you never know what you'll see along the way.”

“I can't access community webshots!

I hope to be in shenendoah memorial weekend, wanna.”

“Ummm, but I like to take challenges even though im a beginner. So, please go ahead to show me some difficult one. Plus, I just met two friends today, and they love backpacking and hiking. I had good times sharing with them. So, I want to know more....”

“Ha! I looked at the pics and saw Pennsy was in a lot of them along with lots and lots of pictures of Wanna. I thought 'What the heck is pennsy taking all these pictures of this other guys girl?'
Then I realized it was Nashvillehiker/EarthNsky's WebShots. ;-)”

“You've done Old Rag?”

“Wanna, the Virginia High Country around Damascus, VA is beautiful, but it can be a little chilly, even in the summer.”

“I'd say MONTANA!”

“Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Maybe I should try the damascus area. Although going down the NAFTA highway is a big deterrent for me.”

“well come to GA and ill show you some easier ones...leave the dude at home though”

“There are no easy mountains.”

“...only easy hikers.”

“...and there are a lot of those...”

“yea, I did hike the old rag.”

“Was Old rag difficult or easy for you?

Where all the easy hikers at? There is a hikers convention in town this weekend. I hear they'll all be at Madams Organ on Saturday.”

“"There are no easy mountains."
MarkO
02:53:19 PM
05/21/04
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"...only easy hikers."
aero
02:54:47 PM
05/21/04
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"...and there are a lot of those..."
bitpusher
02:55:42 PM
05/21/04
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did yall stage that?”

“We think as one......”

“Scary, ain't it?”

“Welcome to TT, Wanna. You'll find some good advice here, among the banter. I'd give you some advice on peaks, but you are in a geographic I know nothing about. Sounds like others will get you going in the right direction. I know that most peaks can be climbed by a route that is not technical. As you get more under your belt, you may choose the more technical route for the fun and challenge. Happy trails!”

“thank you, Idaho Bob...I definitely need the advices like yours.”

“Wanna, if you liked the hike up Big Devils Stairs, there's plenty of more places to see. I know most areas in the West have a guide to climbing the peaks, and there are also guide books to trails, hikes, mountain bike trails, canoe and kayak guides, ect. There are probably books like that for your area.”

“Have you considered the Marianas Trench?”

“You can't miss with this one:
www.dimensional.com/~jbettin/air/ks000.htm”

“WannaZ is my troll. Haha I trolled you guys. The photos of Wanna are all digitally done because I am a digital animation genius or something!!”

“WannaZ is actually real. I was just joking, the only digital animation I can do is
;)-><

She climbed Old Rag with me a few weeks ago and did quite well at it.”

“All the good mountains are taken.”

“and they are all in the east”

“ain't that right Buck”

“Handsdown the east rules the world of backpacking. Well, they're second to the south. The west sucks. It's all burned up which has made food for grizzly bears scarce, backpackers beware.”

“North Carolina is the best state for backpacking, although PA probably has the best trail network.”

“In fact, PA is a great state for beginners. Mountains aren't too high, trails are easy to follow (unless your in the Rock presinct) and the state takes its trails more seriously than anyother state.”

“"You can't miss with this one:
www.dimensional.com/~jbettin/air/ks000.htm"
Dunadan

no way I'm scaling the walls of Mt. Sunflower. I think the elevation change from base to summit is 50 feet.”

“I knew it was a troll because between the header and your question you used the words, "pretty", "easy", and "fresh". I'm becoming a seasoned TTer. EVERYONE IS A TROLL UNLESS IT CAN BE PROVEN WITH NUDE PHOTOS THAT YOU ARE NOT.”

“webshots does not allow nude photos”

“Hey, folks. Don't forget to check out New York and New England. Though a bit farther from DC, NY's Adirondacks are surprisingly isolated and remote and NH's White Mountains arguably have the best views east of the Mississippi.”

“I'd suggest for some mountain climbs either the Ohiopyle segment of the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail or the Lost Turkey Trail, both of which lie approximately 1 hour's drive from the Maryland border. If you need maps, just ask.”