You know you're a real backpacker when.. .

“LOL a friend approaches you to go backpacking....it hits you that you could outfit them, and two other people and not dig into the PREFERRED gear.”

“You walk straight through puddles on the street most people walk around”
Wounded Knee
3:11:36 PM
3/02/07

LOL!!! I did that this morning on my way from the car into work. HUGE puddles and I went storm-trooping through them in my boots while everyone else tried to figure out a way around. bwahaha!!! Put my good shoes on when I got inside. :)”

“You keep an assortment of gear in your car so you dont have to keep carrying it in and out of the house.”

“I've been guilty of that one for years, JS.”

“You laugh at people that wear North Face clothing.”

“LOL, WK. Who does THAT?”

“I do”

“... When you don't look ANYHTING like the pretty gear testers in those chic outdoor mags!”

“OMGOSH, I can relate to everything you guys are saying here. How about this one, you chat up everyone who presents you with an REI charge card!

Ok, so ya'll are not cashiers. LOL!”

“You hear the words pocket rocket and know there is a kindred spirit somewhere in the next aisle at Target.”

“Ruby.... I do what WK does as well. Maybe better. hehe”

“You hear the words pocket rocket and know there is a kindred spirit somewhere in the next aisle at Target.”
Sassafras
7:45:22 PM
3/02/07

Methinks they were talking about the other kind.”

“... You think people are weird who don't dance like mad during thunderstorms.”

“When you can go 5 day's in july in FLA...no food ,tent,and only some water and what you can carry in your pockets...and love the trip.”

““When you can go 5 day's in july in FLA...no food ,tent,and only some water and what you can carry in your pockets...and love the trip.”
cold
9:24:18 PM
3/02/07
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A drunken party binge?”

“NO LIE.I see myself as a good trapper and fish man over the 30yr's.”

“... when it feels strange not to be cold, wet, tired and hungry.”

“I hate cold...and i dont know how you people do it?BUT i respect ALL.”

“Your coworkers ask how your hike went without having told them you were going anywhere.”

“jackstraw,My outlook has been ALWAYS catch one of the two and then you will have both in time.”

“...you break down on the sie of the road and could survive there for 3 weeks with just the gear and food in your vehicle.

...you check the weather on line and the area you are planning to visit is calling for rain turning to sleet and then to snow and you get this glassy eyed look on your face.

...6 weeks after getting your ankle out of a cast you are climbing icy switchbacks in 20 degree weather.

...you and your wife are driving around and get lost. She asks you if you have a map and you tell her to check the glove box. She opens it up and 20 topos fall out.”

“When your backpack fits and it isn't too heavy and you get back to your car and had fun. I'm way tooooooooooo simple you nature boyz.”

“I was trying to be funny.As a scouter (and former scout) my forte was wilderness survival. So although I tried to make a joke I fully agree that giong that long with the bare minimum would be ultra cool.”

“She opens it up and 20 topos fall out.”
Cloudwalker
10:42:58 PM
3/02/07

.... you refer to TOPO's as TOPOS or know what they are when someone calls them that.”

“BigFoot has fuzzy videos of me!”

“LOL @ backslacker”

“but has Bigfoot written a poem about you?”

“You know the weight of all your belongings.

You know the fabric of all your belongings.

"Garage sale" means REI.”

“When you bring Ramen Noodles to covered dish dinners. Always.

When you add a couple switchbacks to the sidewalk leading to your front door.

While trying to decide which shampoo to buy at the local department store, you suddenly realize that you're carrying your hiking staff.

There are white blazes along your street, and blue ones on the cross streets.

You never have second dates with chicks that won't $h!t in your backyard on the first.”

“Dang the global warming set in yesterday...got to my son's game and it was rather nippy. No one was prepared, but luckily I AM A BACKPACKER. My truck always has an assortment of fleece and wind breakers. So I went and raided it. Outfitted 6 people a bit....”

“...when you move and are in no hurry to buy a bed because you have a new Insul-Mat that needs testing. You are in no hurry to buy glasses and cups because you have Nalgenes. No hurry to buy silverware because you have a spork and a pocket knife. No hurry to buy towels because you have pack towels. No hurry to buy blankets and sheets because you have 6 sleeping bags...

You get the picture. ;)”

“LOL....years ago I lost power at the house during an ice storm. By day three everyone but ME was gone to somewhere with power. A friend asked me why I didn't leave. I told him. Hey, my water is gas heated, the stove is a gas stove....to me this is like camping with a REALLY big tent and real cooking and showers.”

“Yup! We spent last night on the floor of our newly done place. It's been 9 months since the fire...so strange to be back there! We haven't replaced anything so we'll be "camping" for awhile, I'm sure. LOL

Though hardwood floors are not quite as comfy as the ground. ;)”

“you know youre a long-distance hiker when...

you run out of deodorant and are in no hurry to buy more

you know you hike a lot in bear country when...

you spill food on yourself and worry about cleaning off the smell before going to bed”

““LOL....years ago I lost power at the house during an ice storm. By day three everyone but ME was gone to somewhere with power. A friend asked me why I didn't leave. I told him. Hey, my water is gas heated, the stove is a gas stove....to me this is like camping with a REALLY big tent and real cooking and showers.”
XL400236
8:55:30 AM
3/30/07

I had the same thing happen to me last winter. The stove is electric, so I had to us my backpacking stove. I found out that an Optimus Nova does a good job at making popcorn.”

“you know youre a long-distance hiker when...

you run out of deodorant and are in no hurry to buy more

C!B!

To modify that slightly...

You know you're a long distance hiker when you leave your deodorant in the first available Hiker Box because you don't want to carry it. :)”

“i thought we were going with the theme of things we do while in civilization
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“LOL...lumber we lost power at the station one morning. I walked out to my truck ( I was going backpacking that weekend) and got my stove,coffee maker etc and made a couple of cups of coffee...no biggie.”

““i thought we were going with the theme of things we do while in civilization
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crash bang
9:54:27 AM
3/30/07

I'm an idiot.”

“xl backpacks? when do you find time between saving kittens from trees and saving the world from the tyranny of free thought and diversity?”

“You know you are a backpacker when you DON'T sleep in the bed so you can score a bag night on the back porch.”

“LOL CB!


You know you are a real bper when your wife has to talk you out of taking your bag out on the porch for the night when you notice its 5F outside, and you want to experiment with different layers and pads.”

“You don't wash your favorite camp jacket for fear that the campfire smell will go away.”

“Amen to that, RA!”

“im trying to decide which sleeping bag to take to WK's house and then to CA....

I figure I may as well get some bag nights in.”

“Yup! We spent last night on the floor of our newly done place.


Yay!!!!!!”

“Yup! We spent last night on the floor of our newly done place.


Yay!!!!!!”
jackstraw
1:36:47 PM
3/30/07

No kidding. ;-) Time to shop. :D I think I should start w/filling the closet with new shoes.”

“Congrats LMG & GM! Shoes? Not gear? ;-)

How's about plates, cups, or food first? Maybe?”

“I think you are probably right. ;) A shower curtain would be helpful too.

I don't need gear...but I really do need shoes other than the same 4 pair I've been beating to death. ;) They won't let me wear Asolo's to work. Stoopid dress code!”

“...when you bury your poop in your backyard.”