smoke pot

“hello backpackers quick question, what percent of backpacker do you think smoke pot?? i had this discussion on my last hike my hiking buddies guessed around 40 to 50%”

“u must be the guy how IM'd me the other day. LOL


honestly, i think 101% smoke pot. Of course I don't.
last edited: 5/19/05 7:42:21 AM”

“i say 30%.

if you ask the peeps that do, they'll say a high number.

the peeps that don't would say a low number.”

“so I have to give a serious answer then?

Okay...looking around, looking at people smoking pot I never thought who would smoke...I think it's about 60%.”

“Too many.”

“WAY too many”

“I don't remember...”

“What was the question again?”

“10-20%
Of the percentage, some hardly ever, some frequently, and some all the time.”

“I'd rather smoke grass. Pots are to damn hard to keep lit and they taste funny.”

“How about how many backpackers drink until they're drunk? I'll guess 65%. 30% of which get to the point where someone else needs to put them to bed or they're in danger of setting themselves on fire or they're obnoxious and won't shut up.
I'll take a pot smoker over a drunk anyday. They just sit around eatting alot and commenting on what a beautiful night it is.
last edited: 5/19/05 7:57:38 AM”

“I shouldn't be laughing at that statement Sass, but I am.”

“I'll take neither.
There is a reason why they call it dope.”

“sass, that was funny and true”

“those ya think do-don't.....those ya think don't-do.”

“"I'll take a pot smoker over a drunk anyday. They just sit around eatting alot and commenting on what a beautiful night it is."

In theory I agree with you sass. But on the other hand drinkers don’t generally roll out of the tent in the morning and slam a 6 pack. Most drinkers don’t drink 3 or 4 beers at every single rest stop. Drinkers don’t actually stop on the trail to drink. I’ve been on trips where people were smoking each and every rest stop, were smoking first thing in the morning, and smoked non stop in the evening. I have had people smoking just before we had to attempt a very dangerous scramble.
It was a smoking trip, not a hiking trip.
last edited: 5/19/05 8:05:06 AM”

“Makes 'em braver, Nige.”

“do hikers that dont smoke pot get affended buy hikers that do smoke pot??”

“it's a better weight carried per buzz ratio (alcohol/Ganja)”

“That's stupid question, Troll.”

““Makes 'em braver, Nige.”

Well they better be brave because if they ruin MY hike through their impairment or get my hurt through their impairment I’m kickin’ their ass.

There are a very few choice people I trust to smoke responsibly. The rest I will never hike with again.”

“I don't really care who smokes and how doesn't as long as they know when to do so. same with drinking. smoking or drinking right before a dangerous scramble is just plain unresponsible. Not only do they put themself in danger, but also the person who hikes with them.
last edited: 5/19/05 8:16:57 AM”

“I get pissed if you remove my option to not take part in something I am opposed to.

I get pissed if you make me unknowingly transport illegal substances.

I get pissed if I am made an accessory to crime.

I get pissed if I am made to babysit someone who is not in their right mind.

I know a few smokers and plenty of drinkers and I get along just fine with them but they have all been adult enough to respect my position and keep their decisions and consequences their own.”

“well said HPM, well said indeed.”

“I'm with HPM also.”

“Five years ago, I had a guy die on me because of overdoing it, smoking, drinking, pills, whatever. He fell of a cliff in Linville Gorge in the middle of the night. He was a friend of a friend, I didn't know him, nor did I like what I did see of him.

Its not cool #&%!$, I almost quit the whole scene.

Be careful who you go with...”

“So far, on any of the TT hikes I have been on, I have not witnessed anything that even remotely comes close to the excesses described here. Are we rally looking at that sort of extremism as the status quo? I don't think so.”

“Most of us aren't talking excesses, Treebeard.”

“I choose my hiking companions very very carefully. I have very very good friends I would NEVER be out on a hike to the backcountry with. I may be mistaken but it seems most of the people on this forum mainly hike well established trails with a few varyations like scrambles and such to summit. I look at a summit and a map and try to go up the side without the trail. I prefer trailless hiking and when you go out to places where it is rare to see another human for days and in the event of an emergency you may have to get yourself out or rely on your companions to do so. I would NEVER hike with someone using alcohol or drugs in the backcountry. Save those things for the night or two of carousing after the hike is done and you are back in civilization. If it is just camping with a walk involved, like in a campground or something it would be no big deal to either smoke or drink. Just my opinion.”

““I get pissed if you remove my option to not take part in something I am opposed to.~ HPM can you explain this better i just smoked and im having a hard time understanding...”

“I haven't either Treebeard.
The most excessive I ever saw was (here we go again) TC2 with the drinking. That was beyond my comfort level.”

“I can but I won't.

So why the question?
Simple curosity, moronic trolling or trying to justify your habit?”

“i agree with sass, gem, and HPM.

and treebeard. and i'd agree with nigal, but i haven't been on a hike like that in a long time, never a TT one.

man, i'm so agreeable today”

“Treebeard, I have witnessed such drunks, numerous times, that's why I said what I did. Have never witnessed people stoned out of their gourd enough to endanger themselves or others.”

“I’ve seen excesses on both the smoking and the drinking fronts. No one got out of control or was offensive or obnoxious. I did have one trip where someone had to say, “Hey guys…could someone help me get to my tent?”. But the guy was a great guy, was nice and quiet most of the night and we had no problem helping him. I myself accidentally over indulged in the vodka one trip but I knew when it was time to go to bed and I was kind of embarrassed. I just like some alcohol to help me sleep. I have a hard enough time controlling my mouth when sober. I can say some really stupid shlt when I have too many drinks.”

“I agree with Sacco.
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“can you imagine the political debates if everyone was smoking pot...that would be funny”

“LOL @ Ewker.”

“I had one stoner start extoling the virtues of Al Frankin one time. It was just sad.

But then again, I'll put up with a smoker more than a politico junky on the trail.
last edited: 5/19/05 8:37:18 AM”

“Ewker there probably wouldn't be any debates, lol.”

“a drunken politcal debate:

1] man, #&%!$ bush!

2] #&%!$ you man, get out of our country then you #&%!$!



a stoned politcal debate:

1] maaaan, i think bush and arafat and all the arabs and all the jews- could all just smoke pot man. and get along.

2] ya man. that'd be cool.”

“I bet even Stove and Buddha could get along if both were smokin. They would be hugging each other going I luv you man...lol”

“That'd be something to see! I bet BB would be too paranoid to hug anyone. He'd be wondering why Stovie wanted to touch him!”

“Most of us aren't talking excesses, Treebeard.”
treebait
9:25:34 AM


The posts above mine moved this discussion to that direction. No mistake about it, TB. That's what I was referring to...”

“Not even heroin could make that dude likable.”

“I respect your stand, Squirrel. Just as I would think you would respect mine when I say that I would be extremely uncomfortable about a person who is so up front about sporting a pistol on a hike, like you are.
last edited: 5/19/05 8:56:05 AM”

“Nigal you're just getting meaner and meaner. Maybe you need another month off? ;)”

“Just carry one of these Treebeard. Smoke with it in camp and beat dogs with it on the trail.

”

“OOO look at all the pretty fireflies!”

“Beat dogs, Nigal? I don't get that. Is that supposed to be an insult? I am truly not sure...”