Mammoth Cave in November

“Cool! They have a great campground! You could go on a cave tour too!”

“you actually will get to spend more time with her now that she is pregnant. Seems those hormones kick it up a notch or two.”

“i was thinking that too wk, she loves caves...i haven't been to mammoth since i was a kid...i did some spelunking there when i was in scouts”

“(hiding axe behind back)

Yeah! Come on down and visit!”

“pitts, since your s-rges troll you have to be using a knife..like in the movie The Hunted”

“Naw, he will just use those new trekking poles like spears!”

“"lured you off with car camping"

Suuuuuuure.”

“Bosco has to stay home this time, almost lost him on a trip down south . I might bring him for a day hike down to Deam this winter or next spring”

“Friday...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 70s.

Saturday...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.

Saturday Night...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Lows around 50.

Sunday...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs around 70.

Spirt Coyote: Be sure to bring that tarp for Saturday night if you are going to sleep under the stars. :)

These things always change drastically the day before.
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“holy crap...i really hope i can make it now...just checked the weahter for frday, high 76 low 55...that's not too cold even for me!!”

“getting pumped about this trip. looking forward to churning out 15 1/2 miles over relatively easy terrain”

“Did you run the mileage on the trail? I never did.”

“you death marchers crack me up...i backpack for vacation not a challenge...if i want a challenge i'll try to actually leave work at 5:00 LOL”

“I think I'll stick with the 10 mile route ;)”

“i rarely go for long-distance hikes. 4-6 miles is the norm. nothing wrong with a challenge every once in awhile.”

“I don't care how far I hike. I just like a good strenuous and long day of hiking and everything associated with it. However far that takes me is good enough.”

“I talked with a girl this evening that will be coming in on Saturday. She will be happy that Nicole is hiking the shorter route as well.”

“WK


luara?”

“Crash Bang is going to kill me...”

“You are right. It's his rutine to kill other hikers inteh back country. Ask him to show you his ax.... :)”

“i doubt if im going to kill you, pitts. im a year removed from last years big hike, plus about 40 pounds heavier”

“i rarely go for long-distance hikes Crash Bang

i seem to remember someone doing a little thing called the AT”

“I wouldn't exactly call 15 1/2 miles a death march. It's a full day of hiking. It's definately not going to kill anyone. I imagine we'll all be sleeping real well Saturday night but there'll be no deaths involved. (Break out the Ax and you'll get pepper sprayed C!B!) ;)”

“15.5 at MCNP won't be too tough. If I could find anyway to blow off the reunion, I would be there. Best I will be able to do, (and probably won't be able to logistically pull it off) is to show up on Friday.

Damn, the nerve of those people I knew 25 years ago to have something like this on a hike weekend. ;-)”

“No Nicole, this is a total newbie. She called my cell about a week ago because she couldn't figure out how to sign up for the trip. She has hiked numerous times, but never tried a overnight trip.

15 or 16 miles will be nice. Would y'all say that 23 miles on a hilly section of the Quehanna trail in Penn is a deathmartch?”

“I wouldn't take a newbie 15.5 anywhere. The first thing you have to factor in is when (or if) the blisters will start.

Besides, most newbies I have seen (even when in great shape) find life a lot different with a pack on their back.”

“Weather looks good!

Mid 70's (wish it was a little cooler), partly cloudy during the day on Saturday with a 20% chance of water falling from the sky.

Mid 50's at night.

Shorts and t-shirts in November! Can't beat that!”

“She said that she will be hiking the shorter trail.”

“Agreed :)

If the newbie and I do the 10 mile one there will be plenty of time to stop and take breaks if she needs it (or if pitts needs it)

I could probebly do the 15 miler but I dont feel like it :P Last time I did mammoth it WAS a death march. We did close to 40 miles in a weekend. It was fun though...its not really tough hiking at all.”

“Mid 70's (wish it was a little cooler),"


Wounded Knee


Not me! I wish it were a bit warmer.”

“You and your hot weather!

We need to give this gal a trail name.”

“I never wear shorts, even on a solo trek. My legs are ugly and I don't want to scare the wildlife.”

“I like hiking topless in hot weather...ask the popele in florida, they know :)”

“Yep, I'm torn between the twenty and forty five degree bags. The forty five is tight. Everytime I use it I swear I never will again. I don't know why I'm even thinking about it!”

“Im just gonna take my woman's down 15 degree bag...if I don't I'll freeze. Its warm enough where I wont have to take a ground pad...COOL! :)”

“The forty five is tight. Everytime I use it I swear I never will again.

i thought tight was a good thing??...did that change...man these kids and their slang, i can't keep up with it...is it off the hook, or off the chain, i'm so confused LOL”

“I am just like Mike, I am hot no matter the outside temp.

I will have my 45 bag and very limited clothing. Convertable pants and a t-shirt will be the clothes I wear.

I packed up everything last night and the total weight of the pack comes to 15 pounds.”

“Cool :)

I need to do that today...Mike has talked me into taking hte bivy, though I would rather just take a tarp. I think he has some kind of phobia of having no shelter?? Anyway he used the "Just humor me for once" line to get me to agree. (rolls eyes) I will bring it but I hate confining spaces so I probebly wont use it.”

“I hope he doesn't read this.

Hey, I am bringing a chair for you for Friday night Nicole. Actually I will just bring the four I have so no one has to sit on the ground.”

“Well I was going to bring my litte square to sit on :) but If ya want ya can bring it.

thats one thing Im getting mike for christmas this year...a crazy creek chair...Im tired of hearing him #&%!$ and moan about sitting on a pice of foam on the ground LOL!”

“I have one you can have! I don't use it anymore.

The chairs are just for Friday night. Bring your square for Saturday.”

“Almost forgot, I said on the other thread that I would have some way of directing people that arrive late on Friday to the sites we will be at.

I constructed a sign yesterday that should help. You should look for a neon yellow poster with reflective red tape on it. It reads as follows...

TT

then underneath the TT will be an arrow point you where to go. I will also have the site numbers we are at in marker on the poster. I will probably reserve 3 sites.

If you want to try my cell phone (cannot gaurantee I will have a signal) that is cool too.

(219) 688-0799”

“Hi guys! I'm the newbie you've been talking about. Looking forward to meeting you this weekend.”

“Hello Stomper :) Are you related to StoveStomper? ;)

Looking fowraed to meeting you. I'm a very slow hiker so feel free to lag with me or go ahead if i'm too slow.”

“Stomper huh? See you Saturday!”

“who is the gobbler? nichole? rusty trombone?”

“This is the second trip where I’ll be within a big TT hike. The wife and are going to RRG for the weekend. Great weather!”

“Nicole. Rusty is wonderfool”

“Only a few days away! I'd better start packing. Sherbear has drill this weekend so she can't go, and my other friend just started a new job this week so he'll let me know in a day or two if he's going. I'll let you know as soon as I know, but expect me there late Friday.”

“No relation to Stovestomper.”