Campfire Talk

“Here's a new thread - what is your favorite campfire activity/discussion?

My friends and I go to the hills to get away from the things in life that cause us frustration and anger.

My favorite campfires all seemed to involve people's stories, usually humorous, about other backpacking trips. Gear comes up a lot too, as do tales of family and frolic.

Anyone else?”

“"Frolic", that's always a good topic.”

“Eating s'mores, drinking some vino, and laughing about the days activities.”

“sex and drugs. and other illegal activities.”

“I'm too old for the illegal stuff...wanna spend the rest of my life on the ouside of the jail walls....

Guess this topic wasn't so cool. A previous poster wondered if anytone ever talked about backpacking here any more...

guess not...not much anyway.

s'more's and wine :-) Hmmmm, wine and chocolate...

Tried a desert once, did the 'melt hershy bars inna pot and dip sliced banana's and strawberreis etc' in it....was darned good...sure went fast tho :-)”

“It's a great topic, but it has been done a million times on here, as well as every bp'ing related topic you can think of. I guess that's why you you don't see many on this forum. They have all been beaten into the ground. But, if you have a question, there are many many people here that will help you.......Try the search threads feature, it could prove very helpful...


*I see you've been here since 03, I guess you know that already...My bad!
last edited: 1/15/06 9:18:00 PM”

“met some folks from canada bp'ing...they told me bout this place.
Agree though, direct questions tend to get direct answers...”

“wait... sex and drugs are illegal, ah crap.”

“I need to develop better campfire stories as my son gets into Boy Scouts. He is a Cub Scout now, and goes on family hikes. In one of my college classes the campfire talk was facilitated by a gal on the hike, and she would ask a question, like "what is the scariest thing you have ever done" and each person around the fire would relate an event. That went pretty well. We talked about 4 or 5 questions like that, and heard some pretty interesting stuff.”

“Actually, if I'm hiking with somebody new, I usually tell a true story from something in my past: Getting attacked by a polar bear, straight line windstorm in the BWCA, Tree Falling on my house, Living with Homosexual homless in Key largo for a few days, etc.”

“...and the time, in '76 at Hippie Hollow on Lake Travis, outside Austin, when I got sunburned on my.........well, nevermind.
last edited: 1/16/06 2:28:24 PM”

“I was in Austin for most of '76. Never went to Hippie Hollow though.

Which reminds me, one thing that is fun around the camp fire is talking about those kind of surprise connections that turn up.

On the other hand, one of the funniest and best conversation I had at a shelter while backpacking was about Politics and Religeon - with a former Catholic Seminarian.”

“If you take the scouts hiking, don’t forget to play the “Identify the Animal by the Droppings” joke. Pick up a bag of chocolate cover raisins or peanuts. Have another leader hike ahead out of sight, dump the candy in the middle of the trail and rush back. As you are heading down the trail with the scouts, talk about the kind of animals that live in the woods, like deer, bears, etc. Explain to the scouts that you can sometimes identify the animals in the area by their droppings. As you approach the candy “droppings” tell them that you think you’ve found deer droppings, then stoop down and say that you have to eat one just be sure that it is indeed deer poop. Chomp down on a few and ask them if they want to try one. Then listen to the boys howl with laughter!

Don’t forget to pick up the candy of course, explaining why it's important to "Leave No Trace".”

“Hey, Pedxing, how bout that Armadillo World HQ.? Then they go and tear it down. :(
Also, another fun hangout of mine was a bar called Spellman's on 5th St. It was backed-up to the Puff Pillow Factory. Beer inside, weed on the patio, and a band on stage.......whoopeee............Of course those are all just memories, mind you. :)
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“If I am with people where stories of past experiences are being told, I talk about:

close calls in climbing
trips turned life threatening
gory or interesting mnt rescues
untimate survivor type trips
lost in the thick woods stories
catching fish by hand
climbs turned into scary situations
trips with not enough food
trips with personality conflicts
trips with biting flies
near encounters with women in the backcountry
the best camp food
the best fishing
the worst weather
the closest to death
etc.”

“drinking.”

“You gonna burn that toilet paper or pack it out?”

“I feel like a perv peeking.”

“i feel dirty”

“Yep, I do, too.”

“XXX

I requested that it be pulled.
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“Funny. The last camp fire I was at there was a lot of "phuk you joe" thrown around recklessly, and miriad other insults directed at each other in every form immaginable. It was great fun. We laughed all night, then got up the next day hike hiked the hangover off. This seems to be SOP for our trips, though there have been a few that sounded a bit more like the first post...


I'm a backpacker. I am dirty. I am ok with that.”

“I requested that it be pulled

yea, OBVIOUSLY

:-O”

“fluck you, aaron!”

“Damn, its been too long, I gotta get you guys round a campfire again soon!”

“Damn, its been too long, I gotta get you guys round a campfire again soon!”
Spirit Coyote

I'll bring the black walnuts.”

“Hey phuk you, Scott! and the pigmy goat you rode in on ya basturd! LOL!”

“NO NUTS! I DON'T Want ANY NUTS!!!”

“poor mike”

“I see Crash has his mouth open wide perhaps he would like some nuts Birch.”

“i know fridge likes talking about how much he loves barack obama!”

“crash bang - I did. I used the "report this message." My first request was to "pull the string." Then I realized that there were previous posts on the string. Not sure that I could use the same message request, I put up the second post with the XXX and from it requested that they at least delete my post!”

“you wanted SOMETHING pulled, or at least tugged on, eh?”

“I'll never forget the first campfire I had with Mike :)

there was a lot of rough houseing involved.”

“LOVE ROCK”

“hey spirit pull my finger!”

“OK!”

“christ on crutches! Dont point that thing across the fire at me when you do that! What are you trying to do Catch my bourbon on fire?! Bastages!”

“You know whats fun round a campfire? put a closed pop bottle with a little leftover alcohol in it into the campfire.”

“Seems like someone did that at the last campfire too. A coke bottle that had some kind of booze in it. It wasn't as good as white gas.”

“blowing things up is fun.”