I went backpacking..a TR

“Twas a sunny weekend. Rainy, Ford and me did a trip to our favorite piece of volcanic rock.

Ford in some alpiney meadows:


Rainrunner bent over Huckleberry bushes:


Some big white mountain:


Dinner:


Whatta view:


My tent:


The sun just starting to rise:


The moon at sunrise:


Ford kicking back this morning:


Family of Mt. Goats acting all goaty this morning:


Ford saying goodbye to Tahoma:


A forest fire started on saturday across the river, way down below, and we could smell it blowing our way. Lots of thin smoke this morning on the way out.

But what can I say? I love Tahoma...she is my favorite Mt. of all. No other can woo me like she does. I could spend a life time hiking her and never be bored. (Yeah, ok, for you non-Wa natives..Tahoma is Rainier ;-) )”

“nice pics. esp. the sunrise with the tent in the foreground.
last edited: 8/20/06 6:55:40 PM”

“FLH, I woke up at around 5 am, looked outside my tent door, grabbed my camera..took a couple shots and went back to sleep..lol! It was gorgeous out.
The pink in all the evening photos is most likely from the forest fire, so far down (4500 ft or so below us).”

“Nice report. Thanks for sharing.”

“Nice pix.”

“That's the kind of campsite I dream about! thanks for posting the pics!”

“Where is the now traditional Di 'boob' pix? ;-)”

“Lovely pictures! What a gorgeous place you have.

Huckleberries were ripe on our weekend hike too. =)”

“Stovie, those pictures will be coming after this upcoming thursday's hike ;-)
MHH...I'd love to take you on a hike up on Tahoma :-)”

“Were you in the Tatoosh Range? Wonderland trail? Looks like awesome alpine country. Camping on grass is so much better than dirt. Way to go.”

“Thanks for sharing, Sarbar! You have such great trails! Ford is so lucky.

And thanks for keeping me company last night, sort of. I woke at 3:30 a.m. and couldn't fall back to sleep. So I got out your cookbook and read through it, dreaming of my next trail meal.”

“Idahobob...we were on the other side of the mountain. Lets just say we were X/C ;-) I wouldn't call it grass that we were on (whistling innocently) but I practiced my good LNT behavior ;-) Lets just say that heather can be extra soft in Crocs in camp (no boots in camp for me).

This was Ford's 3rd X/C trip so far. He loves going on them. Only thing is...he thinks what we do is what everyone else is doing. Whoopsie.....

Ruby, lol! I am sure my book could put you to sleep instantly ;-)”

“"Seriously, while I enjoyed the photos I was very shocked you had a photo of your tent on that heather.
Heather is a very damagable plant...even in a rarely used area. Yes, a group of boy scouts wandering around on the PCT are more likely to cause damage...but, if a newbie were to see the photos, they might not realize that they can damage heather and huckleberry plants (and Paintbrush and Lupine, Western Amone, etc....). That was a photo for Webshots or a personal website or with a disclaimer.
The route you were on was X/C but......it was not stated to be that. When I saw that photo this morning my jaw was scraping!
As for Di....she was a ranger for 3+ years and is an expert on plants and their biology. That was her job."

sarbar
9/27/04 8:01 pm


How do you spell hypocrite?”

“Whatever Kleetn...I have come fartehr in my views over the years. You can pull up 3 year old threads if you want. I don't say where we were, and were a tiny party. And had the permit to be there. You wouldn't have known we were there, a minute after leaving. If for one thing, I am teaching my son quite nicely about what he can do-if he is careful.
And ps: there is a reason I had my Big Agnes pad on the trip-the rocks under my back were not so comfy. You just can't see them. I searched till I found a cozy site.
I just don't take photos of me running thru heather..that is something I won't EVER do. And your old thread...well, the people were sitting in the heather!!”

“Pardon my ignorance. What's X/C?”

“X/C=cross country ... going off trail. Where we were, X/C backpacking is allowed if you have a special permit. It is the only way to get to spend a night in such pretty areas :-) Most of the alpine zones are limited to 1 or 2 parties per night. The zone we were in, there was another party up there, but they were at the other end, a good 2 miles away or more. So it is usally very quiet at night..and you have a good chance at seeing animals in the morning.
And you can pick your campsite for where you would like it. We usually dry camp when going X/C, and usually pick a site way up high.

Ford loves going X/C - he knows it is special, something that is for the two of us :-)
This was in late July on another trip that was partially cross country:
”

“That's what I thought it meant, but I wasn't sure. Like bushwacking.

What a special thing to share with Ford.”

“I just don't take photos of me running thru heather..that is something I won't EVER do. And your old thread...well, the people were sitting in the heather!!

As opposed to you, stomping through it in your Crocs?

I wouldn't call it grass that we were on (whistling innocently) but I practiced my good LNT behavior ;-) Lets just say that heather can be extra soft in Crocs in camp (no boots in camp for me).

I'd say sitting in heather is somewhat less impactful than, say, pitching your tent on it!”

“Kleetn, you like to argue..for who knows why..maybe your just bitter and lonely and couldn't get out..waaaaaaaahhhhhhh.
Anyhoo, if you could read...I pitched my freestanding tent on rocks, surrounded by heather.
When I go X/C I try to avoid walking on plants as much as I can-hence bouncing on rocks as much as I can. I don't wear boots in camp, and I step as lightly as I can. That is more that can be said than some others out here in the northwest.
Now, why don't you go back to NWHikers and be all bitter and pruny over there? Seems to be where you are happiest anyways. I had a good time, not my issue that you didn't get any alpiney goodness ;-P”

“I love Sarbar's TRs, always so full of killer pics...
and I believe those are Foodsaver bags I recognise.”

“Now, why don't you go back to NWHikers - sarbar

.....and that looks like such a nice place too. No knife fights over Bush there.
LOL

Thanks for your pictures and TR sarbar. They always add to this forum.”

“Can you wipe your ass with Heather?

BTW - if you image google Heather theirs a topless hottie on page 1.”

“Can you wipe your ass with Heather?


If you try I'll kill you painfully.”

“what's the deal w. heather?
sorry, I'm a life long hoosier...”

“Damn you treebait! Now I have to clean my screen. I spit my drink all over it!


(bear, treebait's name is Heather)”

“treebait is topless on google?

woohoo!”

“Heather Graham the actress is topless on Google Image search.”

“Lol..I love you pervs ;-)
Stovie..I am sad to report I was unable to get any busty shots of Di for you on todays hike. I did get you a sweet privy shot though. Lol...

Heather=very delicate alpiney goodness plant. Not good TP. A bit, er, rough. Hehheh...”

“Boo Hoo Hoo!”

“Kleetn, you like to argue..for who knows why..maybe your just bitter and lonely and couldn't get out..waaaaaaaahhhhhhh.

I don't particularly like arguing. Arguing really has nothing to do with it. I just like to point out a hypocrite when I see one, and I see plenty of it in your poser posts.

Hypocrite [hip-uh-krit]
–noun
1. a person who pretends to have virtues, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
2. a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, esp. one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.

Anyhoo, if you could read...I pitched my freestanding tent on rocks, surrounded by heather.


I can read just fine. It is the pictures you posted that show the truth. Does anyone actually believe you pitched your tent on rocks with all that very delicate alpiney goodness plant around? Especially when your pictures show otherwise? Face it, you're busted.

When I go X/C I try to avoid walking on plants as much as I can-hence bouncing on rocks as much as I can. I don't wear boots in camp, and I step as lightly as I can.



So that must be why you posted this picture of you (wearing Crocs) and others sitting on the heather while cooking?

It wouldn't be a big deal if you hadn't taken so many others to task for the lesser things. Don't bother trying to spin your story, you just end up sounding like StoveStomper does when defending his boy BushRove.”

“kleetn sounds like such a bitter unhappy boy.
Take a hike. It will be good for you.”

“Thanks for the advice, bubba. I just returned from a six day, five night trip to North Cascades National Park where I crushed vegetation and fouled streams every chance I got. And I'm heading out again tonight. How 'bout you, cooter? LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
last edited: 8/25/06 9:39:03 AM”

“Bitter, bitter and even more bittenrness.
Sounds like Kleetn needed a month away from people. Snort.”

“you know, I went to school with a couple of Heathers that I would have liked to have sit on me... Maybe Kleetn is suffering from a more serious case of something like that, and you just set him off Sarbar. LOL!”

“Bitter, bitter and even more bittenrness.

No entries were found in the dictionary for bittenrness.

Did you mean butteriness?

Suggestions:
butteriness
butanones
biotrons
butyrins

Snort! ”

“cool! a fuego trip report thread! i wondered why it had so many posts”

“LMAO!!!
Well you should have known anything w this many posts had to have degraded to some sort of argument. This is TT remember? LOL!”

“But of course Mean green ;-)
Anyhoo, Kleetn, thru being full of buttery bitterness, has kept my TR up high on TT. Thanks, sucker! Woo-hoo!
PS: Horsies snort, piggies squeal. This fiesty filly knows that.”

“LOL
I bet I'm not the only one here that thinks a guy trying to beat up a woman for some admonishment from two or three years ago, is just plain creepy and unbalanced.

I'm sure all the TT ladies are in a rush to hike with this guy...............not.
last edited: 8/25/06 5:23:55 PM”

“im not sure if ive ever had anything that was chock full of buttery bitterness before

what aisle would you find bitter buttery kleetns?”

“Probably the reda$$ aisle. ;-)”

“they are right next to those gross little chalky after dinner mints that no one wants! LOL!”

“Alpine Camping: .....Never camp on exposed vegetation or the partially vegetated "islands" of rare alpine plants as these plants struggle to survive here.

as long as sarby was not in an alpine area (it appears she was not, but rather sub-alpine), then it does appear that she was in compliance

for that matter, if kleety was in compliance 2 years ago (it appears to me he was), then sarby shouldve him alone. dont make me come back there and separate you two!”

“Hee Hee!
You know how many times a day I say that to my kids? LOL!”

“Like C!B! is an adult. ;-)”

“I'm sure all the TT ladies are in a rush to hike with this guy...............not.

You can always count on ol' Bubba to be the spokesman for the ladies. LOL”

“whatever squirrel boy.
[VBG]”

“I'd hike with Stovie. He is dreamy...all of us ladies in my group have said we are going to pinch him when we meet him ;-) Hehheh!!

So Stovie..when you coming out West? There is some heathers I'd like you to meet! (One is purple, the other is white...and their best friend, Mt. Huckleberry, who their other BFF loves to lick, Mr. Black Bear)
]:-)”

““they are right next to those gross little chalky after dinner mints that no one wants! LOL!”
meangreen
5:34:22 PM
8/25/06
ignore this user

Hey, I like those mints!”

“Well if you like those, you'll LOVE bitter buttery Kleetns! Available at fine retail stores and BS forums everywhere.”