Crash Bang's Official Korean Update Thre ad

“Crash!!!
Good to hear from ya!!! No more hiking over there???? Cmon, lets see some of that Korean counrtyside!!
See ya later.
Randall”

“i went hiking last weekend but forgot to charge my batteries, which died before i got started up the trail, so no pictures, other than a few in town. i'll get around to posting them one of these days”

“Jimmy san - I'd think twice about that stoning!

The Sloth Bear does not move as slowly as a sloth, and can easily outrun a human. One theory has it that early explorers saw these bears lying upside down in trees and gave them their common name for the similarity to the way a sloth hangs in trees. Another claims that the Sloth Bear gets its name because its normal walk is more of a meandering shuffle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth_bear

last edited: 8/25/07 5:51:45 AM”

“plus theyre mean as hell

but i think js was kidding”

“I figured that he might be thinking about the Sloth. This is the first time I've heard of the sloth bear! Once I watched one cross a street in the Canal Zone. It was slow, especially so when it reached the curb. But it made it, up and over, and continued on it's journey.”

“lmao! i did NOT know this... i didn't think about it now that i do it makes sense that a "sloth bear" isn't necessarily a sloth. very interesting. thanks ns!”

“".....so no pictures, other than a few in town. i'll get around to posting them one of these days."

I don't think you should post any hoe house photos here, Crashie.”

“it would have been funnier if it was filmed out in the wild:

oh look its so cute haha i hope he doesnt fall out of that tree oh look the other one is helping him o wait hes turning around hes starting to come over here hes running right at us isnt that cute OHMYGOD SWEET BABY JESUS PLEASE HELP ME HES RIPPING MY FACE OFF HES SHREDDING MY ENTRAILS PLEASE JUST KILL MY FAMILY BUT SPARE ME I JUST WANNA LIVE IHELLPPPPPPPEAAaaaaaaaaaa”

“Good morning to you!”

“So what date can I make the WELCOME HOME CRASH BANG hike? In keeping with tradition it should be in the gorge, but if you have a special request, lets hear it.”

“some time in june”

“Come to think of it I was looking at a map of Clifty the other day and saw a cool loop trail just north of red river and near RRG boundary. Do you know the trail?”

“i know the loop of which you speak, but i have not explored it, except the portion that is the sheltowee, and a short portion of the side trail”

“I thought it may be fun to find a trail less traveled. You know, something good and remote. I think I may need to keep looking, but Clifty is a better starting point then RRG don't you think? Ooh, what about Michigan? Isle Royale? Something similar? Lets find one Realy seldom used.”

“isle royale would be awesome, depending on conditions. i think they get blackflies in spring, though. june might not be a good time. summer might be better. minong trail would be awesome. its the most remote trail on the island, good opportunity to see lots of mooses and meeses”

“wolvsees too! That would kick azz. How long are we talking here? 4/5 days?”

“probably, yea. dont get your hopes up about the wolves, there are only a handful on the entire island. the moose, however, are as plentiful as the deer in indianner. i saw 7 or 8 in my 5 day jaunt with cmb a few years ago”

“the cool thing about em, theyre not as easily spooked as deer, so you can watch them for a really long time if you dont startle em”

“http://www.isle.royale.national-park.com/camping.htm#bugs

so, isle royale is something for late summer. i like it because its beautiful and remote (the least visited national park in the country), but you dont have to worry about bears”

“cool!

Seroiusly, tho. lets go someplace that hasn't seen another human in weeks. Way remote. Does that still exist in the lower 48?”

“dunno. lots of places out west that you feel like youre the only one for miles and miles. idaho, wyoming, montana, parts of colorado maybe. not a real expert on out west”

“http://www.thebackpacker.com/trips/trip/1281.php

i dont know that it has the the degree of remoteness youre looking for, seeing as how its in a national recreation area, but its in the mountains and in a state that has grizzly bears”

“Me neither. Never been there. Don't know if I'll have the funds for two western trips in the same summer though. Buying new gear for your CO trip is gonna have funds kinda on the slim side for me. I'm gonna have to buy boots, bag, hardshell jacket, helmet, plane tickets. Yup, that's gonna eat up my extra cash for a while. I better stick with something within a days drive of indy for this one, though I guess that really limits how remote we will get. Any other suggestions, not the IR is bad, just looking for options.”

“Hey Crash! How you go?

Were your ears burning last weekend. We spoke of you at Low Gap last weekend. I'm trying to train a new batch of TTers.

Miss ya!”

“On another note, my nephew just finished up an ESL course in Rome and will be teaching ESL in Tuscany Italy this fall. Seems like this is a growing profession.”

“we should go climbing in the gorge in june when you get back. i'll buy you a pair of shoes as a homecoming gift. ;)”

“ROME?!?! TUSCANY oveh im jealous”

“me too! It would be nice to scrape together the cash for airfare and crash at his place for a week or so. He says Italy has the best wine, women and food. He may never come home.”

“DUDES! Grass grows on the trails on the western side of the island. We saw one other hiker the entire Minong Ridge trail (which is a good ass kicker). AND do not EVER go there in June. EVER. You will suffer torture of the worst sort. Vicious little blood thirsty black flies will literally rip your flesh from your body! And the moose population changes regularly. One year you may be tripping over them, the next all dead and you'll be lucky to see one. But, moose or no moose, it's still one of the most lovely places on earth, imo.

And Crash Bang, my kitchen is sorta back in working order. Send me your address please.”

“Thanks for the info Sass. Is it actually illegal to go there in the winter or just difficult to get there?”

“You can't get there. I don't believe it's illegal though. Once you did get there, if you could, you wouldn't be able to get around. The island gets so much snow that there was still six feet or so on the North side in Late June (when the black flies will eat you alive). In winter even the moose and wolves stick to the edges of the island. I think even the scientists that run the wolf/moose study stay away, except for doing fly overs and landing on the ice to check out moose kills etc.”

“I see.
Well you know MI pretty well Sass, where is a good place to BP in winter up there?”

“the ferry and floatplanes only run to the island about 6 months out of the year. other than that, youd have to get yourself there, but you really woulndt want to

sass:

scott fecher

UNI Language School
15-3 Maigok Dong
Bukku, Gwangju
Jeollanam-do
South Korea 500-150

xl sent me some jerky and chocolate from the states. took 4 weeks to get to me. good idea to keep that in mind”

“Hey crash- heard about the major flooding in N korea that left over 80,000 people homeless- did you see any refugees in your area? I don't know if N & S Korea are on decent terms when a disaster occurs.”

“im at the opposite end of the country. i never even heard about the disaster or fugees”

“i'll second the italian wine thing. the etruscans invented wine making... imho french wines don't hold a candle to them. if you go visit frascati and l'aquila. have a gelato in the town square. swing by paganica (a small town of 7000 people) and have a pizza at "i quattro specchi"... :) bring me back a bottle of amarro grand sasso!”

“I just heard about Fan Death on NPR this evening.

Be afraid, Crashie!

http://www.fandeath.net/

And please, no tongue cutting.”

“dont worry. we have a/c”

“Be sure to crack a window.”

““im at the opposite end of the country. i never even heard about the disaster or fugees”

Doubtful many in NK heard about it either.”

“if anything, they probably figured that it was the Dear Leaders tears washing away all the evil out of the country and back to the capitalist pig-dogs in south korea”

“Hey, we're talking about "fan death" here!”

“sorry. we're on to commie-bashing now. try to keep up”

“Alright, gimme dat whoopin' stick!”

“most hair bands (poison, ratt, motley crue, slaughter, etc) suffered fan death at some point in their history... so perhaps the koreans are on to something.”

“I have a friend living in Seoul teaching ESL to 2nd graders Mon-Thur 8-2, he wants to know if you would like to meet him and see different parts of the country?”

“shoot him my email, dub”

“will do”

“Now we're shootin' emails?

I can't keep up.”