I'm new this is pretty awesome though

“The only reason I came to this site tonight was a friend who mine told me about PHIL/Bearmagnet........

What a loss......”

“Just a little side bar though; making comparisons between here and Backpacker.snob is probably not the best way to make friends with the local tribesmen here. :)”

“What's that acronym again, Dan?”

“I have met bearmagnet... I worked in Washington, I also met a guy MarkO who I don't know if he remembers me... he was pretty soused when we met years ago at Dolly Sods.....I have also met AR15 from Ohio and Swampy who is an Underwater Welder I think lives in Delaware .....Hammock Hanger from Florida, Hiker Head near Roanoke Virginia... many others......”

“Don't want your friendship if I have to play by your rules.... SEE YA.......”

“Welcome TuckerJoe. We have met a lot of the same people. There are some really great people here, and really only one constant trouble maker who most people just ignore. I hope you stick around and join us on some hikes.”

“welcome trucker joe! I also live in PA. I have met many of those people too. Good lot of people. I wonder if we have hiked together.

Swampy may live in RI.
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“Creek Dancer - of the two of us, you are the only one who has initiated provoking the other. Interesting fact.”

“I also met a guy MarkO who I don't know if he remembers me... he was pretty soused when we met years ago at Dolly Sods.....

Haha! Yep, that was probably him.

Just kick back, put your bullchit filter on 0.2 microns, let the negative crap just go by and enjoy the rest.

Welcome.”

“Hey tuckerjoe....remember me! I'm the dude who picked you up and give you a shuttle from Damascus to Grayson. Haven't herd from you in a while. I still have your e mail address at Google.... I will be sending you an e mail man.....Good to here from you.”

“So Rocky, since this thread was started by you, where do you like to backpack what do you do when backpacking? fish, climb peaks, photography, eat? When did you start backpacking, and are you a native Idahoan?”

“I like to backpack any where in I daho really but I wanna hike the AT aome day too and really any where else, but I really don't have that much experience since I'm only eighteen and the only backpacking time I got with my dad was while hunting.

I love fishing, want to get into photagraphy, and I love eating een though at a glance you'd never be able to tell.

For the last question no I'm not a native Idahoan but my Dad is, I was born in Alaska (hope to go back someday) but raised in wiscosin till I was twelve. We then came to Idaho and I fell in love with it while hunting, fishing, backpacking, and working on trails.

S there is a brief history about me I f you wanna know more just ask. :)”

“For those kinds of interests, Idaho is a great place. I moved to the state after living in Washington and California, and wish I had come here earlier. I started hiking when I was 17, and so far its been a lifelong interest.

This summer I hiked to Sawtooth lake, Alice/ Toxaway loop in the Sawtooths, Loon Lake, Box lake and Twenty Mile basin in the McCall area, Camel falls in the Owyhee desert, and to Pineburl hot springs near Crouch. That is more than usual, thanks to my son being in scouts, so now I have an excuse to get out a lot.

There are some good cameras now on ebay that are outdated, but still great cameras and sell fairly cheap, when you are ready to get into cameras.

If you want to do a thru hike, take a look at the John Muir Trail also, 227 miles of outstanding alpine country, doable in about 15-21 days.”

“I went to upperbox lake and that was one of the most fun hikes I've been on when we came back down the maountain I took some of the biggest steps I've ever taken in my lifegoing down a sandstone slide (crazy fun)

I want to hike the entire centennial trail one of these days too, then the Continental divide, then the AT.”

“Yay for Idahoans, idahobob, we are more sane than all the other states.”

“That is an awesome picture!”