Backpacker Magazine is a Worthless Rag

“Bottom line: magazines about backpacking are generally boring for me these days. I haven't subscribed to this mag in about eight years. I was into it when I was getting back into gear and updating my stuff. Now that I have too much stuff, I don't really care about reading them anymore. Some of the tips can be helpful, but the majority I already know or don't find what they are revealing to be very useful. Sure, the trip sections are kinda beneficial because I learn about different trails and locales that I want to visit. I ripped these outta the old mags and saved them. Part of me also revolts against these trip descriptions (but I guess you gotta have it in a mag) because I think you should have to work to find those areas, not have some overpriced mag tell you where they are.

Keep the dopes out!”

“Backpaker revista rocas dudes”

“Que malo! Tiennes no raison!”

“What Malo! Tiennes no reason! "”

“Dude mr roseymonster dude, you must be one of those heads in california man. way out there dude. prolly a beach person too dude.


here you go dude. French

Vous �tes de california et j'ai rencontr� avant vous dude. Comme un homme il ya environ deux ans. Souvenez dude.”

“this is america... SPEAK SPANISH”

“funny dude yogi. too funny man...”

“this is that stratusloop freak...”

“Damn beyotch stole my idea.I was going to do a story and submit it about how Birch and I go hiking and I confront him about how he molested me on our last trip.�
Nigal

You werent complaining when I was applying the choad bond, or was it gold gooch?”

“that not only has an ugly mental image associate with it but there is that "smell of graddpa" that goes with it! many degrees of WRONG.”

“I like Backpacker magazine....although I haven't bought one in about 4 years. I still read/scan a few articles when visiting a magazine rack. It's the mag that started me in backpacking.

To be fair....at one time I was buying 8 to 10 different magazines on different activities per month....which costed me more than $60.00/month....I've dropped them all.”

“Tucker Joe ist ein mittlerer Mutterbumser”

“bper mag is just like any other hobby mag...it's loaded with stuff we can't afford or would never buy and places we'd never go to...they have an agenday (making $) just like any other mag...i do read it from time to time but when i do that's always in the back of my mind”

“Tucker Joe ist Gabelstapler Elvis Kolbenjunge”

“this guy must be sarge judging by the way you guys obsess over him.”

“You werent complaining when I was applying the choad bond, or was it gold gooch?

Or maybe you weren't listening. You didn't hear me when I told you powder is not a lubricant either.”

“Gun powder??

Yowch!”

“Careful HyWay, or we might start obsessing over you.”

“actually, I think its that freak stratusloop, or whatever he was calling himself when matt outed him an all his trolls just before demand media took over. This slime has the exact same feel, the dude, the acting like he knows stuff that you can't figure out, the arrogance, not to mention a flurry of other hateful trolls.

Who was it that was going to meet him personnally and kick the stuffing out of him?”

“I believe he was trolling Bobo when Sphinkterjet outed him. Hateful little coward for sure.”

“Ummmm, yeah.......Bobo was pissed.

I think this one is Phantom Soul.

Doesn't Mountian Sodomy Research make a Sphinkter Jet?”

“I'm putin' you on ignore, that the last rib.”

“Ok.............OK, we won't go camping on Broke Back Mountain..................this time.”

“The last time I read this rag was the whole "Global Warming Will Kill Us All!" issue. Haven't even been able to look at the the piece of shyt since.”
Nigal

Dude, you stole my answer....”

“Putin Vladimirovich on gnore?”

“Well, yesterday I said that there were a couple articles that look interesting, and that I'd read it. This morning I went lookin and can't find the damn thing. Oh well...”

“check the bathroom”

“I DID! That's where I thought I left it! Nigal must have taken it home with him after I woke him up as I was leaving... that basturd.”

“I stop by every once in a while, but Backpacker mag has been about selling stuff for a long, long time. It's such a sell out.”

“How ya doin' karma police. Long time no post.”

“This magazine is such a rag they should put a string on it. DULP!”

“Echoing what rosey said, I used to read it too when I was hungry for information, but it just turned to crap in recent years. Like I said in the first post, what that story was doing in a backpacking magazine is beyond me. I have yet to hear someone give me a good reason.”

“The only thing I miss about that worthless rag is the "Nigals monthly friend arrives" stories.

Those where classic.”

“I openned up the April 2008 of Backpacker Magazine at random, and on page 48 at the bottom, it read their advice "Bear sprays exceed the 4-fluid-once limit established by the TSA for self-defense sprays in checked luggage. Ship it ahead of time, or buy it at your destination"

These guys are journalist, not backpackers.

First, Bear Sprays are not self-defense sprays. Bear Sprays cannot go on any airplanes, checked, carry on, or in any size. If you tried, you would most likely end up in custody.

Second, carriers like Fed-Ex and UPS will NOT ship Bear Spray for ordinary individuals. For over a year, the Postal Service will not allow ordinary customers who do not have special licenses to ship Bear Spray.

These guys are not Backpackers or Backpacker enthusiasts. They don't even read the threads that would have told them the rules on Bear Sprays. They obviously have never shipped Bear Spray to their destinations.”

“That mag is a tarp with ten zippers.”

“I'm good. Just been busy with other things. I zip through every once in a while to see what's going on.

Glad to see everyone's talking it up and getting outside.

Hope to be heading out for a few days in the next two weeks...adios.”

“I found my issue this morning, and there is a column this month about all the crap they have taken for running the molestation story.”

“who doesn't love a good moestation story...like this one time i went hiking with meangreen and nigal and...ohhh, that's a story for a different time”

“I think you want this thread thrifty. LOL! BTW- even though we've never gotten to hike together, with you being preggers 10 months out of the year, I still haven't forgotten I owe you that six pack.”

“have you forgotten that barrel of wild turkey you promissed me, nigal?”

“LOL, 2 babies in less than two years...after the college experiance i had who'd a thought i was so fertile”

“dudes can't get pregnant Thrifty.”

“backpacker mag and web site has been growing every year dudes, because all you here are also there dudes, get real dudes, your trying to be political correct and fit in here when your really over on the other side dudes.”

“Thing again, Cptn.

http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailtalk/thread/51274,3.php”

“roseymonster dude, you still lifeguarding dude?
last edited: 3/26/08 2:29:59 PM”

“Yeah, are ya dude?”

“Dude, I have not lifeguarded in many years. However, I am still confident in my abilities, dude. No way, dude. I need to get paid these days, dude. Therefore, I edit other dude's work, dude.”

“Rosey lifeguards a dude?”

“I used to lifeguard many dudes :) However, my preference (and true duty) was to see how the college chicks looked in their bathing suits and then report back to all my bros.”