Welcome to Backpacking Cherry

“OK, here's the deal; a buddy of mine from work wants to try backpacking so I'm planning on doing those great things that say, "Welcome to backpacking Cherry!".

He's borrowing my gear which I will pack for him so there will be a 5 pound rock in there.

We're probably going to go to the Red River Gorge so I'm taking a half inflated bike tube to put in his sleeping bag.

What else?”

“Welcome to the Jungle!!!

there are some basic first time backpacking rules...

#1 check your pack for rocks, bricks or other HEAVY stuff friends might have accidently packed for you!

#2 NEVER EVER wear cotton...

#3 always wear GREAT undies ....just in case ya get caught in the woods with your pants down!!

#4 TTers are the BEST folks EVER


Have a GREAT time!!!”

“nevermind the rock; hide the beer in there!”

“pack him only 1 square of TP”

“Don't forget the 10 man tent.”

“Vodka and olives... They stuff nicely with the sleeping bag.

'fool”

“You have a friend and the dudes name is Cherry?”

“great, div has started the great cotton debate again”

“Don't forget the turd in the pack.”

“if youre gonna do all that stuff, make sure you DONT put a gun in there”

“give him some Alka-Seltzer's and tell him they're water treatment tablets...if he believes you and gets giardia it's even funnier”

“opie got me with the rock trick once. Sum#&%!$!”

“and the alka seltzer can be used to fake a seizure or rabies
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“Pour tuna fish oil on his boots.”

“I hate to say it but the BEER is a good one. Wrap it in ICE and whatnot put ONE beer in there....when you get to the campsite, say, MAN A cold beer would be good. Reach in, grab it....”

“tell him to use bear spray on his tent to repel the bears”

“A small coil of chicken wire makes a handy snake fence.”

“Don't waste you money on expensive binoculars for the backcountry - simply stand closer to the object you wish to view.”

“A small coil of chicken wire makes a handy snake fence.”

Nonconformist

thats actually kind of believable”

“That's why it will work.”

“One word: ExLax.”

“chicken wire? better tell him that anacondas are a problem in that area :)”

“tell him to pack grid squares and chem-lite batteries”

“Give him a mesh stuff sack and tell'em it's for packing your chit out.”

“nasty !!!”

““pack him only 1 square of TP”
hyway
7:38:48 AM
3/28/08
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“One word: ExLax.”
Tilt
1:09:40 PM
3/28/08
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Now we're onto something.”

“That's what leaves are for.

BTW folks RRG is FULL of poison ivy!

Nigal tell him it's thestuff with 5 leaves he wants to stay away from. The 3 leafed stuff is ok. ;)”

“Make sure he packs a terra quest and one hundred feet of shoreline.”

“Ooh! 100' of shoreline would be very nice to have in the gorge.”

“Hey Nigal! Your buddy didn't used to be a motorcycle cop in Indy did he?”

“The last few TT trips that I have been on we started a new Initiation ceremony for the first timers. We make the new guy dance around the campfire five times in skivies only!”

“We make the new guy dance around the campfire five times in skivies only!

Doesn't a lot of that go on at TT campouts snyway?”

“And you convinced 'em it was a Tradition.... � LOL”

“Most ideas are funny but i would avoid a law suit if I were you and not tell him the "3 leaves" are safe That stuff has a habit of going up stream and having poison ivy in your rectum is painful but then it is kinda funny seeing someone trying to NOT scratch their arse in public.”

“gotta wear NEW BOOTS in the Gorge your first time out, it's a tradition dating back to the early days........

Beer is better than the rock..a rock can be used to smash things....(Make sure you camp in a nice fairly rock free area the first night...)”

“tell him that with all the bears in the red that it's a good idea to keep his food in a garcia food canister, wear a bell, and cook all his food stripped down to his shorts to keep off the food odors.”