Big South Fork in February

“newbs, if you dont know where youre supposed to be going, call me

765 461 6500”

“Home safe and sound. My new puppy did very well. He managed to do 9.5 miles each day. he was on tired puppy. This was a very interesting trip. I'll let the trip leader post about it.”

“We're home as well...and I agree with Windy, this was a VERY interesting trip :)”

“Sounds like someone got cornholed...”

“Musta been a CB trip then.”

“Well, UPlover and cornholin' go hand in hand.








































Don't forget to wash yer hands.”

“Well.......
I just got through talking with Crash and Attila.

Things went really bad fer one part of the group anyway!!!

At least nobody got hurt and they all made it out safely, but there were some serious navigational errors that ended up adding a few extra miles and a whole lot of stream crossings.
LOL
See ya later.
Randall”

“Lol at Randall...I wouldn't say things went bad, they were just interesting! :)

Here are a few photos

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?id=1217691079&pid=30480050#!/album.php?aid=2029425&id=1217691079”

“And oh yeah nigal, yes I'm ignoring you! heh”

“Oh I'm unignorable Big Boy. LOL! That place looks wonderful btw. I gotta get down there some time.”

“Well, now I know who Joe Jones is:)”

“Yeah, he's that queer always marking up the walls at the first rest area into Ohio on north bound 75. LOL!”

“Lost? When is CB not lost?”

“i wasnt lost. other people were lost. and it wasnt my fault this time”

“CB = Confused bearings.”

“Ok I can't believe I'm doing this, but Crash is right...this time it wasn't his fault! :)”

“if it was anyone's fault, it was the signmaker's. 5 out of 8 people went the wrong way”

“I wasn't one of those who went the wrong way.(at least on this trip, lol)”

“Windigirl, I think it must be a boy thing...they never like to ask for directions.”

“actually, spirit coyote, it was a girl thing this time

way to be sexist”

“not trying to play the blame game, here. just trying to disabuse sc of the notion that it was "one of the boys" foolhardedly charging ahead

anyways, we started at the john litton farm trail, and took that to a campsite a few tenths before the jmt. after lunch, stokely led uplover, uncle b, and attila to the jmt. due to confusing signage, they took a wrong turn. i followed about a minute behind, then stopped to remove a layer and leave a message. by the time i got started again, they were way ahead of me. after about 3/4 of a mile, i realized i had gone the wrong way, and turned around and went back, figuring the others had made the correct turn at a place that i thought was a junction.

i eventually caught up with windi and coyote820 and his boy "otis", and we hiked forward and made camp at the planned campsite. the other group made camp about 6 miles south of us, thinking that WE were in the wrong place.

long story short, we found each other this morning, had lunch, and drove home. this is taking too long to type out, so if you want to hear the whole story, youll have to go on a trip with one of us, or someone else will have to write it up”

“Slacker”

““Slacker”

Said the guy who hikes to the bathroom and the kitchen...”

“Crash thanks for puttin the trip together. We got to see a cool Park. Perhaps it was randalls fault for that faulty route suggestion from the beginning! Ha ha just kidding randall ole boy!
Just a case of some hikers gettin ahead of themselves. Me included. But, of course the signage didnt freakin help in some places!
Its more than a boy thing now!

Hey UP can you post the pictures somewhere other than facebook, Im not on there now.”

“Said the guy who posts about being "cornholed and queer".”

“Home safe and sound. Call off the Park Rangers Uncle B is back in Indiana! I really enjoyed hiking with you all. There was deffinately a lot of character building on this one. Between the stream crossings, the two 1/2 mile straight up climgs today and the 20 mile speed demon hike on Saturday. This story is deffinately worth repeating. I'm sure we will all remember this one for a long time. So be sure and make one of Crash's next trips so he can tell the story. There was no come to Jesus on this one, but still it was very exciting none the less. Also, when hiking at the Big South Fork always read the signs from both directions to elimate confusion. I learned a new phrase this weekend MAP and COMPASS! All jokes aside Thanks to everyone for their help and assistance you all really made this trip very memorable for me. I look forward to our next trip.”

“Divide and concur.........”

“The signage in this part of BSF was very confusing!”

“Hmmm. never mind...heheheh.”

“Attila - yeah I'll upload them to google photos tonight, or send me an email an I'll email them to ya...

Uncle B - you did some serious hiking this weekend, my friend...you should be proud of yourself!

And other than a little worrying about whether everyone was ok, it was a great weekend, thanks Crash for putting it together!”

“�Hmmm. never mind...heheheh.

whats that supposed to mean?”

“This was a great trip. We will be sharing the stories around other campfires for many more trips to come. It was good to see everyone. Thanks for putting up with Bandit on his first trip. He's learning so much.”

“Oh nothing...(BIGGRIN)”

“big grin my ass. i DID NOT LOSE ANYONE. yes, the last time was my fault. THIS TIME WASNT”

“That's what she said.”

“The signage in this part of BSF was very confusing!�


did anyone take maps? There are quite a few horse trail that criss cross the hiking trails and if you aren't careful you will go the wrong way.”

“yes, people took maps. we're just all too stupid to know how to read them”

“I'm wondering if this is the same wrong turn that Randall said he took years ago. If I remember right it sends you further west.”

“dorks!”

“Yes we had maps and I used mine, lol. BSF does have many trails that cross each other. I bet if there had been more people with us there would have been more people who would have went the same way as those who took the wrong turn did. It was a easy mistake to make. At least we got out and did some backpacking. I'm happy that I got in a little over 19 miles in two days.”

“teeheehee”

“sticks, you come on here and b.tch and moan about a trip plan for a trip you didnt attend, then you try to be cute and insinuate that i got people lost. piss off”

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We don't need no stinking maps!”

“that's "steenking maps" to you, gringo”

“drip.drip.drip ;D”

“Hey guys. I am glad to be home. But I had a great time. I am also glad that I didn't hike 22 miles in one day.

Crash sign us up another trip I am ready to go.”