cyber pal hiking experiences

“I have heard lots of stories about families thinking that anybody finding hiking partners and friends on the internet was looking for trouble. The "ax murderer" story.

Anybody had any bad experiences? My couple of times have been better than hooking up with people I meet off line!”

“i met up with an online guy named 'walkindude'.

whew! what a nut! all kinds of crazy stuff happens when the dude is in town. LOL!!!!”

“From what I understand, most hikers online are pretty safe, except if they have the words "Tarp" or "Rat" in their names. You want to be careful around those psyhos!”

“When I told a few friends that I was hiking with some people I met on this TT, they gave me a look as though I were crazy. Even my wife thinks there is a 50/50 chance that this group will leave by bludgeoned body on the side of the trail. I suppose it is a tad too late to ask, but does anyone who is heading to NH have a history of mental illness??”

“Everyone I met from here was great. The people at work thoght I was crazy though”

“MadRiver, I think your fellow travellers on the NH trip are safe, although aimee gee does have somewhat of a history of sexual deviancy. mooooooHAHAHAHA!!!”

“Madman... don't worry. I'm coming on the NH hike and your wife need not worry about that scenario. I gtake the leave no trace thing very seriously.”

“LOL PedXing!

I've hiked withe quite a few folks on TT. With and without Tight Wad Bob, err, Honey. Not once did I have that "feeling" about anyone I've met. Well with the exception of uh, rad, gojo, ghost, skiracer...;o) Just kidding guys!”

“That makes me feels sooo much better, PedXing. *lol* Right now wifey is a tad pissed at me for not wanting to attend her nephews 8th grade graduation, so leaving my bludgeoned body on the side of the trail might sound pretty good to her.”

“I know Pedx has been in and out of mental institutions for years! He even thinks he is staff.
Now, tell me again. The nuts are on which end of the key?

Mmmmm, juicy fruit.”

“Fly, you're killin' me today. Juicy Fruit!!!!”

“I've met quite a few people and they were all pretty nices and I was nice, "because it's nice to be nice to the nice" (Frank Burns-MASH)”

“I have met an "eclectic cast of misfits" from another hiking forum. Would hike with any of them anytime, even the screaming right wing fanatics of the group. : )

Seriously, as Pathman knows, its a good group and a great way to expand your circle of hiking buddies.

Internet is just another social tool in this regard, use the same cautions you would in any other encounter.”

“I met Strider, Radagast, Orbitmanifesto, and a guy named Orin, who I'm hiking with again this summer, on line. Haven't met Wall-Man yet, but we've traded e-mails, and I'm looking forward to hiking with him this summer. Everyone has been great. We all hear those stories about meeting up with weirdos. It's nice to know that there really are a lot of great folks out there on the web.”

“Furthermore, I resent the rumours and innuendos suggesting that I have ever behaved violently towards axes.

"Juicy fruit?" wuzzup wid dat???”

“Ped, don'tcha remember the big "mute" Indian guy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest"?”

“The Chief. In the book, the story was told from his point of view. Do I get trivia points for this?”

“Should newbilicious newgirls be getting any hints here? I think all of you guys (excepting Tarprific) seem to be very nice, decent folks.”

“funny Rad. as soon as I started reading Pathman's post I starting thinking about meeting Wd myself. whew what an experience that was.”

“Think how much time and effort it would take to really put an axe murderer scam on. You would have to read the drivel we all write day after day for a long time--and post answers no less. Methinks that if I were an axe lady I would choose something easier.”

“MaryPhyl, you would never be an axe murderer, you wouldn't carry the extra weight of the axe! LOL”

“Sirpete
Your just lucky I forgot to bring my ax on the Savage Gulf trip.
MOOOOOOHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!”

“My family and friends thought I was nuts... I guess they still do but for different reasons. My sister had a friend from another state run a police check on my backpacking buddy. He doesn't know that. So, when the TT trip to Fiery Gizzard came up, they took it in stride. They just think I'm a wild'n crazy kinda gal. :o)”

“Chief Bromden was of an Oregon tribe, not of the east coast at all. That is my most favorite book.

All government sponsored recreational services are clean and efficient.”

“I met a 'cyber pal' last year through another outdoor site that shall remain nameless. He flew up from Minnesota and we hiked the Rockies together for 8 days.

Aside from his total lack of regard for the environment, the guy wouldn't get out of his sleeping bag to hike until close to noon. If I'd had my own tent, I would've left him sleeping there all by his lonesome...

Needless to say, I didn't tell my family any of the bad stuff... "Yes mom, it's going fine. No mom, he's perfectly sane and we're getting along really well!"

This guy had NO social graces.... we went for coffee the last morning he was in town & he proceeded to dig through the tip cup just to find the "quarters with the cool designs on them". Didn't even ask the java girl, just started rooting!

By the time I drove him to the airport to catch his flight home, I was seriously thinking about pushing him out of my car while driving at 130kms down the highway!!”

“The guy wouldn't wake up till noon?!?! No wonder it took yall 8 days to hike!”

“um.... anyone I know, medic girl? I could go beat him up for ya...”

“Medicgirl, you should have left him. Ah, LNT, darn!”

“The only "over the net hikers" I've met came from this site. Talk about your shady shifty eyed characters. All night long one could hear murmuring and the rip of the file across the edge. I think that first night we all knew there was just to many people. And it was then I knew I was home.”

“The onlt TTer to actually scare the Hell out of me was Zen Hiker.
That b@stard started snoring andI thought I had a Kodiac Grizzly outside my tarp!
Even Sunshine don't snore that bad! LOL”

“LOL @ you WD! It took us 8 days 'cause of the various trails we took. I dunno why, but he liked hiking in the dark. What's the point in hiking when you can't see a freekin' thing except the rock you just tripped on?

Thanks cindy! I don't think you know him... St. Paul, Minnesota is a big place, isn't it?

Laqtis, I'm sure the bears & wolverines would've found him in short time... or the park rangers!”

“hmmm... St. Paul. hiking in the dark... doesn't have a foreign accent, does he?”

“Sounds like yall been tent shakin wit da same late sleeper........”

“If this thread were called "Cyber Experiences" I'd have something to add.”

“All ken? Here's another man with unblinking faith. Hallelujah ken, tell us the gospel according to the faith-ridden.

I think we should privatize and let Exxon look after our Alaskan Wilderness. Oil flume rides!”

“Thanks fer the refresher Kleetn, its been more than 20 years since I saw Cuckoo's nest but that was a cool moment.”

“In 99 I went with a group of women--16 of us--to the Ouchita (sp.) wilderness in Arkansas. I met Barb and Madcow on that trip. Last year Barb organized another trip--there were 8 of us and I met bpbaby.
We did a day hike -- about a dozen folks--in the Superstitions and I met Pathman and LDhiker. I have organized two Grand Canyon trips of internet people--one last year and one last spring. LDhiker went on both of them. About a dozen women went to New Mexico last year. I have gone on other day hikes with some more folks. I am going to Colorado in July with an internet group. All toll I have probably hiked with 50 people I have met on the net.”

“Cuckoos Nest is one of my favorite books and movies. Nicholson's best! I don't recommend it to our patients however.

My folks were convinced I had lost my mind when I did my first hike with the denizens of TT. They have gotten over it, I assured them that these folks are as sane as I am. Well, come to think of it, perhaps that didn't really reassure them in the least;-)”

“after years of solo hiking, i decided to join in a hike with cyberpersons.......as everyone relates here....my freinds and family were freaked...but it all has worked out”

“I went on a trip with a cyberhiker and the guy ran out of food Sat. night and didn't even bring a jacket when the temp. went into the teens. He barely made it back to his car the next day.”