Washington Folks

“I am too lazy to read all the threads and find out who's from WA..

I will be in Seattle 9/24-26 for work and would like to piggyback a bping trip onto this excursion (either the weekend before or Wed-Thurs-Fri, etc after).

Anybody wanna go bping?

Bonus points for being the first person to meet Biz and add me to your TT list.”

“Washington (10)

switchback
lipstick hiker
strider
tundra
Trailartist
SARboy
kleetn
lookingglass
Barlo
hippiehiker66

Taken from the Roll call thread”

“Biz - watch out for kleetn's squirrel - he's ready and waiting (grin)”

“Lipstick Hiker? Can you part with your crotch..er, ah Rocket long enough to do some hiking?

kleetn?

Anyone? Anyone?”

“Biz,

Lousy timing on your part! Quite a few of the hikers Baume66 listed above are going to be out on the annual PNW Fall Hike in the Olympics. I will be in Philadelphia that week. You're only gonna be here for 3 days?”

“No, I will be working those 3 days, can arrive earlier or stay later to hike.”

“what thread has the Annual PNW Fall hike info on it again? I might be able to meet some of you up there.”

“Switchback, here's one of the threads.”

“HogOnIce- I sense there is a story behind this...”

“

Be afraid....”

“That red X is purty skeery, eh?”

“kleetn- (oh, I just got your name)
Damn, I can't open it”

“Thanks ya'll

strider gave me some good advice for meeting the Olympic hike folks out there Sat. & Sun.

Look for me K?”

“I may be up there as well for the weekend. (crossing my fingers!)”

“Ok, look for me switchback, I will be the one looking lost & confused Ü”

“Cool, I'll look for you.”

“Well, it looks like there might be some opportunities for interesting meetings along the trail, perhaps..... although 'looking lost and confused' can be a pretty common trait.”

“Trail Talk regulars by state as listed on Phil's Photo page.”

“strider- how many girls do you think will be out there hiking alone in the wilderness? I think ya'll will be able to find me

btw, looking lost & confused is my normal state :P

Are there pumas out there? My brother sceered me, said I was gonna run into some..”

“We call pumas cougars here. If they're anything like the WSU football Cougars, just take a goalpost with you and they'll stay far, far away.”

“LOL Kleetn! but I wouldn't worry about it Biz, bears neither.”

“oh yeah, mountain lions, we got those here

If you run into one yer supposed to wave your arms around and look bigger than you are, problem is, I'm pretty small”

“Biz, consider yourself lucky if you see one”

“cool

yeah, I have never actually seen a mtn lion, 'cept out of the corner of my eye I saw a flash once and thought I 'felt' one

seen plenty of fresh tracks though”

“Biz, actually I've passed a fairly notable number of lone hikers of the female persuasion, and they seem to be more prevalent now than they were, oh, ten or fifteen years ago. As for confusion, well hell, that's just normal, isn't it?

I hear there are cougars up in the woods. I believe that's true although I've never seen one. I fimrly believe that they have seen me, though. Hopefully I'll notice one at some point, along some trail, eyeing me as I amble along.”

“stride-
BRRR, 49 F today at Olympic Park. What's the weather going to be like in a month? Do I need to bring my thermal undies?”

“Thermal undies? Hell, that's sunbathing weather up here! Bring the SPF45 sunblock!”

“LOL kleetn, it is a balmy 110 here in Phx today”

“Undies of any kind are strictly optional (and not necessarily encouraged)!”

“LOL Alpine, I have ditched a few pairs on the trail in my day to save weight !

Ü”

“i hope they were biodegradeable you litter-bug!lol.”

“Hmmmm... I hadn't really thought of "going without" as being a weight savings strategy. But then I've only got one option in that department, rather than two (no "Manzier" for me, thanks). Maybe you could just remove the underwire, and keep the rest! LOL!”

“switchback- I'm not proud of it, but if yer eva in the Grand Canyon & ya see a pair of bottoms, think o me!”