Just joking.....opionion's well?
Facts well?
Correct Kirby. Unsupported "record" is Ward Leonard at 60 days.Originally Posted by Kirby
Anything's within walking distance if you've got the time.
GA-ME 03, LT 04/06, PCT 07'
Allegedly
About in the same way that a bear allegedly ****s in the woods.Allegedly
Skids
Insanity: Asking about inseams over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein, (attributed)
About in the same way that a bear allegedly ****s in the woods.
I thought they used the privies?
Any hiker who hikes a few miles on the AT and comes back to hike another day is an Iron Man/Person too.
Ozzie is the Iron Man
Isn't there a clear cut record holder?
there could be, if you asked a clear cut question. the phrase "overly supported hikes" is quite subjective. i slack-packed just a couple of times, got a few mail drops, hitchhiked into town and got dropped off at the far end of a road-walk, and had to make up 2 states immediately after summiting katahdin because i had skipped them earlier to remain on schedule. i missed portions of road-walk here and there, blue-blazed here and there (sometimes adding to mileage and difficulty), and sometimes just lost the trail briefly. by purist standards, i didnt thru-hike, altho i had probaby done 99.5 percent of the trail. but i think the hiker would say i did. some ppl missed even more of the trail, but i considered them thru's
so, if you want a clear cut answer, youre gonna have to ask a more clear cut question
but i think the hiker would say i did
oops. i meant to say "i think the typical hiker would say i did"
why cant i edit my posts?
bears dont sheet in the woods they sheet in the road and kick it back into the woods..you didnt know that...About in the same way that a bear allegedly ****s in the woods.
The real heroes......
Damn, what a funny thread this has gotten to be.
First off, a tip of the hat to my old hiking partner Mountain Dew, who has certainly seen me at my best and worst.
His comments above were much too kind.
Two quick memories.....there was that afternoon in New York where I drained around 20 ounces of Gatorade, only to finish off the Nalgene and only THEN discover that I had a very large, and very dead slug in my mouth. ( I shoulda realized that Gatorade shouldn't ever feel "chewy.")
Mr. Iron Man then proceeded to projectile vomit all over the Trail.
While Dew filmed it.
The other time was near Guillotine Rock in Virginia and I managed to do a triple somersault (with a 60 pound Osprey by the way), and cut my palm to the bone. Debriding an open wound; stuffing fat back into your hand, pouring bourbon on it, and wrapping it up with a dirty ace bandage you just took off your knee is not a fun way to spend a June afternoon. At least I had plenty of cigarettes.
I seem to remember Dew filmed that one,too, but the shots weren't that great because the bastard was laughing too hard.
The effort to perform some left-handed Rambo self-stitchery a day later was also not a happy moment. I never could sew. Geez, I think you could hear me yelling in the next county.
But in retrospect, the Iron people on the Trail that stand out the most over the years were people like Yahoola; Kampfire; Time 2 Fly; Meant 2 Be; Blister Sister; Funkee Munkee; Emma; Big Bird; Jester 2000, and Mountain Dew.
These were some of my hiking partners, God help them, and for putting up with me, in some cases for 1600 miles or more, they proved to be more iron than I'll ever live to be.
Jack, weren't there plenty of cameras present when you spewed after the incident at the Doyle Hotel? Not a drinking incident, but when you had the misfortune to discover the dead bloated body nextdoor back in 99? And you then had to run back inside to get your hiking stick after they had opened his door and the stench filled the whole building.......
Probably a memory you'd rather forget, but when you've heard the story from you AND a number of eyewitnesses, it takes on mythic proportion.
Then the next day when, at the campground, you accidentally downed a mouthful of cherry-flavored coleman? I felt so bad hearing you explain how all you really needed was a cigarette, but didn't dare............
If people spent less time being offended and more time actually living, we'd all be a whole lot happier!
In the interest of accuracy:
1. There weren't THAT many actual witnesses to the spewage at the Doyle.
Certainly no more than ninety.
2. The Coleman I drank wasn't cherry-flavored. It was in a Sprite bottle so
it looked OK. Moral of story is ask your partner before downing his Sprite.
Someone must have blown-off the OSHA meeting when labelling bottles that have been refilled was discussed!Either that or someone thought relabelling bottles was something other people should do.
Jack, you know I'm not one to laugh at the misfortune of others, but MAN!! it was funny then and it's still funny now
Bless you for all you put up with.
If people spent less time being offended and more time actually living, we'd all be a whole lot happier!
heald and annie the wonder dog. they hike to hike. not to gloat. always helpful always cheerful.would give the shirt off his back,to help other hikers to reach thier goal-a true iron dueo...
hhmmm
I totally disagree
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