Who would you Hike with?

[emerald]

woodsy, Idealist (either or both), 1Pint, Blissful, Paul Bunyan (either), BMECC's Corridor Management Chairperson and many others.

I'll fell trees with shelterbuilder anytime he wants help, but that's another question.

I'd hike with Wargy if he'd bring along some of his native American friends and they'd be cool with me pretending to be one of them and wouldn't find my doing so disrespectful. They'd probably laugh so hard they wouldn't care.

Blissful, if you figure out how to get Ed to hike with you, I'll go too.

[Jan LiteShoe]

William Bartram!!

Yeah, I knew that...

[jason1972]

John Muir or Edward Abbey come to mind

[Mrs Baggins]

My son because he never lets me give up and he is such a good soul.
My daughter for the challenge of keeping her going and the the joy of seeing her make it.

(***I would have said my old hikin' buddy Tazie but I didn't know she could be so easily bought by cheesecake***)

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

From the people at WB: Miss Janet and Dixicritter. We'd slowly wobbly up the trail and have a blast all the way to Katahdin.

From history: Benjamin Franklin - a man with varied interests and many ideas and ideals.

From my family: my maternal grandfather - I'd love to be able to talk with him now that I'm old enough to understand

[Lilred]

Andrew Jackson, I'd force him to walk every mile against his will and see how he likes it.

Good Answer!!! and that would be after taking the Hermitage away from him.

[jzakhar]

1. My Dad
2. Albert Einstein

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

Andrew Jackson, I'd force him to walk every mile against his will and see how he likes it.

Good Answer!!! and that would be after taking the Hermitage away from him.

Now don't y'all go talkin' politics

[Footslogger]

Lots of votes for Dads ...

I remember sitting quietly at various times during my thru in 2003 wondering what my dad would think of me having undertaken the hike.

'Slogger

[envirodiver]

Okay, can I change my vote to John Prine?

Sure the 3 of us would have a big time just walkin and singin.

[emerald]

William Bartram!!

I'm doubtful he's available, but you could visit his home in Philadelphia. Haven't been there myself. It's pretty high on my list though.

[Jan LiteShoe]

Sure the 3 of us would have a big time just walkin and singin.

In spite of ourselves...

" In spite of ourselves
We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow
Against all odds
Honey, we're the big door prize
We're gonna spite our noses
Right off of our faces
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
Dancin' in our eyes."

for one of the cleaner sections of the singin'...

[Jack Tarlin]

What a cool question.

I guess my father doesn't really count as a "historical" figure.

So in terms of dead people, I wouldn't mind hiking with Ernest Shackleton, T.E. Lawrence, or Richard Burton (the Victorian explorer, not the actor).

Live people:

Well, John McCain would be great company. He's a great story-teller, has a fine sense of humor, and would never whine.

Other great company?

I dunno. Scarlett Johansson . And she could whine all she wanted.

[envirodiver]

And if you see me tonight
With an illegal smile
It don't cost very much
but it lasts a long while
will you please tell the man
I didn't hurt anyone
That I'm just tryin to have me some fun

[AT-HITMAN2005]

well, i'm gonna go with dad as well. if it wasn't for him i wouldn't have the interest in the outdoors that i do. in his younger years he would have been able and if he hadn't been hit with type 2 diabetes so badly he would have done it in '05 with me. but now it doesn't much matter.

other than him any one of the early explorer types would be pretty neat-
kit carson(already mentioned a good one)
daniel boone
lewis and clark(or maybe there indian guides)
davy crocket

could learn a lot from these guys.

[emerald]

If we're naming people who aren't presently available, I'd hike with Myron Avery, Danny Hoch and Harry Rentschler.

Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot and Percival Baxter would also provide an irresitible excuse to call off sick, even though everyone would know I wasn't really sick. I do show up when it's important!

[envirodiver]

I dunno. Scarlett Johansson . And she could whine all she wanted.

A wise man told me once that "no matter how good looking she is...chances are that someone somewhere is sick and tired of her crap."

[Lilred]

I would hike with my good friend Mike, he needs to get away from life for awhile.

[Lilred]

As far as an historical figure, either Daniel Boone or Davy Crocket

[winger]

Edward Abbey.