Too bad she didn't jump into Minnesota Smiths tent.
Bet she would have jumped out.
Too bad she didn't jump into Minnesota Smiths tent.
Bet she would have jumped out.
Hilarious.
My two highly unnecessary cents: everyone is entitled to an opinion... but there is a lot of heavy-handed JUDGMENT going on both here and in another extremely ridiculous thread.
It is so, so pointless to point fingers at people and ridicule their choices.
So they are marketing themselves and there's a lot of hype on their blog? Who cares?
I really don't think any of their blog has been mean-spirited. I mean, you can discuss the fact that people have thick accents without it being condescending. The majority of that post was about how nice and helpful people were being!
And color me crazy... but I don't see anything wrong with politely asking if a tent could be shared, even if it's with a total stranger. Yes, not carrying a shelter is dumb, but it has been done before. Yes, you may get a rep on the trail... but that's because WB and the Appalachian Trail has a tendency to resemble high school, apparently. Gossip and drama and finger pointing and holier than thou attitudes. Sheesh.
If you look at their gear list you'll see they have a tarp tent squall 2 listed. So who knows? Maybe instead of assuming they don't have a shelter we should stop over-analyzing a simple blog in order to criticize their every single move. Maybe it was a typo and the other two used the tent but she didn't feel like cramming in her wet gear with two other people? WHO KNOWS. I'm not gonna sweat it.
Moral of the story? Lighten up people! Judge not, lest ye be judged! Get off the high horses! Throwing stones and glass houses and blah blah blah.
I don't agree with some of the blog content... but I'm not going to get my panties in a twist over it. The end.
I recall reading a thread somewhere a couple of years ago that read something like this:
"There's nothing wrong with going ultra light but, be prepared to make do with what you've brought. Don't expect to always be bailed out by someone who has carried what they have all the way to where you are."
Richard Angeli
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"Life is what happens while you're making other plans." John Lennon
Read the whole sentence. I said I'm not going to get my panties in a twist... over the content of their blog that I don't agree with.
Meaning, I don't like everything they do or say but I'm not going to freak out and lay all these judgments on them. I think this is hands-down the worst aspect of WB. The tendency to leap to conclusions and judge harshly.
BJ, not sure why you are quoting me. Care to provide any posts to support your opinion? I haven't insulted anyone with my posts, and you know nothing about my posts because you (like JT) obviously haven't read them either.
In this thread, I've posted
- that WB picks on a thru hiker every season - true
- that she knows how to get in someone else's tent and that is how reputations are made whether anything sexual occurred or not- true
- that I dont expect them to complete their thru hike - true, one has already dropped out
The trail was here before we arrived, and it will still be here when we are gone...enjoy it now, and preserve it for others that come after us
You do understand you are being manipulated to garner interest to their documentary and trying to land a job on some reality show. And judging by the pages that have been written about them on White Blaze they are doing a excellent job. By lavishing so much attention on them you have almost guarantee them a hit if they actually finish the trail.
Remember the adage: There is no such thing as bad publicity. It has made Rush Limbaugh and his ilk hundreds of millions of dollars.
This, this and this.
Odds are she pulled the tent stunt to get this particular reaction. Get the "buzz" going, as it were. This is a reality show mentality brought to the AT. Sad to say, ignoring them is the only way to end their silly ploys. Sad, because us folks at WB, myself included, aren't the best at ignoring things.
Yahtzee
Oh, Egads, lighten up.
I did indeed read your post.
And no, you don't have to be a thru-hiker to post here, tho there sure are a lot of NON thru-hikers telling folks all about how it should be done, how it shouldn't be done, speculating on people's chances of completing their hike, etc.
So, no, you don't have to be a thru-hiker to either post here or to make comments such as the ones I just mentioned.
But being a thru-hiker would sure in hell give some frequent posters here some more credibility, which is something a lot of these posters simply lack.
Of course he is Jack, that's why you wear that Bryson is a Candya_ _ shirt
Headin' South very soon maybe see you and the others on this thread, where are you? PM me
Will attempt to bring Wolf with me but I doubt it. He'll probably be busy watching Tiger make his comeback at the Masters Wolf see you and others at Dot's this Friday night
Yeah the whole thing with the tent and the quasi Marxist-feminist overtones does seem a little odd to say the least, not worth filling my head with negative thoughts about it however ... I wish them good hiking.
it is strange that a man would put the pieces together as they please opposed to being content with where the pieces fall
I think most people commenting here couldn't care less if their documentary is "hit" or not.
These folks came here to WB and invited commentary about their hike. They even phrased their post as a question..."What happens when...?" If they didn't want a discussion of "what happens" then they maybe should not have invited people to answer that question on a public forum.
they dont have a clue they will be lucky to make it past neels gap-in the south we have an expression -BLESS THEIR HEARTS maybe they will get an academy award for their wow look at me website