here are my biggest annoyances on trails..what are yours?

**DavidNH** · 01-23-2005, 16:27

1) Getting to a shelter or mountain top and someone is talking on their cell phone. UGH... Can't you be out of touch for even a few days? Easily cell phones are one of the most awful diabolical inventions ever!

2) Mosquitos are anything that buzzez and flies all around my face

3) DOGS. They don't have the courtesy of people, many bark inscessently at shelters and I personally dont think pets have a place in the back country. People and wildlife Period. Dogs are not wildlife. In fact they seriously reduces a hikers chance of seeing wildlife.

4) People who race through the scenery doing marathon speed hikes. What the hell is the rush? You are just going to be hurried when you get back to life as well. For god sakes learn to take it easy and enjoy where you are. Way too many americans are constantly hurried trying to do twice as much in half the time. It is a major illness in our society and country. Some one who completes the Long Trail in five days or the Appalachian trail in 3 months as an example..may have macho bragging rights but surely is not a necessarily a better person for it and probably did not enjoy the present as much as others as he was always hurrying to get somewhere else example..flyin brian robinson ...triple crown in one year. Did he ever enjoy the company of others (who could keep up?) or the solitude and unspoiled wilderness (he hardly ever stopped as he had to race through it.

If anything here offends..well i am sorry.. but its my two cents!

David

**wacocelt** · 01-23-2005, 16:43

4) People who race through the scenery doing marathon speed hikes. What the hell is the rush? You are just going to be hurried when you get back to life as well. For god sakes learn to take it easy and enjoy where you are. Way too many americans are constantly hurried trying to do twice as much in half the time. It is a major illness in our society and country. Some one who completes the Long Trail in five days or the Appalachian trail in 3 months as an example..may have macho bragging rights but surely is not a necessarily a better person for it and probably did not enjoy the present as much as others as he was always hurrying to get somewhere else example..flyin brian robinson ...triple crown in one year. Did he ever enjoy the company of others (who could keep up?) or the solitude and unspoiled wilderness (he hardly ever stopped as he had to race through it.

I'm annoyed by people being annoyed by things like this. Then I stop and take a deep breath and let it pass. None of it means anything, we all walk different paces and live different lives. You take your steps they'll take thiers, hopefully the steps won't be on each others toes.

In closing I'de like to add, HYOH hippie!

**Lone Wolf** · 01-23-2005, 16:46

Nothing annoys me. I'm all accepting, all loving. Hike your own hike yo. Peace.

**Tha Wookie** · 01-23-2005, 17:06

Originally Posted by L. Wolf

Nothing annoys me. I'm all accepting, all loving. Hike your own hike yo. Peace.

Yeah, keep on the sunny side of life.

**steve hiker** · 01-23-2005, 17:12

Originally Posted by L. Wolf

Nothing annoys me. I'm all accepting, all loving. Hike your own hike yo. Peace.

You're coming along real fine.

Here, breathe deep (passing the bong).

**hikerjohnd** · 01-23-2005, 17:27

Originally Posted by NHhiker

1) 4) People who race through the scenery doing marathon speed hikes. What the hell is the rush? You are just going to be hurried when you get back to life as well. For god sakes learn to take it easy and enjoy where you are. Way too many americans are constantly hurried trying to do twice as much in half the time. It is a major illness in our society and country. Some one who completes the Long Trail in five days or the Appalachian trail in 3 months as an example..may have macho bragging rights but surely is not a necessarily a better person for it and probably did not enjoy the present as much as others as he was always hurrying to get somewhere else example..flyin brian robinson ...triple crown in one year. Did he ever enjoy the company of others (who could keep up?) or the solitude and unspoiled wilderness (he hardly ever stopped as he had to race through it.

I won't say this annoys me, but I do admit I just don't understand it. How can one enjoy the experience if one is flying though it? Oh well - HYOH and I'll hike mine!

--John

**The Gnome** · 01-23-2005, 17:46

Some days are just perfect; the Trail gently undulates, you are miles away from the hassle of cat needing to go to the vet, the truck needing servicing and the bedroom you should have painted last week. There are no bugs and the weather is just slightly cool with sunny skies. You clip off a 25 miler and around the corner appears the Partnership Shelter with its hot shower and a freshly filled magic box of goodies.

The ANNOYING thing about the Trail: Why are those days so, so rare?

**Belew** · 01-23-2005, 18:22

In 15 years of hiking I guess I've been annoyed once. It was bound to happen some day,right? I blew out my knee three days into my section hike last Summer on Blood Mountain. Even then everything was falling together with great rhythm and I learned to go with the flow. I think I'll make it this year.

**camich** · 01-23-2005, 18:24

The only time I was slightly annoyed was at Peck's Corner shelter. It was pouring down rain so everyone was huddled in the shelter. There were 7 Boy Scouts in the shelter which was cool... but one of the scouts had a shrieking loud voice and despite his leaders pleads he just couldn't keep it down. Once it got dark they all went to sleep...and all was quiet.

**SGT Rock** · 01-23-2005, 18:33

I don't like shelters, they annoy me.

**Lone Wolf** · 01-23-2005, 18:34

Let's burn the muthas down Rock!

**MOWGLI** · 01-23-2005, 18:35

Chafing annoys me. I guess if I didn't eat so much, my thighs wouldn't rub together.

**SGT Rock** · 01-23-2005, 18:36

Sounds like a plan! I think on my thru I'll carry some magnesium trip flairs and set fire to the lot of them. Nomore loud boy scouts, snoring folks, dogs, smokers, or cell phone users to bug me at them anymore!

**SavageLlama** · 01-23-2005, 18:43

I hate those southern conservative gun-totin' thru-hikers with long beards...

**wacocelt** · 01-23-2005, 18:51

Can we fill the shelter with Hippies first?

**rickb** · 01-23-2005, 19:11

1. Not being able to tell whether that woodpecker was a blackbacked, or three toed-- I need the 3-toed for my life list.

2. Hearing a hoot outside my tent and only having a Tika

3. Cheap, foggy binoculars like mine

**Phorestfreak** · 01-23-2005, 19:23

You know what I dislike? When people use the word "hippy" in a negative way like talking about burning them along with the shelters. I don't even really know what a "hippy" is, but it always seems negative. These days anyone with long hair and dirty feet is called a "hippy". what characteristics makes a person a "hippy"? and why is this bad?

**c.coyle** · 01-23-2005, 19:36

Originally Posted by NHhiker

1) Getting to a shelter or mountain top and someone is talking on their cell phone. UGH... Can't you be out of touch for even a few days? Easily cell phones are one of the most awful diabolical inventions ever!

Funny, that's never been discussed here. What do ya'll think about cellphones?

**smokymtnsteve** · 01-23-2005, 19:39

Originally Posted by Pothead

You're coming along real fine.

Here, breathe deep (passing the bong).

mmm..thanks

**The Old Fhart** · 01-23-2005, 19:39

LW-"Let's burn the muthas down Rock!"

That's been done before. I think it was Don Nelon north of Elk Park that was burned just before I got there and then there was the shelter near the road at Keys Gap that had a big hole burned in the middle of the sleeping platform. I don't know if there were any hippies there when it burned, I know I wasn't

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