Went backpacking with people I’ve never met before over the weekend.
You know, if an old (60ish) guy has the heaviest pack in the group, he will probably also have back problems and something chronic like diabetes. He will not want to eat actual food. He will take all day to hike the six miles to the lake, and probably almost certainly fall over on the way out, resulting in everyone else hoofing it to the trailhead, dumping their stuff, and coming back to carry his 50 lbs of stuff back to the cars.
The trip was really relaxing and awesome, when we weren’t hiking in or out. I met some great people. I also met someone who really needs a llama. SERIOUSLY - if you are just going to throw random sh*t into a HUGE backpack including a sleeping bag that looks like it belongs on an arctic expedition, get a frikkin’ llama, or a mule, or a sherpa. Not the handful of strangers you just met who think you’re crazy for not paying more attention to your own needs.
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August 29, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Pam
I had done limited hiking years ago. There were some things I just had trouble dealing with…. sanitary type things, and the can’t wait to go home and take a hot shower and wash my hair in not freezing cold water.
I found a book that I thought was hilarious … because it is written with a serious view of those “needs”. I got it as gifts for my fellow and still hikers.
How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art by Kathleen Mey
not to be out done other authors have guides to having sex in the woods, sex in a tent and so on.
I hope you are well since haven’t seen anything new from you in a while.
take care.
P