View Full Version : Ken Knight Missing on Appalachian Trail
Jerk doesn't know limitations,
jerk is an ******* to friends who are trying to prevent exactly what happens to jerk,
jerk sets wildfire out of desperation.
Be constructive not destructive folks, no need for the name-calling.
i guess we all need a kindergarden reminder from time to time, thanks gator
:)
:clap:clap:clap THREE CHEERS FOR KEN :banana:banana:banana
:jump:jump:jump :bse:bse:bse
FREEDOMS JUST ANOTHER WORD
NOTHING LEFT TO LOOSE
it has a whistle on the end (+/-). It was $5 at Dicks Sporting Goods. (That's actually where I found it, don't anyone read into it:p.)
Oh, we won't. :rolleyes:
Alligator
05-04-2009, 16:00
Oh, we won't. :rolleyes:They sell Platypus 2L Hosers there also for $10;).
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 17:01
i guess we all need a kindergarden reminder from time to time, thanks gator
:)
Like I keep sayin, its the same lot everytime!
Homer&Marje
05-04-2009, 17:09
The drift here turned into a complete overhaul here. Now we've combined "Ken Missing on AT" with "Guns on the trail" with "Newbie Hiking Blunders"
I know someone else has carried one of those steel fire grates that opens and is hinged together....fits so well on the back of your pack...left it at a shelter. 60 lbs to 59 1/2:D
Guns are heavy. But you can start a signal fire with one.
If they try and charge you with arson Ken...just tell them Survivorman taught you how to do it. And if that doesn't work...blame rap music:rolleyes:
McKeever
05-04-2009, 17:31
I encourage everyone to think “how does this apply to me? And what can I do better as a result of this shared experience?” We can all do some reflecting upon what it means to be a hike leader, a group participant, and a member of the hiking community.
Siler
GAME’00
LT’01
I hope you and other hike leaders will limit the number of hikers in your groups.
Leading 12 or more hikers into a section just brings a dozen or more different problems onto the scene. They can over load shelters and campsites, over burden resources, and compound user errors. All of these problems caused by having too large a group can limit the leaders effectiveness at solving issues and keeping consensus among participants.
The trail can be crowded during hiking season and adding more than 5-6 hikers in a group is enough to over burden popular AT sections. I take hikers out on the trail, but only in small numbers like 3-4. Everyone get's along and is like minded at making decisions which virtually equals zero hike ending user errors.
Do you charge money to lead groups onto the AT?
vamelungeon
05-04-2009, 17:31
We should be able to discuss this situation and learn from it. I'm not insensitive to visual impairment; retinitus pigmentosa is a hereditary eye disease that runs in my family. My father is legally blind. He started losing his sight in his 50's and he's 84 now and can barely see. Two of my sisters have it, and many of my close relatives, some of whom have gone totally blind.
I hope Ken will post here, but since he's an editor of a publication that might be doubtful.
I think it's time for the ATC to require hikers to hire a Caddy / Sherpa / Escort. It's a new jobs program.
Imagine not having to carry gear anymore, or having insight on the difficulty and perils of the next section you will hike, and having assurance you won't get lost.
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 17:42
I hope Ken will post here, but since he's an editor of a publication that might be doubtful.
Just what we need, another angry whiteblazer! If he knows better, he wont jump on a website with a bunch of cyber-hikers and packsniffers
I have a compass and a map...and the attitude that if I get myself lost it's my resonsibility to get myself unlost. Don't get me wrong, there may come a day when I'll be darn glad to see a smiling SAR face, but there is an assumption of risk when we step into the woods. If we cannot handle that risk, maybe we should take up a new hobby.
As for SPOT and some of the other tracking devices, I am in the woods and don't want to be burdened by all of the tech junk. But that is my choice and I know the day may come when I regret it.
Agreed. Compass and map is all that is needed, provided the hiker knows how to use them. I lead scout trips and we review the proper usage of map and compass, set up mini-orienteering courses, talk about how to stay safe and what to do if they do get lost. I hope my scouts learn enough that they will respect the outdoors and be less prone to make a big mistake and have the skills to survive should something go wrong.
vamelungeon
05-04-2009, 17:57
Just what we need, another angry whiteblazer! If he knows better, he wont jump on a website with a bunch of cyber-hikers and packsniffers
***??? Angry at your comment maybe. That was NOT an angry comment, bubba. Not intended to be. He DOES edit a publication, does he not? You don't think they might get dibs on his story? Jeeezzz.....
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 17:58
***??? Angry at your comment maybe. That was NOT an angry comment, bubba. Not intended to be. He DOES edit a publication, does he not? You don't think they might get dibs on his story? Jeeezzz.....
Im just sayin, when he reads what people are saying on here about him, he will be an angry whiteblazer!
sheeesh, it seems like everyone on here needs to take a little time off or something!
Im just sayin, when he reads what people are saying on here about him, he will be an angry whiteblazer!
Who cares? Look at the thread posted by "whiteblaze." Refusing to answer to critics? I can see refusing to consider quitting hiking but refusing to talk about paying back the S&R and firefighters? He's a jerk.
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 18:01
Who cares? Look at the thread posted by "whiteblaze." Refusing to answer to critics? I can see refusing to consider quitting hiking but refusing to talk about paying back the S&R and firefighters? He's a jerk.
You really have some serious aggression issues.:rolleyes:
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 18:02
sheeesh, it seems like everyone on here needs to take a little time off or something!
:pHe started it!!:p
vamelungeon
05-04-2009, 18:03
Im just sayin, when he reads what people are saying on here about him, he will be an angry whiteblazer!
OK, I apologize if I took your comment the wrong way.
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 18:06
OK, I apologize if I took your comment the wrong way.
No worries, Im sorry if I came across the wrong way.
You see Zoidfu, thats how adults talk to each other. Can you say, adult? Come on I know you can do it, ad-ult. Ill give you a star if you can say it:p
No worries, Im sorry if I came across the wrong way.
You see Zoidfu, thats how adults talk to each other. Can you say, adult? Come on I know you can do it, ad-ult. Ill give you a star if you can say it:p
lol I called it like I saw it and the more we hear from this guy the more I'm convinced that I'm right. YOU are the one who flipped out, YOU are the one with aggression issues.
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 18:11
lol I called it like I saw it and the more we hear from this guy the more I'm convinced that I'm right. YOU are the one who flipped out, YOU are the one with aggression issues.
You always are convinced you are right before even hearing his side or anyones side on any issue whatsoever.
You are right I did flip out:jump:jump:jump Im sorry Zoidfu, can you please be my friend?? PLEASE be my friend!
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 18:14
You always are convinced you are right before even hearing his side or anyones side on any issue whatsoever.
You are right I did flip out:jump:jump:jump Im sorry Zoidfu, can you please be my friend?? PLEASE be my friend!
Zoid, Im waiting, please lets be friends, please please please
john gault
05-04-2009, 18:16
sheeesh, it seems like everyone on here needs to take a little time off or something!
One day I'm going to one of the get-togethers to see how some of these ******** are in person.
saimyoji
05-04-2009, 18:17
Zoid, Im waiting, please lets be friends, please please please
he doesn't need friends, he's an ass bandit, he just told you so. he probably wouldn't even have the courtesy to give you a reach around.
he doesn't need friends, he's an ass bandit, he just told you so. he probably wouldn't even have the courtesy to give you a reach around.
i thought he was a receiver
Hey All,
I learned Ken is flying to Scotland next week to hike 'cross country. Good luck, Scots, good luck, Ken! (Do the Scots know we Yanks set the forest on fire, as an emergency rescue broadcast? Do they know we expect rescue for all, with not recompense?
To be fair, there is NO cell phone service in the gorge (James River)... Alert to ALL hikers!! NO PHONE SERVICE IN JAMES RIVER GORGE!!!
Fr.
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 18:50
Hey All,
I learned Ken is flying to Scotland next week to hike 'cross country. Good luck, Scots, good luck, Ken! (Do the Scots know we Yanks set the forest on fire, as an emergency rescue broadcast? Do they know we expect rescue for all, with not recompense?
To be fair, there is NO cell phone service in the gorge (James River)... Alert to ALL hikers!! NO PHONE SERVICE IN JAMES RIVER GORGE!!!
Fr.
Good for him, cue the response 3......2........1..........
john gault
05-04-2009, 18:51
Most European hiker purchase hiker's insurance, because more likely than not you will be charged for SAR expenses.
warraghiyagey
05-04-2009, 18:51
i thought he was a receiver
Technically a tight end IS a receiver. . .
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 18:52
Ken will be just fine.
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 18:52
Technically a tight end IS a receiver. . .
Oh he got burned!!:datz
warraghiyagey
05-04-2009, 18:53
Lame . . . .
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 18:54
Lame . . . .
Yea its tough being this lame...
Homer&Marje
05-04-2009, 18:57
I went to the gym! What the HELL happened!.
Friggen tidal wave...not a drift. We ended up in an ocean of asses and insults.....and I can't tell which is which.
"When our Five Trolls combine we summon CAPTAIN WHITEBLAZE!!!"
Can't set any fires in Scotland....it rains too much right?:D
Jester2000
05-04-2009, 18:57
Don't ever pull your head out of your ass, it would stink so bad
That sounds like a request, sicko
Who cares? Look at the thread posted by "whiteblaze." Refusing to answer to critics? I can see refusing to consider quitting hiking but refusing to talk about paying back the S&R and firefighters? He's a jerk.
Now, how do you compare our little exchange with that?^^^
Quit flailing around and focus!
lol I called it like I saw it and the more we hear from this guy the more I'm convinced that I'm right. YOU are the one who flipped out, YOU are the one with aggression issues.
Out of curiosity, what happened to this, posted before any of the previous quotes:
. . . I'm seeing myself out of the thread.:banana
Oh, well. I suppose there was a feeling that the first five quotes would somehow add to the discussion . . .
warraghiyagey
05-04-2009, 18:59
Oh, well. I suppose there was a feeling that the first five quotes would somehow add to the discussion . . .
Nah. . . Zoidtard is just a french shower. . . .
Jester2000
05-04-2009, 19:02
Nah. . . Zoidtard is just a french shower. . . .
And one might wonder equally how THAT post adds to the discussion.
Homer&Marje
05-04-2009, 19:03
Nah. . . Zoidtard is just a french shower. . . .
Don't want to guess at the meaning of that expression. But somehow....it fits:D
Chaco Taco
05-04-2009, 19:03
Out of curiosity, what happened to this, posted before any of the previous quotes:
Oh, well. I suppose there was a feeling that the first five quotes would somehow add to the discussion . . .
I have been campaigning that point for weeks....
Pass the popcorn please :D
I have been campaigning that point for weeks....
the more you feed them, the more the zroids burn
Homer&Marje
05-04-2009, 19:20
Pass the popcorn please :D
You want butter?:rolleyes:
Pass the popcorn please :D
You want butter?:rolleyes:
Definitely :)
john gault
05-04-2009, 19:28
Butter is good, but you also have to add shredded cheddar cheese and garlic
Homer&Marje
05-04-2009, 19:31
Pass the popcorn please :D
You want butter?:rolleyes:
Definitely :)
Butter is good, but you also have to add shredded cheddar cheese and garlic
Mmmmmmmmm.........caramel kettle corn with cashews and almonds mmmmmmm
Hello, anyone out there? What happened to the show? :confused: