View Full Version : "the funky walk"
David@whiteblaze
10-22-2009, 16:04
Ok, just to save the mods a bit of time, i posted this in the humor forum (because I think its funny). But, has anyone personally or seen anyone do the walk after they take their pack off for the first time? This may be a "youre so green that you dont know a squirrrell from a chipmunk" thing, but whenever I took my pack off for the first time after my first hike with a backpack, I just started walking with my knees like all up in my face and 4-foot long strides. I had to walk for a minute for it to go away. Has anyone done this, and does it last or, after you start backpacking does it fade off?
beakerman
10-22-2009, 16:18
happens to me everytime i take my pack off whether its at the end of the day or even at lunch depending on how I break my day up. Don't feel bad it's like that trick we all did as kids with the door frame: stand in the doorway with your hands down at your side then swing them out and push on teh door frame with the backs of your hands--when you do that for a while then step out from the door you have trouble keeping your arms down. It's just muscle memory and everybody has it to some extent but it is still funny to watch.
Feral Bill
10-22-2009, 16:18
This can be easily avoided by lying down immediately upon stopping.
I absolutely did that. But nobody saw me because I hadn't gotten anywhere near where I had intended. Camping in some random clearing I ostrich walked all around setting up my tent.
This can be easily avoided by lying down immediately upon stopping.
i also subscribe to this technique
Oh yea! Back in the day when I carried 200 tons* of stuff on my back: there were times when I felt as if I was literally floating off the ground, to the point I sometimes grabbed onto a nearby tree to stay grounded. Now, Only after a REALLY long day do I sometimes get a ghost of that feeling. I almost miss it,,,, almost!
*well, 70 Lbs anyway.
kayak karl
10-22-2009, 16:50
the reason for this is the extra weight and the change in your center of gravity which has been moved back and up. when you take your pack off you need to sit down, put some weight in your hand and bend your right elbow (left if your left handed) back and forth, over and over and the problem will go away.
the best weight is a bottle of bourbon:D
i don't know. i will test this theory this weekend and let you know on monday.
warraghiyagey
10-22-2009, 21:55
Ok, just to save the mods a bit of time, i posted this in the humor forum (because I think its funny). But, has anyone personally or seen anyone do the walk after they take their pack off for the first time? This may be a "youre so green that you dont know a squirrrell from a chipmunk" thing, but whenever I took my pack off for the first time after my first hike with a backpack, I just started walking with my knees like all up in my face and 4-foot long strides. I had to walk for a minute for it to go away. Has anyone done this, and does it last or, after you start backpacking does it fade off?
You shouldn't be eating the wild mushrooms. . .
David@whiteblaze
10-23-2009, 09:49
yeesh, eat them? what a waste. leaving them in the ground and holding them against your skin removes every ounce of toxin without:
A: the afteraffects for the weak-stomached (like me)
B: Damaging the mushroom so that whilst leaving no trace, the following hiker is free to eat it.
Don't sweat the "funky walk". There's always somewhere (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhlQfXUk7w) you fit in. :D
David@whiteblaze
10-23-2009, 15:20
o my goodness!!! i forgot about that vid!!!! its #3 on my list, right next to #2 the arguement clinic, #1 The search for the holy grail, and #4 the liscensce beaurou (sp.)
Oh yea! Back in the day when I carried 200 tons* of stuff on my back: there were times when I felt as if I was literally floating off the ground, to the point I sometimes grabbed onto a nearby tree to stay grounded. Now, Only after a REALLY long day do I sometimes get a ghost of that feeling. I almost miss it,,,, almost!
*well, 70 Lbs anyway.
Yep, much more pronounced back when 45 - 60# was the norm. Not nearly as pervasive now with <30#. Still there tho'.
warraghiyagey
10-24-2009, 14:09
yeesh, eat them? what a waste. leaving them in the ground and holding them against your skin removes every ounce of toxin without:
A: the afteraffects for the weak-stomached (like me)
B: Damaging the mushroom so that whilst leaving no trace, the following hiker is free to eat it.
Ummmmmmmm. . . . never mind. . . . . . :-?
I've been known to do the "monkey walk" after a couple of hot, sweaty days in a row, but that's not what we're talking about, right? :D
David@whiteblaze
10-24-2009, 16:58
wats the monkey walk? (this is the humor fforum, after all.)
wats the monkey walk? (this is the humor fforum, after all.)
aren't you a little young to drink? :-?
David@whiteblaze
10-26-2009, 16:03
aren't you a little young to drink? :-?
??????????
beakerman
10-26-2009, 19:25
wats the monkey walk? (this is the humor fforum, after all.)
well if you don't know that it's called monkey walk, that's one thing but if you've never had it you haven't been on the trail very long. I'm sure almost everyone get's the "monkey walk"--root cause: monkey butt--cure: anti-monkey butt powder. But when you get the moneky butt you kind of walk real funny too--like a real bad impersonation of John Wayne after riding bare back, nonstop around the world on a clydesdale...sorry for the image but howelse would you describe that walk?
Now the funky walk is just a muscle memory thing when you take your pack off you feel like you're going to either fly or do a back flip without your feet leaving the ground.
Ok, just to save the mods a bit of time, i posted this in the humor forum (because I think its funny). But, has anyone personally or seen anyone do the walk after they take their pack off for the first time? This may be a "youre so green that you dont know a squirrrell from a chipmunk" thing, but whenever I took my pack off for the first time after my first hike with a backpack, I just started walking with my knees like all up in my face and 4-foot long strides. I had to walk for a minute for it to go away. Has anyone done this, and does it last or, after you start backpacking does it fade off?
sounds like you've been hiking after juicy farts
beakerman
10-26-2009, 19:42
sounds like you've been hiking after juicy farts
no not that walk the taking your pack off and feeling like you're about to lift off walk....
I have never done the funky walk but the Fred Sanford walk is all together thing.
You might have seen it sore feet sore back, typically shows up when you first sit down after a long day and you try and get up. It starts off with bowed legs, hands out to the side and gingerly stepping as you try and stratighten up.
I can see it now.
BEAS
[QUOTE=beakerman;912012]well if you don't know that it's called monkey walk, that's one thing but if you've never had it you haven't been on the trail very long. I'm sure almost everyone get's the "monkey walk"--root cause: monkey butt--cure: anti-monkey butt powder. But when you get the moneky butt you kind of walk real funny too--like a real bad impersonation of John Wayne after riding bare back, nonstop around the world on a clydesdale...sorry for the image but howelse would you describe that walk?
Anti-monkey butt powder
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41W9nTBoHqL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
beakerman
10-28-2009, 11:56
[quote=beakerman;912012]well if you don't know that it's called monkey walk, that's one thing but if you've never had it you haven't been on the trail very long. I'm sure almost everyone get's the "monkey walk"--root cause: monkey butt--cure: anti-monkey butt powder. But when you get the moneky butt you kind of walk real funny too--like a real bad impersonation of John Wayne after riding bare back, nonstop around the world on a clydesdale...sorry for the image but howelse would you describe that walk?
Anti-monkey butt powder
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41W9nTBoHqL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
I swear by that stuff. I died when I first saw teh comercials onTV though. I had to call the wife in just to make sure Iwas not dreaming...she almost fell over laughing.
Monkeyboy
11-03-2009, 11:31
What's wrong with monkey butt?!?!?
I'm offended.
David@whiteblaze
11-03-2009, 15:08
I didn't say anything.
TroutEhCuss
11-03-2009, 17:04
I don't have a funky walk - I have a I can't walk at all walk - I'm like a cripple. Instead of Monkey Butt, use what babies are given - Desitin
beakerman
11-03-2009, 20:04
What's wrong with monkey butt?!?!?
I'm offended.
monkey butt is fine if you like it but it's just not my cup of tea...view it as a lifestyle choice like being vegan or something like that....
Monkeyboy
11-05-2009, 23:37
down with monkeybutt!!
Next time I see you.........:banana
so you're coming to the christmas party then?
Monkeyboy
11-06-2009, 10:03
Thinking about Soruck.......too much going on before Christmas.
Monkeyboy
11-06-2009, 11:03
So I take it you are not going to Soruck, or you just razzing me about the party.
razzing you! i wouldn't miss soruck for all the brownies in the world!