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Hiking gear will be so UL that you have to wear lead weights to keep from floating off the trail.
Remember, you heard it here first!
Wise Old Owl
02-20-2011, 10:23
Didn't you see 2012? Its Really going to happen... Just like Y2k!
I think the UL thing is going over the top, seriously.
I really wonder if anybody has started abusing laxatives yet in the quest to hit the door as light as possible. :)
A good poop probably would offset what a SPOT, cell phone AND camera weigh.
(this is the humor forum, right???)
mweinstone
02-20-2011, 23:15
whats a spit get me? if i spit and clean my ears can i carry a whistle?
in the year 2525, nanotube construction will make a now 30 lb pack a 1 ounce pack.
mweinstone
02-20-2011, 23:18
the problem with a world where everything weighes nothing , is you cant throw stuff at people. an intire industry of weights would have to be born. baseballs would have to be weighted. shrimp,....etc.
A good poop probably would offset what a SPOT, cell phone AND camera weigh.
(this is the humor forum, right???)
A good poop? Mmmm maybe a pound, so you could add a packet of Pop Tarts and a Snickers to that list and still be ahead. This is going downhill faster than a marble on a slide. LOL :D
A pound? Nothing more satisfying than a 15lb dump.:eek:
Skidsteer
02-21-2011, 08:12
A pound? Nothing more satisfying than a 15lb dump.:eek:
I don't have that much free time.
You must be retired.
I don't have that much free time.
You must be retired.
He lives in Maine.... :)
Tennessee Viking
02-21-2011, 10:35
In 2525, the speed record from Springer to Katahdin will be cut down to 1 second thanks to Star Trek transporter technology.
I think I just got ripped on. Twice. Maybe three times.
Two words: Miller bran.
garlic08
02-21-2011, 11:40
Now I have that stupid song playing in my head. Thanks a lot.
Graywolf
02-21-2011, 12:46
In 2525, the way civilization is growing, there will be a snackbar/store at every trail head/intersection. You will also have a Hikers Gas Station charging 2.00 an ounce. Motel Hike and Holiday Walks will be replacing the Shelters and little green men will replace the Mice. We will have kerosine in replace of water, and acid rain all day long. The moon will block out the Sun and Katahdin will be a Volcano. (I know this because Volcanos are always designated with, Mt.) So. In all likely hood, we wont have to worry about carring a pack, just better have a loota cash on the debit card..:D
I think I just got ripped on. Twice. Maybe three times.
Two words: Miller bran.
People in ME make their own mountains, eh? :)
UL backpacker tips:
# 1: Clip your nails and toenails before a hike.
#2: Shave every blade of hair!
#3: Definitely take a good poo.
#4: If you carry a cell phone, remove all the button labels. The buttons themselves are still there, but if you memorize where everything is, you won't need the labels!
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAS #5: Pull out all your teeth except your molars and central incisors. Use the rear ones to chew hard food, and the incisors to nibble on the strings or other small items (like your nails to keep the weight down).
Wise Old Owl
02-21-2011, 13:13
Lone Wolf will become the first person to use an All Terrain Segway on the paved Appalachian Trail!
http://cdn1.newsone.com/files/2010/09/article-1279047776222-0A6DB0E5000005DC-498808_304x362.jpg Oh and he shaved too......
-Don't drink too much water. Water is heavy, so stay as dehydrated as possible.
-Scratch the paint off your trekking poles.
hikerboy57
02-21-2011, 13:29
the way its going I'll expect someone to write in asking if TWO testicles are absolutely necessary.
the way its going I'll expect someone to write in asking if TWO testicles are absolutely necessary.
Makes you wonder about circumcision....
The pinkie toe is pretty much useless, so by the "... ... year 2525 if man is still alive." We will probably have evolved to the point that they will be gone by that time. OOOOPPPSS!! I think I just started a new segway, which now takes us back to an earlier post. 4 more points and we will be back to Kevin Bacon. :banana
GoldenBear
02-21-2011, 15:46
It'll end in 2011!
http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/may21/
You should have seen the loaf I pinched this morning. It was rapturous.
Diatribe
02-21-2011, 17:10
Hopefully there will be a trail to hike in 2025. There is a possibility that the only hikers will be cockroaches & twinkies, since they are the only things that will survive a nuclear holocaust & impending nuclear winter.
Hey, just my opinion sheared with millions and millions of others...
hikerboy57
02-21-2011, 17:14
In the year 2525, the AT will be hiked in virtual reality, as the original trail has been closed due to overuse(too many blazes on trees), and all the views ruined from pollution. You will sit in a chair for 6 months while someone beats your calves and quads with a heavy stick, with views from appropriate lookouts in beautiful 3d HD, as they appeared man years ago in the year 2011, and of course the smell of spruce and teatree oil.
john gault
02-21-2011, 17:25
Hopefully there will be a trail to hike in 2025. There is a possibility that the only hikers will be cockroaches & twinkies, since they are the only things that will survive a nuclear holocaust & impending nuclear winter.
Hey, just my opinion sheared with millions and millions of others...
It doesn't matter, if it's not the nukes it'll be the supervolcano, or an asteroid, or....well suffice it to say nature has a plan for us and it won't be pretty. It'll be just like the way she did in 99% of all other living creatures that are now extinct.
Diatribe
02-21-2011, 17:34
It doesn't matter, if it's not the nukes it'll be the supervolcano, or an asteroid, or....well suffice it to say nature has a plan for us and it won't be pretty. It'll be just like the way she did in 99% of all other living creatures that are now extinct.
you are completely correct, sir!
but we have religion and politics, nothing can touch us:rolleyes:
hikerboy57
02-21-2011, 17:36
you are completely correct, sir!
but we have religion and politics, nothing can touch us:rolleyes:
If politics cant divide us, certainly religion can
john gault
02-21-2011, 17:38
you are completely correct, sir!
but we have religion and politics, nothing can touch us:rolleyes:
Believe what you want; whatever gives you solace.
Diatribe
02-21-2011, 17:40
If politics cant divide us, certainly religion can
precisely, and that is why humanity will collapse upon itself, and i will be drinking beer watching it happen from a rock outcrop somewhere in VA. :eek:
Harrison Bergeron
02-21-2011, 20:13
whats a spit get me? if i spit and clean my ears can i carry a whistle?
in the year 2525, nanotube construction will make a now 30 lb pack a 1 ounce pack.
Maybe in 2525, but in 2526 some bright boy at AntiGravity Gear or Gossemer will realize that with nanotube construction, a small vacuum chamber can be created in the top flap that is the equivalent of attaching a 3 foot hydrogen balloon without the pesky explosions. You will literally have to tether your pack to the ground when you remove it.
By 2528, the ultralight vendors will all be competing on the basis of negative full-capacity pack weights.
In 2530, REI will introduce a version that uses Buckyball fabric rather than rigid Nanotubes, making it slightly heavier than zero when loaded to capacity. However, it will have a built-in cup holder and be capable of surviving an IED attack.
Old Hiker
02-22-2011, 11:35
the way its going I'll expect someone to write in asking if TWO testicles are absolutely necessary.
Just get married - the answer becomes clear very quickly! :p