Anyone else get disturbed by this?

[woodsy]

Kanga: chew some major a$$.

Just don't spit it out side the trail after....

[Wise Old Owl]

well, get your ghilli out and let's go! i've never tried horse meat. i wonder if it tastes like moose?..

You would have to jump on a plane to France or drive to Canada (not Alberta) where they still eat Horse Meat. I think they call it cheval. The taste is a leaner smoother beef flavor. No I haven't eaten horse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat


What they do with it.

http://www.viande-chevaline.fr/

[mudhead]

Neigh.

[flemdawg1]

Thank you DC2.2GSR.

[Bare Bear]

Two incidents:
I recall at Bradley Spring in north Florida we camped one night, getting water from the 3' X 5' walled spring that had run for over a hundred years. The next morning we could see why the water tasted so funny........someone had cleaned about a dozen squrriels and left the water full of bloodied guts and skins.
So it could be worse. Hiking the Florida Trail on the Greenway towards the I-75 overpass, I hit a section that allows hourses and the ONLY water source after ten very dry miles was a slimy and green water trough that folks were letting the horses drink from.....yummy. I went another couple miles without water rather than drink out of that! I figured no amount of bleach was going to make it safe.
When you hike you learn to accept, adapt, overcome or just go on WB and whine about it.

[emerald]

I read a great post today on another website about an experience at Grayson Highlands SP involving wild ponies. Since it was AT-related and in sharp contrast to the anti-equine rhetoric here, I wanted to mention it.

[Tin Man]

I read a great post today on another website about an experience in Grayson Highlands SP involving wild ponies. Since it was AT-related and in sharp contrast to the anti-equine rhetoric here, I wanted to mention it.

mention what? horses poop?

[emerald]

No, contrary to the experiences of some hikers, there are those whose exeriences are enhanced by the presence of horses.

[saimyoji]

No, contrary to the experiences of some hikers, there are those whose exeriences are enhanced by the presence of horses.

So you have a poop fetish?

Or would it be a fecal equine affinity?

[Tin Man]

So you have a poop fetish?

Or would it be a fecal equine affinity?

hahahaha

[emerald]

So you have a poop fetish?

Or would it be a fecal equine affinity?

You might ask your question of those who display an interest in the subject. Sorry, I have no time for pointless banter today, having higher priorities and I already skipped an AT clean-up because of them.

[saimyoji]

....having higher priorities and I already skipped a AT clean-up because of them.

slacker.

[Heater]

Wasn't that what part of this thread was about, logging off in the middle of a trail

"logging off" In the middle of the trail?

Heh... I never heard that one before.

You could get arrested for that...

[Heater]

You might ask your question of those who display an interest in the subject. Sorry, I have no time for pointless banter today, having higher priorities and I already skipped an AT clean-up because of them.

Maybe more fiber in the diet might do the trick.

[Doctari]

Yea, nasty. Not the worst I have seen, but sadly, its all part of the hiking experience.

The pile of noodles reminds me of a trip Coffee & I took with my work partner Matt: Matt was a traditional packer (read "HEAVY PACK!") & tho we hiked together, this was Matt's first ever solo hike (Him carrying all the gear he used etc.) So, first time ever setting up his tent by himself, first time using the stove as his wife did all the on trail cooking. So, Coffee & I were done eating & setting up camp way before he even started to assemble his stove. Just as his noodles were ready to eat, & as he removed the lid from his pot: his pot dumped over, landing top side down on top of his pile of noodles.

Yep, I laughed. Alot!

So did coffee (Yes you did).

Then we offered him food, even offered to cook it for him. He ate a candy bar & called it a night.

Perhaps that is what happened here.

I have no explination for the nail.

[Plodderman]

Some people just carry to much stuff in and leave it behind somewhere. At a Shelter near Damascus you could just take whatever you wanted as it had evething from sleeping bags to cans of waterproof spray. Probably last minutes jitters and stocked up to much.

In th past few years hiking on the trail I have found most people to very nice and neat on the trail.

[smokymtnsteve]

I read a great post today on another website about an experience at Grayson Highlands SP involving wild ponies. Since it was AT-related and in sharp contrast to the anti-equine rhetoric here, I wanted to mention it.

while wild ponies are in that area ,,they are not confined to the trail and the poop is not concentrated

[sheepdog]

Just as his noodles were ready to eat, & as he removed the lid from his pot: his pot dumped over, landing top side down on top of his pile of noodles.

Yep, I laughed. Alot!

So did coffee (Yes you did).

Then we offered him food, even offered to cook it for him. He ate a candy bar & called it a night.

Perhaps that is what happened here.

I have no explination for the nail.

Wouldn't a real hiker have eaten the noodles on top, at least until he got to the dirty ones?

[SunnyWalker]

DC2: Wow, that was a lot of work. I have not seen that kind of damage over here in NM where I hike. But I am going to start carrying a couple of large garbage bags and double them and seem what I can carry out. Thanks for the inspiration. -SunnyWalker

[Cutty]

you Want To See Something Really Scarey? Go Through There In March And April.

Roots,

Hope To Get To See You And Yours At The Soruck This Year!
Will You Be There? Hope You Are. Last Year Got Spoked Cause Of
Weather Worrys!
Cutty