Shelter Graffiti

[Rockhound]

i see "smoke weed" written on just about every oyher shelter. I never would have started had it not been for that.

[smokymtnsteve]

i see "smoke weed" written on just about every oyher shelter. I never would have started had it not been for that.

me eithier

[emerald]

Obviously, both of you are placing the blame where it doesn't belong, but defacing shelters is disrespectful toward volunteers who built them, individuals or businesses who funded them and others who use them in many cases for free. Not only do volunteers give their time, they often take money out of their own pockets believing they are contributing something of value to society that will endure through changing times.

Commercial establishments charge a handsome fee and they would more than likely have guests who deface their walls arrested. Why should it be okay to act differently in the woods? It isn't, if anyone is still wondering.

[weary]

no. you join in and do some taggin' of your own

Another totally silly position from a hiker with the knowledge, intelligence, and experience to provide wisdom to newcomers, but who boosts his ego by doing the opposite.

Weary

[weary]

Did you spell your name?

Alligator. That's not funny., It means you are part of the problem, not a solution.

Weary

[Skidsteer]

Alligator. That's not funny., It means you are part of the problem, not a solution.

Weary

OK. Next time I piss in the snow, I'll spell your name instead of mine.

[rickb]

It gets tougher as you get older.

Really not funny at all, that.

Especially if you have to dot an "i"

Oh well.

[weary]

OK. Next time I piss in the snow, I'll spell your name instead of mine.

I don't give a ..... what you spell in the snow. I do question the wisdom of an administrator and moderator making a joke of an important trail issue, at least among serious maintainers, if not the casual AT walker.

Weary

[Skidsteer]

I don't give a ..... what you spell in the snow. I do question the wisdom of an administrator and moderator making a joke of an important trail issue, at least among serious maintainers, if not the casual AT walker.

Weary

Ok. I'll just hold it.

[Lone Wolf]

Another totally silly position from a hiker with the knowledge, intelligence, and experience to provide wisdom to newcomers, but who boosts his ego by doing the opposite.

Weary

i could give a **** about shelters, the surrounding areas and the folks that build them and clean them. they're man-made boxes that attract pigs. newcomers, stay away from shelters. they suck

[Lone Wolf]

I do question the wisdom of an administrator and moderator making a joke of an important trail issue, at least among serious maintainers, if not the casual AT walker.

it's a non-issue

[rickb]

The sound of rain on a metal shelter roof is hard to beat on a windy night. A shelter can be a beautiful thing.

You must do all your hiking during the busy season.

[Lone Wolf]

You must do all your hiking during the busy season.

is this advice for newbies? i hike alone and stay in a tent. the rain sounds great

[woodsy]

I understand (actually read it in the register) that if you stay at certain shelters late in the season, say oct/nov you may not leave with all you showed up with.
Case in point,
A late SOBO entry in nov 08 at the Bemis shelter in maine says something like this:
spent the night, mice were ferocious, hardly slept as they were chewing through bag shell and making off with the filling, they weren't hungry, they were cold....
Four new holes in bag upon awakening, hoping i can sew it up in Andover.

[weary]

I understand (actually read it in the register) that if you stay at certain shelters late in the season, say oct/nov you may not leave with all you showed up with.
Case in point,
A late SOBO entry in nov 08 at the Bemis shelter in maine says something like this:
spent the night, mice were ferocious, hardly slept as they were chewing through bag shell and making off with the filling, they weren't hungry, they were cold....
Four new holes in bag upon awakening, hoping i can sew it up in Andover.

Woodsy: Mice, by the end of the season, are almost impossible to control. They have been indoctrinated and educated by -- and passed their DNA on to -- several generations by November.

This is information to pass on to hikers. It is not a reason for abolishing existing shelters. I've said several times what I feel about building new shelters.

Weary

[kanga]

I don't give a ..... what you spell in the snow. I do question the wisdom of an administrator and moderator making a joke of an important trail issue, at least among serious maintainers, if not the casual AT walker.

Weary

i'm confused. when did peeing in the snow become an important trail issue?

[Lone Wolf]

i'm confused. when did peeing in the snow become an important trail issue?

only in weary's world

[woodsy]

i'm confused. when did peeing in the snow become an important trail issue?

Yesterday?

[warraghiyagey]

Hmmmm . . . is this the new "Pissy Fit" Thread??

[Tin Man]

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