What's the difference ?

[The Cleaner]

What is the difference between an avid outdoorsman and a person starting a thru hike?Gear weight?Fire starting skills...being able to read weather signs?Just looking for input&ideas,a little discussion and satire&sarcasim....

[Lone Wolf]

"avid outdoorsmen" don't necessarily do any backpacking

[Spokes]

Avid outdoorsmen tend to wear red plaid flannel shirts. Reminds me of this classic Monty Python skit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zey8...e_gdata_player

[kayak karl]

when i hear "avid outdoorsmen"i think of my dad, hunter, fisherman and camper. he never hiked.

[The Cleaner]

"avid outdoorsmen" don't necessarily do any backpacking

Great point,then I've met some hikers who acted like they had never spent much time outdoors while they warmed up by my fire almost hypothermic.....

[Rasty]

Cloths - Camouflage vs Synthetic
Fire - Bonfire vs Alchy stove
Transportation - ATV vs Trail Runners
Pack - External Frame vs Internal
Food - Fresh bacon and eggs vs Crap
Distance - 1 mile vs 15 miles
Fun - About the Same

[Spokes]

Look in any L.L. Bean catalog and you'll find a slew of avid outdoorsmen. They seem to congregate there.

[CrumbSnatcher]

98% of 1st time thruhikers have never hiked/backpacked

[Spokes]

Cloths - Camouflage vs Synthetic
Fire - Bonfire vs Alchy stove
Transportation - ATV vs Trail Runners
Pack - External Frame vs Internal
Food - Fresh bacon and eggs vs Crap
Distance - 1 mile vs 15 miles
Fun - About the Same

Forgot one- they wear paracord survival bracelets.

[CrumbSnatcher]

including me in 1998

[Rasty]

Cloths - Camouflage vs Synthetic
Fire - Bonfire vs Alchy stove
Transportation - ATV vs Trail Runners
Pack - External Frame vs Internal
Food - Fresh bacon and eggs vs Crap
Distance - 1 mile vs 15 miles
Fun - About the Same

Forgot one- they wear paracord survival bracelets.

Ok sorry

Hikers wear paracord survival bracelets. Outdoorsmen just drive back to the road.

Is that correct?

[hikerboy57]

same diffreence as a man fishing and a man sanding on shore with a long stick, looking like an idiot.
many avid sportmen have dual burner stoves, more inclined to wear camo, which is one reason i hardly ever see avid outdoorsmen.
i undertand they also bowl overhand.

[Rasty]

same diffreence as a man fishing and a man sanding on shore with a long stick, looking like an idiot.
many avid sportmen have dual burner stoves, more inclined to wear camo, which is one reason i hardly ever see avid outdoorsmen.
i undertand they also bowl overhand.

Are they sanding the stick?

[The Cleaner]

Forgot one- they wear paracord survival bracelets.

You left out the alcohol category.Does one carry/take it for ....stomach or stove?

[Spokes]

Ok sorry

Hikers wear paracord survival bracelets. Outdoorsmen just drive back to the road.

Is that correct?

No. Outdoorsmen wear paracord survival bracelets and like showing you how they can make a compass by floating a magnetized sewing needle on a leaf in a cup of water.

[hikerboy57]

Are they sanding the stick?

not sure whether theyre sanding the stick or polishing the wand.

[The Cleaner]

What is the purpose of a survival bracelet?Outdoor bling?

[Rasty]

Ok sorry

Hikers wear paracord survival bracelets. Outdoorsmen just drive back to the road.

Is that correct?

No. Outdoorsmen wear paracord survival bracelets and like showing you how they can make a compass by floating a magnetized sewing needle on a leaf in a cup of water.

Do you bend the leaf for declination of the compass?

[Rasty]

What is the purpose of a survival bracelet?Outdoor bling?

Is it like the medic alert necklaces? Help I've fallen 3000 feet and I can't get up!

[hikerboy57]

Do you bend the leaf for declination of the compass?

this is not as easy at it sounds. make sure you paint the N side of the needle red( or was it the south side?)