MinnesotaSmith Update

[Skidsteer]

My confidential sources tell me he had water mailed to himself @ Neels Gap...

Supposedly surplus Hurricane Katrina water. Just think of the weight he's saving by not carrying a filter, though.

MS, if you keep on keepin' on, I'm gonna rename you Frank Sinatra cause you're sure enough "doing it your way ".

[general]

water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink. what's wrong with the stuff that bubbles up out of the ground about every quarter mile here in the georgia hills. i would sure as hell rather drink that than some stuff that has been to Louisana and back. that bottled water could have picked up hepatitis along the way.

[Hikerhead]

Those guestimated 350 questions that he asked about the trail from Ga to Fontanta really did a lot of good. And didn't he hike the Ga AT last year????Didn't he see all of those streams he crossed??

I don't know what to say......except Way to Go MS!!!! ME is waiting for ya!

[MOWGLI]

water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink. what's wrong with the stuff that bubbles up out of the ground about every quarter mile here in the georgia hills.

What's wrong with you? Only liberals and tree huggers would drink that stuff.

[general]

What's wrong with you? Only liberals and tree huggers would drink that stuff.

damn tree huggers

[weary]

damn tree huggers

Yeah. How can we keep the economy going if we use resources without filtering them through an industrial company with most of its managers in China.

Weary

[Dances with Mice]

Now, now. This is a thread about MinnesotaSmith. Let's not bring politics into it.

[general]

Yeah. How can we keep the economy going if we use resources without filtering them through an industrial company with most of its managers in China.

Weary

i used to build high quality custom billiard tables for a company in atlanta. can you guess where my job went? $585 wholesale with a $2500 retail. can't compete with that. it's a shame. that $585 buys one low end piece of shi*, but it looks great. oh well, got a new job with DNR, get to stay outside all day, hike and no noxious fumes to breathe. my income greatly depreciated, but now i at least have a chance at living to a nice ripe old age. it's happening every day, and i would imagine that some craftsmen aren't as lucky to find such a great new job as me. now i have to hug at least 3 trees a day to make up for all the mahogany pool tables i built over 10 years at an average of 500 per year. damn, i cut a tree today in my yard, but it was already dead so i guess it doesn't count. anyway, i'll hug 4 tomorrow just to be sure my carma is in order.

[weary]

.... oh well, got a new job with DNR, get to stay outside all day, hike and no noxious fumes to breathe. my income greatly depreciated, but now i at least have a chance at living to a nice ripe old age. .....

Well I never got a job that paid much money so my pay never depreciated. But it truly was a great job while it lasted. I got to walk in the woods, climb a few mountains, canoe a few wild rivers, and periodically nice things happened to the environment that made me proud to have played a tiny part.

Weary

[general]

Well I never got a job that paid much money so my pay never depreciated. But it truly was a great job while it lasted. I got to walk in the woods, climb a few mountains, canoe a few wild rivers, and periodically nice things happened to the environment that made me proud to have played a tiny part.

Weary

right on. money don't mean nothin', except rich folks have more bills.

[weary]

right on. money don't mean nothin', except rich folks have more bills.

I keep trying to figure out what those folks spend their money on. I eat too much already. My car runs. I manage to donate more than most of my fellow land trust directors. My house is warm. My grandkids will be in debt a long time, but they seem to be doing okay with just a few co-signs from me.

Weary

[max patch]

Those guestimated 350 questions that he asked about the trail from Ga to Fontanta really did a lot of good. And didn't he hike the Ga AT last year????Didn't he see all of those streams he crossed??

I'm not going to mention any names because its not relevent and there is no need to embarrass anyone, but a few years back on Trailplace a young lady asked more questions about how to thru hike than anyone I've ever read about. She asked question about EVERY topic imaginable.

But still she started with a 60 lb pack and quit at Rainbow Springs and went home.

Lets hope MS does better.

[Belgarion]

Listen guy, it's great that your trying a through hike. That's commendable. But, lose the attitude. you asked at least four people I know how to get your pack right. Lonestar told you you don't need to carry all that water and you just argued with him. I got the same message from Peacemaker. You asked him for help and every bit of advise he gave you you argued with him. Listen, I am glad to help anyone on the Trail. But if you ask for advise, listen to it, take it and use it. If you want the hiking experience and advise use it, if your not going to listen to it or make a joke about it, then don't ask for it.
By the way the name is Belgarion

[Belgarion]

Believe me guys, I saw it with my own eyes and so did Lonestar. He was carrying 6 liters of water. When he got his food drop at Neels he had a half gallon of fruit juice, and many cans of food. I left Tues morn the 21 and he bought the food that I had left over. I only offered to sell him my cd player cause I didn't need it anymore. He only wanted my food. I'll say this for him, at Woods Hole he offered me a nice piece of dried seaweed.

[Fiddler]

Believe me guys, I saw it with my own eyes and so did Lonestar. He was carrying 6 liters of water.

Does he have one of those solar shower things you hang from a tree? That would be about right, 2 liters for drinking, 4 liters for the shower.

[Fiddler]

Maybe his name should be changed to "Waterboy".

[Teatime]

I hiked that section with a 1.8 L Platy. There was plenty of water to be found. At most I've carried the 1.8 L Platy and a 20 oz. plastic bottle (Gatorade bottle). I could easily hike 2 - days without a refill on 6 liters of water.
As for changing his trail name to "Waterboy", I vote yes. However, remember what happened to those who teased "The Waterboy" in that movie! Gatorade! H2O! Gatorade! H2O! AARGGHHH!

[Sly]

Maybe his name should be changed to dumb ****, or atleast Dancing With Dementia

[Alligator]

And Belgarion was born Garion...

[Frosty]

Listen guy, it's great that your trying a through hike. That's commendable. But, lose the attitude. you asked at least four people I know how to get your pack right. Lonestar told you you don't need to carry all that water and you just argued with him. I got the same message from Peacemaker. You asked him for help and every bit of advise he gave you you argued with him. Listen, I am glad to help anyone on the Trail. But if you ask for advise, listen to it, take it and use it. If you want the hiking experience and advise use it, if your not going to listen to it or make a joke about it, then don't ask for it.
By the way the name is Belgarion

Believe me guys, I saw it with my own eyes and so did Lonestar. He was carrying 6 liters of water. When he got his food drop at Neels he had a half gallon of fruit juice, and many cans of food. I left Tues morn the 21 and he bought the food that I had left over. I only offered to sell him my cd player cause I didn't need it anymore. He only wanted my food. I'll say this for him, at Woods Hole he offered me a nice piece of dried seaweed.

Well, I'd never wish bad luck on anyone, or bet against him, but truthfully, who could have read any of his posts over the last couple years and not be surprised at this attitude? His questions were more of a platform for him than to gain any information. (Though the attitude doesn't surprise me, getting canned goods and a half gallon of fruit juice does, actually.)

My first thought was that it will be tough for a guy with such a closed mind to learn anything or have any kind of trail transformaton or enlightenment, but who knows? Stranger things have happened.

And if he can make it past Dicks Creek Gap, he will have made it further than I did on my first attempt!