You could pick up a couple of porters at the Home Depot. They will carry your gear and cook your meals. You just have to get used to beans and tortillas.
This Is A Joke Right????
Now shall I walk or shall I ride?
"Ride," Pleasure said:
"Walk," Joy replied.
~W.H. Davies-
Interesting to say the Least.isn't the point to backpacking is to BACKPACK!? no hire people?. This is an really lame thread im sorry.
Now shall I walk or shall I ride?
"Ride," Pleasure said:
"Walk," Joy replied.
~W.H. Davies-
Who said anything about backpacking? he just wants to hike the trail. He's a puristOriginally Posted by Alaskanhkr23
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
-Jason
I will do it, but I get to review your gear and you get to buy the pack that I carry, meaning you have to be ultralight to my standards. And I would do it for the cost of my thru-hike plus $5k.
Wow some people have a hard time sifting through what is supposed to be funny and what isn't. Hint: This is in the humor forum. And the very idea is hilarious.
Biscuitchonkers is taking slackpacking to a whole new level. The Circle people will be envious.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. Henry David Thoreau
DING ! DING! DING! We have a winner.
If people spent less time being offended and more time actually living, we'd all be a whole lot happier!
This has been one of the best threads- EVER!
THIS IS how the trail should -no SHOULD be done!
You sir, should not have to deal directly with the porters.As your manager I will take care of all the, shall we say, details so you can do nothing but enjoy your day/night.
With humble regards,
nean
A manager! Hmmmm... liking where this idea is going! But yeah, absolutely no direct contact with the porters/ bearers, and everyone averts their eyes when i look their way.. maybe the manager can also moonlight as a 'jester' or something to amuse me when the green tunnel just gets too much?
'Have fun & stay cool.' - Ranulph Fiennes
Even better, I'll hire Jester!!!
this is a cool thread :)
I actually pictured (well what I would think an Aussie to look like) 50 feet away from a shelter reclining on big fluffy pillows covered in red velvet, women folk fanning him/feeding him grapes...advanced scouts already setting up the next night's stay (your porter/manager types rotate two giant luxurious canvas tents. Before you sits a treasure chest and while one hand holds a profile map of the next section your other hands wriggles through the gold coins.
No other hikers are allowed to approach you-you watch your guards keep them at bay while 2 of your legion prepare your nightly bath
Start out slow, then slow down.
Ok
For the right price, I'll do the fanning with palm fronds or even the grapes. But no way am I helping with the bath.
(Oh, and don't call me "sugar".)
If you're in a hurry, why are you walking?
Am I Kidding?
It will take more than one porter to do all the work involved for a demanding Entitled thru-hiker with lots of $$$, sounds to me you need to rethink this through, as a really long section hike. Get your "Appalachian Pages" book ready, you will be needing it.
...................Unless you just want just to lie about your entire thru-hike in the end anyway, and skip some sections along the way, like taking the blue blazed Creeper trail out of Damascus instead of the white blazed AT, then go ahead and have the ba!!s to get your name in the ATC book on record as a Real 2,000 miler anyway. I have to laugh when I see the names. I know who you are........... hehehehe
If you do decide that you want to start at Delaware Water Gap Pa and Hike South to Georgia, I will help guide you for the first 50 miles, and help you get your slackpacking gear in order, and even allow you to take a free cold shower.
I'm not so sure we're looking for servants w/ attitude!For the right price, I'll do the fanning with palm fronds or even the grapes. But no way am I helping with the bath.
(Oh, and don't call me "sugar".)
You got references?
Don't know what you're missin'
Stellar. And the attitude is free.I'm not so sure we're looking for servants w/ attitude!
You got references?
If you're in a hurry, why are you walking?
Why stop at sherpas for your stuff? Imagine the view from atop your throne mounted on a platform with poles for the hired help to shoulder. Hiking is overrated anyway. All the walking, ugghh. You could still have the high-tech clothes, and not even get them dirty. Of course, your bearers would have to stoop through the rhodo tunnels and you might have to hold an umbrella on the balds. Ooooh, bug proof screening for the gnats and skeeters too.. And to top it off, the throne could recline and your team could simply wake you for the approved views and experiences. Technically, you could pass every white blaze, and it's not a wheeled vehicle, so claim your patch when you're done.
99.9% of the public could care less how much blue blazing some one did.It will take more than one porter to do all the work involved for a demanding Entitled thru-hiker with lots of $$$, sounds to me you need to rethink this through, as a really long section hike. Get your "Appalachian Pages" book ready, you will be needing it.
...................Unless you just want just to lie about your entire thru-hike in the end anyway, and skip some sections along the way, like taking the blue blazed Creeper trail out of Damascus instead of the white blazed AT, then go ahead and have the ba!!s to get your name in the ATC book on record as a Real 2,000 miler anyway. I have to laugh when I see the names. I know who you are........... hehehehe
If you do decide that you want to start at Delaware Water Gap Pa and Hike South to Georgia, I will help guide you for the first 50 miles, and help you get your slackpacking gear in order, and even allow you to take a free cold shower.
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