Uh oh...
Forgive me brothers for I have sinned, I rode the cog up pikes peak in colorado springs. How should I reconcile myself with the mountains?
Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is a million fathoms deep.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't worry about it
That's off the AT, so it's just a blue blaze trail.Originally Posted by SargeAT
You never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns
When they all did tricks for you.
As pennance you shall say 100 hail maries after drinking 12 bloody maries. Take comfort in the fact there is a road to the top for automobiles, you evil sinner.
How many more of our soldiers must die in Iraq?
I was always partial to Bloody Marys. Oh well, here goes nothing.
*glug*
*glug*
*glug*
*glug*
*glug*
*glug*
*glug*
*glug*
*glug*
*glug*
*glug*
*glug*
Hale mare, fulls o grace' the lord issss with thee, blesssud art ow and full....hallowed thee thy name........*hic*.......
*Bleeeughhhhh!*
Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is a million fathoms deep.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
I rode that thing back in the sixties and early seventies, have even rode the Ducks at Wisconsin Dells, not no never done me no none harm.
"you ain't settin your sights to high son, but if you want to follow in my tracks I'll help ya up the trail some."
Rooster Cogburn.
ride instead of hike????
go forth, my wanderin' brother, into yon wilderness, for many miles you will see white-capped peaks, green of forest, & endless trail....you are forgiven when you come to the God we call Katahdin!
When I start telling people that on my thru-hike, that I must make amends. Thats a whole trail name in the making...hmmmm
Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is a million fathoms deep.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Okay, what I need to know is whether you made some college kid at the top lug your backpack and/or luggage up the final bit from the cog terminal up to the lodge?
That's a temp job Grass had last Fall in prep for her thru-hike. BTW, she summitted Mt. Washington (the old fashioned way ... hiking) on Tuesday.
Rain Man
.
No didn't do that, was almost tempted to renconcile myself by getting off at the half-way point used by hikers without a pack, water, or proper clothing.
Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is a million fathoms deep.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
THATS IT, I SERVED MY TIME! Alright, today I get up at about 8'o'clock to hike Austin, Texas' Green belt. So I get all my stuff together, mistakes; Forgot potable aqua, cotton shirt and socks, deadweight my pack to 30 pounds, only 2 liters of water for a 5 mile hike, hike in the wrong direction from barton springs, (a popular spring-fed swimming pool in Austin.) After hiking for about 4 hours, I run out of water and quickly look from the stream back to the trail, giardia was starting to sound not-so-bad. I force myself to hike another mile, 500 meters to the trail-head and my car. 200 meters left, I drop my backpack and lurch up the hill, slightly hallucinating from lack of sleep and dehydration. Let me just remind you, there is the hot texas sun beating the back of my head stacked with 90% humidity, and 90+ degrees. Alright, so I reach the shade and pass out for five minutes, wake up and stumble into my car and high-tail it to the nearest quiznos, my life depending on it. THERE, this should be sufficient punishment inflicted by the spirit of the trail for riding a cog.
Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is a million fathoms deep.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
pikes peak
I surely wouldnt worry about a cog ride unless your one of them ther purist hikers who go crazy about the thought of actually not hiking one mountain, I wish i would of had some cog rides out in kings canyon this summer
Okay dude, five miles? Tell us you were drinking copious amounts of intoxicating beverages prior to this. Or recovering from a highly entertaining par-tay at Hippy Hollow.
How many more of our soldiers must die in Iraq?
Intoxicated? No, no, just on the caffeine that kept me awake for 24 hours......what I would do to visit hippy hollow right now....
Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is a million fathoms deep.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
was it fun?
Was it fun? If so, do it again!!!
Long-distance aspirations with short-distance feet.... :jump
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
