View Poll Results: How many miles until I am a real hiker?

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  • 1 mile or more

    47 35.88%

  • 50 miles or more

    19 14.50%

  • 100 miles or more

    25 19.08%

  • 500 miles or more

    22 16.79%

  • 1000 miles or more

    9 6.87%

  • 5000 miles or more

    9 6.87%
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  1. 07-16-2012, 22:44 #61
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    Quote Originally Posted by rastraikis View Post
    Be nice to the newer people please. Wait until they have 500+ posts. By then they have no feelings left to hurt and know who take seriously.
    That means everyone has got to be nice to me for the next five or more years since its taken that long for me to reach only 206 posts (look I even used the emoticons provided by the website)
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  2. 07-16-2012, 22:51 #62
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    Quote Originally Posted by lunchbx:1312750
    Quote Originally Posted by rastraikis View Post
    Be nice to the newer people please. Wait until they have 500+ posts. By then they have no feelings left to hurt and know who take seriously.
    That means everyone has got to be nice to me for the next five or more years since its taken that long for me to reach only 206 posts (look I even used the emoticons provided by the website)
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  3. 07-16-2012, 22:52 #63
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    You need proper tire inflation and -well pert plus...
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  4. 07-16-2012, 23:14 #64
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    Quote Originally Posted by hikerbiker99 View Post
    Wow, 5000! that seems a little hardcore. I have about 350 miles on the AT. I am not a thru hiker, but I am definitely a hiker.
    A thruhiker isn't even a thruhiker until he/she's through hiking whatever trail is being attempted.

    Disclaimer: I am not a real hiker. I am a figment of your imagination. .

    I have suggested the name "thrubie" for folks attempting a thruhike.

    Repeat hikers are real thruhikers.
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  5. 07-16-2012, 23:47 #65
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarcasm the elf:1312555
    Hiking is just walking where it's okay to pee, sometimes old people go hiking by accident...
    Sometimes old people go pee by accident. Does peeing by accident make you a real hiker?
    Are Chicken Ankles really what it's all about?
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  6. 07-17-2012, 03:04 #66
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    Quote Originally Posted by rastraikis View Post
    Sometimes old people go pee by accident. Does peeing by accident make you a real hiker?
    I think peeing by accident only makes you a hiker if you keep hiking unconcerned by the pee.....
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  7. 07-17-2012, 14:32 #67
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lone Wolf View Post
    i only got 16,000 miles. you ain't a hiker til you got that plus 25,00 posts on here. buncha noobs
    65% more posts than miles! Is this the correct posts to miles ratio going forward for us noobs?
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  8. 07-17-2012, 17:08 #68
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    I can never afford to be a real hiker. I was in MRO in Damascus the other day and the dam hiking pants cost $100 bucks alone. Sheeeit!
    I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express, though.
    I'm not really a hiker, I just play one on White Blaze.
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  9. 07-17-2012, 17:09 #69
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    Quote Originally Posted by rastraikis View Post
    Who keep voting for 1 mile?
    I voted for 1 mile. You gotta start somewhere and you made it a choice!
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  10. 07-17-2012, 17:11 #70
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    If you gotta count, you ain't a real hiker.
    I'm not really a hiker, I just play one on White Blaze.
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  11. 07-17-2012, 17:18 #71
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    You might be a real hiker if:

    You never spit out the meat from between your teeth, you know it may be your last good meal for a while.
    You never step into a depression, it would add 3" to your elevation gain.
    You consider anything over 1oz heavy.
    The word gap means "going up" to you.
    The room clears when you walk into it and only trail folks stand next to you.
    When a skunk sees you he runs.
    You have burned your house down making an alcohol stove.
    You have 10 cans of cat food in the basement but no cat.
    You fill a grocery cart just to get the containers.
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  12. 07-18-2012, 17:24 #72
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    Quote Originally Posted by rastraikis View Post
    Am I a real hiker?
    How many miles do I need to hike to be a "Real" hiker?
    It is all about attitude, not miles.
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  13. 07-18-2012, 18:46 #73
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray Blazer View Post
    I can never afford to be a real hiker. I was in MRO in Damascus the other day and the dam hiking pants cost $100 bucks alone. Sheeeit!
    I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express, though.
    Holiday Inn Express!...your no real hiker...real hikers stay at Howard Johnsons.
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  14. 07-18-2012, 18:52 #74
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shutterbug View Post
    It is all about attitude, not miles.
    I have a bad attitude, does that count?
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  15. 07-18-2012, 19:19 #75
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    A lot of testimonials and fuzzy pictures, but I've never seen a hiker and don't believe in them. All I ever see is people walking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by john gault View Post
    A lot of testimonials and fuzzy pictures, but I've never seen a hiker and don't believe in them. All I ever see is people walking.
    Just because you don't believe does not make it false. You said I would have to walk more than 5000 miles. Would you have to follow me for the whole 5000 miles to verify my 5000 miles? Would you give me a prize at the end?
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    you take this crap a little too serious ... Maybe someone is in need for a walk
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  18. 07-18-2012, 19:37 #78
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    Quote Originally Posted by john gault View Post
    you take this crap a little too serious ... Maybe someone is in need for a walk
    You know John, we let you sailors in the Cafe, we have a climbing wall, and a bike rack out front!
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    Quote Originally Posted by john gault View Post
    you take this crap a little too serious ... Maybe someone is in need for a walk
    I'm rarely serious! I'm always sarcastic! I am very much in need of a long walk! Two more months until a two week vacation. Going to do 11 days on the AT.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sddavis View Post
    Holiday Inn Express!...your no real hiker...real hikers stay at Howard Johnsons.

    I'm so old I stayed at Hojo's when there was only one flavor!

    (thanks Mel Brooks)
    I'm not really a hiker, I just play one on White Blaze.
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