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SWODaddy
11-03-2016, 19:41
I just saw this and the thought occurred to me that it's only a matter of time until someone drags something like this into the woods with them.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OR-WEpywq4

Another reason to avoid shelters. :)

SWODaddy
11-03-2016, 19:46
Another video...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n3mJZv7-u0

MuddyWaters
11-03-2016, 20:06
Your way late, I have personally met a 13 yr old boyscout hiking 70 miles with a laptop and xbox.

SWODaddy
11-03-2016, 20:08
Your way late, I have personally met a 13 yr old boyscout hiking 70 miles with a laptop and xbox.

That's pretty funny.

salsi
11-03-2016, 20:16
it takes less space then a tent ;) but in all seriousness I doubt that people start taking these on back country hikes if they get fully developed and functioning as it appears to have many breakable parts

Kaptainkriz
11-03-2016, 20:24
Ran into this once:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij3bIwmpYsA

Sarcasm the elf
11-03-2016, 20:37
Make sure to bring the bluetooth jambox as well.

Hangfire
11-03-2016, 20:38
Ran into this once:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij3bIwmpYsA

He would probably get better sound if he set up in a shelter...he just better be set up before lights out :-}

salsi
11-03-2016, 20:47
Ran into this once:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij3bIwmpYsA

that's actually pretty cool to see, very different but a good story for sure

Kaptainkriz
11-03-2016, 20:58
Ok, Back on topic, some of the new phones have a video projector module. Can show a movie on the wall of a shelter or the side of a tarp.

that's actually pretty cool to see, very different but a good story for sure

H I T C H
11-04-2016, 08:40
it takes less space then a tent ;) but in all seriousness I doubt that people start taking these on back country hikes if they get fully developed and functioning as it appears to have many breakable parts

What kind of power supply was he carrying to run the Xbox and laptop? :eek:

rocketsocks
11-04-2016, 11:36
what kind of power supply was he carrying to run the xbox and laptop? :eek:xl-dad.........

BillyGr
11-04-2016, 19:40
Apparently not hiking the right section of the trail - then all he'd have to do was plug them into the outlet in the shelter ;)

MuddyWaters
11-04-2016, 21:32
What kind of power supply was he carrying to run the Xbox and laptop? :eek:

Not a clue. Car battery?

Dogwood
11-05-2016, 00:33
nothing a campfire or cig ember couldn't quickly fix

in 07 had three drunken rowdy unrestrained yakking die hard Red Sox fans supposedly on a 4 day backpacking trip show up at a VT AT lean to with a small TV, small generator, and wheeled cooler full of beer and other alcohol. At 11:30 p.m three of us threw them all out of the lean to. only one managed to halfway erect his tent passing out halfway into his tent with the other two passed out on the ground in their own vomit and backpack explosions.

Dogwood
11-05-2016, 00:44
in NC at a AT lean to I only was momentarily resting at some arrived pushing a hand truck loaded with a full large Coleman cooler, two cases of beer, a long handled axe, iron skillet, a tent and hammock, Coleman double burner, and his pack strapped to it. shart you not.

Rain Man
11-05-2016, 11:03
Your way late, I have personally met a 13 yr old boyscout hiking 70 miles with a laptop and xbox.

About 12-14 years ago, I hike up Mt. LeConte in the Smokies. Teenage boy in group took his laptop.

Tipi Walter
11-05-2016, 12:21
Just pick the worst coldest weather of the year in your area and go backpacking. You won't see these fools and if you do they'll have all their gadgets implanted deeply under their layers to keep the batteries from dying. Cellphone in one armpit, spot device in the other armpit, xbox in their butt crack, camera up against their perineum, miniTV against their bare stomach etc etc.

MuddyWaters
11-05-2016, 12:59
About 12-14 years ago, I hike up Mt. LeConte in the Smokies. Teenage boy in group took his laptop.

A few yrs back, I recall someone finding a laptop abandoned in GA, someone decided it was not worth carrying after all.

KDogg
11-05-2016, 13:14
I just did a thru hike. Carried an iphone 6+. Played games on it, watched moves and browsed the internet. Not feeling guilty about it at all. Didn't disturb anybody, always used headphones when listening to anything. Was on the trail for 5 1/2 months and needed the distraction at times to deal with the pain and boredom. Only folks upset about it were the ones who thought I should be living up to their ideas of what the trail should be.