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Honey Dew
02-02-2008, 00:58
So...from me, and I'm sure all of Billville, I wanted to say good luck and have fun hiking the PCT. We'll miss you at Trail Days!!! :p
So...from me, and I'm sure all of Billville, I wanted to say good luck and have fun hiking the PCT. We'll miss you at Trail Days!!! :pSniff...sniff...I already miss Jester. I'm going to play endless loops of "Tiny Bubbles" in his honor at trail days.
Instead of missing Jester at Trail Days y'all need to get your butts on the PCT!
Frolicking Dinosaurs
02-02-2008, 10:35
WTG, Jester. I love to see people living their dreams.
dixicritter
02-02-2008, 11:59
Jester... Enjoy your hike on the PCT!!! :)
Jan LiteShoe
02-02-2008, 12:20
The East Cost will be just a little less hilarious for a time.
Jack Tarlin
02-02-2008, 16:41
I also would like to extend best wishes to our dear friend Jester as he sets out on the Piece 'o Cake Trail. :D
All the Best Jester, I know you will have a great time.:)
Instead of missing Jester at Trail Days y'all need to get your butts on the PCT!
Yea, the Kick off is a hundred times better than Trail Days
matsonian
02-02-2008, 20:09
Good luck jester... we won't cross paths, as we don't hike until July 08. I will thnk of you as we pass Mt. Whitney.
Pacific Tortuga
02-03-2008, 01:15
Does Jester have a on-line journal or a way to see his where abouts, mail drops, if anyone knows could you share it ?
When is he leaving or did he already leave?
Panzer
One generally can't leave Mexico until mid-April, though this may shape up to be a high snow year, so closer to May in that case. Unless he's got some sort of scheme up his sleeve.
He is planning the PCT so he is keeping track of snowfall, etc... Here is an entry from Cuppajoe's journal:
"I will be starting on the 19th. Several others are starting a couple days earlier and others are starting a week later. Funny thing is I know we will all meet up somewhere along the way. There is a thing called the Sierras that kinda equals out the, “how fast do I hike equation” and right now the optimal entry date into the Sierras is June 8. This info is based on current snowfall conditions. I have a mental goal set that I want to hit Kennedy Meadows, the Sierra entry site around June 10."
Cuppajoes PCT Journal (http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=215474)
Jester2000
02-03-2008, 13:08
I too would like to wish Jester good luck, if only to make this thread longer.
Does Jester have a on-line journal or a way to see his where abouts, mail drops, if anyone knows could you share it ?
I will let everyone know this info as it gets closer to my start, as that's usually when I get more self-absorbed (and my normally high level of delusions of grandeur skyrockets, and I start to believe that everyone should be as interested in me as I am).
. . .Unless he's got some sort of scheme up his sleeve.
Off-trail I usually keep a scheme up my sleeve. When I'm hiking I keep it down my pants (to prevent chafing).
But worry not -- I'm still East-coasty for a bit. See some of you jokers at the Warmer. . .
Whoa... I am so out of the loop! I hope you have a great hike Jester. I'm so jealous!!! I'm hoping to make it out west sometime this summer maybe. Damascus won't be the same this year!:(
The west will never be the same.........
Best of luck Jester!
mweinstone
02-04-2008, 16:37
sometimes i use my jesters voice. its a cheap imitation of you. i dont do it around you cause its not cool. my jesters voice only comes on when im giving instructions or decriptions of the trail. like,.. if im telling someone not to sleep at bake oven knob shelter but to walk on. im thinking in my jesters thaught voice right now . im gonna go walk around town with my jesters walk and ciggerett carry. to the bookstore. where ill prolly use my jesters look while browsing. the look that screams ,...well yall know it. i got some jester flakes on my gear if anything happenes we can clone him back later. meanwhile, can i have your costumes if you dont come back? and who gets your share of the desserts?
note :jesters mom, you will attend all events in the kings absence.
oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxmatty
Pacific Tortuga
04-02-2008, 08:13
Any update on Jesters plans ? :-?
Any update on Jesters plans ? :-?
Don't know but the Sierra entry date is June 14-18 according to Postholer and the PCT databook formula.
Jim Adams
04-02-2008, 10:06
The East Cost will be just a little less hilarious for a time.
That's OK, the PCT needs to get a sense of humor.:D
Yea, the Kick off is a hundred times better than Trail Days
I was at the same kick off (07) and was bored stiff. Too stuffy, no sense of humor, WAY TOO SERIOUS for thru hiking. I would go back to see friends but I would NEVER miss Trail Days for it.:-?
geek
Jim Adams
04-02-2008, 10:06
MAKE THEM LAUGH JESTER!!!!!!!!
geek
Don't know but the Sierra entry date is June 14-18 according to Postholer and the PCT databook formula.
sounds like the making of a good Kennedy Meadows GS party....
That's OK, the PCT needs to get a sense of humor.:D
I was at the same kick off (07) and was bored stiff. Too stuffy, no sense of humor, WAY TOO SERIOUS for thru hiking. I would go back to see friends but I would NEVER miss Trail Days for it.:-?
geek
Yeah they are totally different, suppose it's depends on the person and what they're looking for. I didn't have a blast myself, but I was tired, anxious and a bit concerned about the desert ahead. Plus I didn't know anyone.
The dynamics are quite different. At Traildays, most of the AT hikers are a month or two into their hikes. They have lots of friends, they're comfortable in their abilities and have gained major confidence, so it's a time to let loose.
The PCT hiker is just starting and has at most a week of hiking under their belt, but probably more like a day. Rather than drinking a 12 pack they're concerned about the 5 am wake up the next day to get going on the desert heat and the 16 mile waterless stretch.
I liked the KO simply because it was much smaller, more intimate, had a much greater ratio of informational sessions to partying than TD's and wasn't a crazy zoo.
I suspect I'll enjoy it much more THIS year as a non-hiker with the chance to reunite with the class of 07'. No worrying about miles, water caches, etc. :)
I had a great time at TD's in 04' but I'm not sure I'd ever really wanna go back.
Annnnd back to Jester.:)
sounds like the making of a good Kennedy Meadows GS party....
Yeah, since I'm starting a little early I'll have to take at least 10 zeros before or at KM. 4 at the KO, one in Idyllwild, Big Bear, Wrightwood, the Saufley's or Anderson's (if they're open), and Tehachapi leaves a couple for KM.
Jim Adams
04-02-2008, 11:25
Yeah they are totally different, suppose it's depends on the person and what they're looking for. I didn't have a blast myself, but I was tired, anxious and a bit concerned about the desert ahead. Plus I didn't know anyone.
The dynamics are quite different. At Traildays, most of the AT hikers are a month or two into their hikes. They have lots of friends, they're comfortable in their abilities and have gained major confidence, so it's a time to let loose.
The PCT hiker is just starting and has at most a week of hiking under their belt, but probably more like a day. Rather than drinking a 12 pack they're concerned about the 5 am wake up the next day to get going on the desert heat and the 16 mile waterless stretch.
I liked the KO simply because it was much smaller, more intimate, had a much greater ratio of informational sessions to partying than TD's and wasn't a crazy zoo.
I suspect I'll enjoy it much more THIS year as a non-hiker with the chance to reunite with the class of 07'. No worrying about miles, water caches, etc. :)
I had a great time at TD's in 04' but I'm not sure I'd ever really wanna go back.
Annnnd back to Jester.:)
Know what you mean. I really enjoyed the lecture about mountain lions but the rest just seemed as though it didn't apply to me. I came back to the KO from Paradise Corners and listened to the water report with great concern but when they got to where I was on the trail, they stopped and said it didn't matter because things would change by the time the "herd" got there...didn't help me at all.
Also, 4 of us were sitting at the picnic table in our campsite QUIETLY talking about friends, the lectures and the day. At 11pm on the nose we were told by others to stop talking because it is now quiet hours. We weren't even talking loudly, just above a whisper because of how quiet it was....this pissed me of a little but then a WHOLE BUNCH when the organizers had that a$$hole begin to play the bagpipe at 5am.
As I was growing up you would always hear that California is so trendy and far ahead of the rest of the country...well California doesn't have a clue! Those people need to get a life!:sun
geek
I'm looking forward to the KO as I'll probably know about 25 people. If I get bored I'll try to talk someone into going to the nearby casino!
I am looking forward to KO too. This will be my first one, but always easily amused and likes to share a good time with others.
Looking forward to a great experience!
neighbor dave
04-02-2008, 17:04
:-?what's the pct?? and kickoff?? i thought football started in sept.:confused:
what did the monkey say when he got his tail run over by the lawnmower:confused:
aint long now!:D
yo hablo espanol. para donde vas amigo? a canada!:welcome
CrumbSnatcher
04-02-2008, 17:29
JESTER i hope you have a great time,and an amazing journey...
RedneckRye
04-03-2008, 01:09
I want to wish Jester the absolute worst of luck. The WORST of luck........
No water and lots 20 foot long rattlesnakes in the 700 miles of desert. Meth'ed out crazies for all of his hitches in CA. Nine zillion feet of snow in the Sierras. Locusts and angry panda bears thru Nor CA. A drum circle surrounding the trail all the way thru Oregon (No, really... pasty guys with dreads, shoulder to shoulder, along both sides of the trail from the CA border to the WA border, slapping at drums or gourds or 5 gallon buckets, every sixth or seventh guy asking Jester if he can spare a smoke). Rain in WA which floods his campsite and washes away all of his fun but useless crap and only leaves him with the gear that he needs to survive - just barely. And then finally, a royally pissed off Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer and the horse he rode in on demanding to see "Mr. Shane O'Donnell's passport, birth certificate, PCT permit, "permit to enter Canada at a non-entry point", and maybe even his CA Camp Fire Permit", before Jester could walk across the border and into Canada.
Why do I wish this on my dear friend Jester???
The story at the Gathering will be that much funnier.
So Jester...Have fun no even if the luck gets bad.
RYE
I've been there, done that and want to do it again with Jester! (The trail that is! PCT specifically) Hope you have a blast, you always doooo! Definatley gonna miss you! Send me along your mail drops please - I have an opportunity for some halarious payback. By the way Peregrine has sent me a few emails - looks like you may be running into him along the trail. Two Jesters, both best friends so far away from me on the same trail together!!!!! Sorry I missed your going away shindig your mom threw, I was thinking of you.
Frolicking Dinosaurs
04-05-2008, 12:25
::: Dino curls a loving a protective tail around Jester - though stretching it to the West coast is hard :::
trailangelmary
04-05-2008, 14:57
Have a blast, Jester. Missing you already. I need your mail drop schedule, Please.
Oh, and the stand-up Jester still startles me. I forget he's there, still! It's been fun though dressing him. My friends at Sorrentos tell me you startle them when I put you on the deck.
Pictures soon.
Sorry I missed the party. I got the super-flu. Captain trips. But I hope you
Oh, and the stand-up Jester still startles me. I forget he's there, still! It's been fun though dressing him. My friends at Sorrentos tell me you startle them when I put you on the deck.
Pictures soon.
You're playing dress-up with the cardboard jester? Hmmmm.....I bet he looks startling in your undies!
But I hope you....
.....have a blast on the trail. I'm scheming and plotting to get out there for a little bit sometime this summer...we'll see.
.....have a blast on the trail. I'm scheming and plotting to get out there for a little bit sometime this summer...we'll see.
Really, when would you be coming out and for how long?
Really, when would you be coming out and for how long?No idea, but I have more than one reason to make some kind of trip out west this summer, so, probably later in the summer than sooner. All super vague at this point but if Im out west Im definitely gonna do some hiking!.
Jester2000
04-16-2008, 13:25
Wanted to say, "Bye!"
But that's not enough letters.
So, "see you this fall!"
Jesters Mom
04-17-2008, 12:19
JESTER HAS LEFT THE BUILDING! He's on the train and on the way.
I liked the KO simply because it was much smaller, more intimate, had a much greater ratio of informational sessions to partying than TD's and wasn't a crazy zoo.
The KO is my favorite hiker gathering. Chilled, laid back and fun. I did enjoy he KO more as an alumni than as a person currently hiking the trail.