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warraghiyagey
02-19-2008, 13:33
Discounting any spouse or current significant other - what current or historic figure would you choose to hike the Appalachian Trail with.
I imagine some folks would have more than one choice. And if you could choose a group, who would you hike with?
john muir would have been a unique and cherished hiking partner
Johnny Thunder
02-19-2008, 13:43
"Lincoln...Big guy. Big reach. Skinny guys fight 'til they're burger."
Dances with Mice
02-19-2008, 13:47
Marilyn Monroe.
Footslogger
02-19-2008, 13:52
Kinda wish my dad was still alive to walk the trail with me. Other than my wife, BadAss Turtle, he's the one with whom I would most like to share that experience.
'Slogger
warraghiyagey
02-19-2008, 14:05
Warraghiyagey:)
Soon, my friend.
Cindy from Indy
02-19-2008, 14:28
My Dad for sure!!! And then Thom Jefferson....;)
taildragger
02-19-2008, 14:42
Andrew Jackson, I'd force him to walk every mile against his will and see how he likes it.
Old Hillwalker
02-19-2008, 14:48
Ian Anderson - Met him once in Scotland - at a hotel Pub in Onich
My Dad. He's been gone for almost 19 year now, and if I could I'd would have liked to walked with him. My other choice would be my son when he gets home from Iraq.
Gray Blazer
02-19-2008, 14:57
Moses and the jews. They went on an unsupported thru (well, unsupported by men anyway) for forty years. And Moses may have slackpacked to the top of the mountain, but, he was fully loaded when he came down. Top that.
SGT Rock
02-19-2008, 14:57
My Dad. He's been gone for almost 19 year now, and if I could I'd would have liked to walked with him. My other choice would be my son when he gets home from Iraq.
Here is to seeing that happen.
For me, if I was to select a family member, it would be my son or my Papaw, who passed on his love for the outdoors to his sons and his grandsons before he died. If I had to pick an historical figure, I'd have to say I'd want to hike with the Dalai Lama. :D
Thank SGT Rock, he gets to come home sometime between March and July 09. Maybe?
taildragger
02-19-2008, 15:13
For me, if I was to select a family member, it would be my son or my Papaw, who passed on his love for the outdoors to his sons and his grandsons before he died. If I had to pick an historical figure, I'd have to say I'd want to hike with the Dalai Lama. :D
Not Dalai the Llama?
Well of course my hubby is #1, but since we're not talking about spouses then definitely my daughter. I have a feeling it will be a dream come true one day. To make it even better, I'd love to get my dad on a trail. He would become an addict with one hike. :)
SGT Rock
02-19-2008, 15:16
Thank SGT Rock, he gets to come home sometime between March and July 09. Maybe?
I can relate. Tell him to keep his ass down and his head on a swivel.
maxNcathy
02-19-2008, 15:19
My oldest brother, Ellwood. He had a recent heart attack and is only interested in day hikes these days.
I would love to hike with Jesus. I view him as a beloved elder brother who could teach me to really understand the worth of everyone including myself.
warraghiyagey
02-19-2008, 15:21
With that said, one of my many choices or scenarios would be Jesus of Nazareth - during the time unquoted in the book. Definitely would have been a great human being to hike with.
Jim Adams
02-19-2008, 15:31
Ted Nugent
...great answer!:sun
geek
Miss Janet
02-19-2008, 15:31
It sounds like you have been at my breakfast table already! I love the answers I have heard over the years. I did have to insist on "non-conjugal" hiking partners. No guy could convince me he wanted to hike with Brittany for the great conversation!
I always hike alone because I am slow, stubborn and I wheeze too much to talk and I tend to hike a little between my breaks. Makes me a difficult hiking partner. But always though Robin Williams would be fun to hike with.
Footslogger
02-19-2008, 15:34
[quote=Miss Janet;542281 But always though Robin Williams would be fun to hike with.[/quote]
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I'd probably laugh too hard and fall a lot with him as a hiking partner !!
'Slogger
Jim Adams
02-19-2008, 15:35
my daughter
Papa Squat
Nean
1-2 Many
Wingfoot
...too many people, not enough trips!
geek
Blissful
02-19-2008, 15:36
As a trail figure, Ed Garvey.
I hike with my brother. He is my hero...and my food sherpa and the food bag is big and heavy. He claims my pack is just air, because I have converted to so much lighter weight gear. I point out to him that my pack weight is proportional to his in terms of body weight - he has me by about 30 pounds. He points out to me that he is always carrying me. Such brotherly love.
It sounds like you have been at my breakfast table already! I love the answers I have heard over the years. I did have to insist on "non-conjugal" hiking partners. No guy could convince me he wanted to hike with Brittany for the great conversation!
I always hike alone because I am slow, stubborn and I wheeze too much to talk and I tend to hike a little between my breaks. Makes me a difficult hiking partner. But always though Robin Williams would be fun to hike with.
I stand behind my answer....... I'm pretty sure I gave the same answer in your backyard one delicious morning.
kit carson. hands down.
PBS in Md had a segment on him last night- interesting stuff. He was the last true cowboy of the west, they said..No fan of the Navajo though.
I'd like to hike with the modern-day equivalent of Daniel Boone, anyone out there like that?
If not, I'll go with Wystiria here on WB, because she knows how to make cheesecake on the trail!:)
The Cheat
02-19-2008, 15:59
PBS in Md had a segment on him last night- interesting stuff. He was the last true cowboy of the west, they said..No fan of the Navajo though.
I'd like to hike with the modern-day equivalent of Daniel Boone, anyone out there like that?
If not, I'll go with Wystiria here on WB, because she knows how to make cheesecake on the trail!:)
Eustace Conway?
envirodiver
02-19-2008, 16:01
My Father, a lot of things didn't get said.
Louis Grizzard...not sure a lot of walking would get done, but it sure would be entertaining.
Randy Newman.
John Prine
envirodiver
02-19-2008, 16:02
I'd like to hike with the modern-day equivalent of Daniel Boone, anyone out there like that?
Tipi Walter
Jan LiteShoe
02-19-2008, 16:03
Where are the women?
I think Dorothy Laker would have been a spirited, adventuresome hiking partner.
For guys, the nature-attuned would be my choice. John Muir, John Bartram or old Dan'l Boone had it going on.
Jan LiteShoe
02-19-2008, 16:04
My Father, a lot of things didn't get said.
Louis Grizzard...not sure a lot of walking would get done, but it sure would be entertaining.
Randy Newman.
John Prine
Okay, can I change my vote to John Prine?
:sun
bloodmountainman
02-19-2008, 16:04
William Bartram!!
woodsy, Idealist (either or both), 1Pint, Blissful, Paul Bunyan (either);), BMECC's Corridor Management Chairperson and many others.
I'll fell trees with shelterbuilder anytime he wants help, but that's another question.
I'd hike with Wargy if he'd bring along some of his native American friends and they'd be cool with me pretending to be one of them and wouldn't find my doing so disrespectful. They'd probably laugh so hard they wouldn't care.:D
Blissful, if you figure out how to get Ed to hike with you, I'll go too.
Jan LiteShoe
02-19-2008, 16:08
William Bartram!!
Yeah, I knew that...
:sun
jason1972
02-19-2008, 16:09
John Muir or Edward Abbey come to mind
Mrs Baggins
02-19-2008, 16:10
My son because he never lets me give up and he is such a good soul.
My daughter for the challenge of keeping her going and the the joy of seeing her make it.
(***I would have said my old hikin' buddy Tazie but I didn't know she could be so easily bought by cheesecake***)
Frolicking Dinosaurs
02-19-2008, 16:10
From the people at WB: Miss Janet and Dixicritter. We'd slowly wobbly up the trail and have a blast all the way to Katahdin. :sun
From history: Benjamin Franklin - a man with varied interests and many ideas and ideals.
From my family: my maternal grandfather - I'd love to be able to talk with him now that I'm old enough to understand
Andrew Jackson, I'd force him to walk every mile against his will and see how he likes it.
Good Answer!!! and that would be after taking the Hermitage away from him.
1. My Dad
2. Albert Einstein
Frolicking Dinosaurs
02-19-2008, 16:14
Andrew Jackson, I'd force him to walk every mile against his will and see how he likes it.
Good Answer!!! and that would be after taking the Hermitage away from him.Now don't y'all go talkin' politics :p :D
Footslogger
02-19-2008, 16:15
Lots of votes for Dads ...
I remember sitting quietly at various times during my thru in 2003 wondering what my dad would think of me having undertaken the hike.
'Slogger
envirodiver
02-19-2008, 16:17
Okay, can I change my vote to John Prine?
:sun
Sure the 3 of us would have a big time just walkin and singin.
William Bartram!!
I'm doubtful he's available, but you could visit his home in Philadelphia. Haven't been there myself. It's pretty high on my list though.
Jan LiteShoe
02-19-2008, 16:22
Sure the 3 of us would have a big time just walkin and singin.
In spite of ourselves...
" In spite of ourselves
We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow
Against all odds
Honey, we're the big door prize
We're gonna spite our noses
Right off of our faces
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
Dancin' in our eyes."
for one of the cleaner sections of the singin'...
:)
Jack Tarlin
02-19-2008, 16:22
What a cool question.
I guess my father doesn't really count as a "historical" figure.
So in terms of dead people, I wouldn't mind hiking with Ernest Shackleton, T.E. Lawrence, or Richard Burton (the Victorian explorer, not the actor).
Live people:
Well, John McCain would be great company. He's a great story-teller, has a fine sense of humor, and would never whine.
Other great company?
I dunno. Scarlett Johansson . And she could whine all she wanted.
envirodiver
02-19-2008, 16:24
And if you see me tonight
With an illegal smile
It don't cost very much
but it lasts a long while
will you please tell the man
I didn't hurt anyone
That I'm just tryin to have me some fun
AT-HITMAN2005
02-19-2008, 16:27
well, i'm gonna go with dad as well. if it wasn't for him i wouldn't have the interest in the outdoors that i do. in his younger years he would have been able and if he hadn't been hit with type 2 diabetes so badly he would have done it in '05 with me. but now it doesn't much matter.
other than him any one of the early explorer types would be pretty neat-
kit carson(already mentioned a good one)
daniel boone
lewis and clark(or maybe there indian guides)
davy crocket
could learn a lot from these guys.
If we're naming people who aren't presently available, I'd hike with Myron Avery, Danny Hoch and Harry Rentschler.
Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot and Percival Baxter would also provide an irresitible excuse to call off sick, even though everyone would know I wasn't really sick. I do show up when it's important!;)
envirodiver
02-19-2008, 16:29
I dunno. Scarlett Johansson . And she could whine all she wanted.
A wise man told me once that "no matter how good looking she is...chances are that someone somewhere is sick and tired of her crap."
I would hike with my good friend Mike, he needs to get away from life for awhile.
As far as an historical figure, either Daniel Boone or Davy Crocket
What a cool question.
I wouldn't mind hiking with Ernest Shackleton,
Oh, good one Jack! His story is phenomenal, and his courage is unequal. It would be awesome to walk with him.
And Mrs. B, now you know how easily I can be bought with desserts, ;) we'll hike again soon!
I remember my dad telling me about the little hiking tripa that they made while in the army. He was stationed in Alaska in the late 50s and thay made there trips on skis and snow shoes.
Christopher Robin
02-19-2008, 17:36
I also would enjoy having my Dad, he was an intereting man w/many side to him, a quite gentle man but got things done. Historical person would be Sir Winston Churchill, and Danial Boon and Gromamor.
On shackleton
Oh, good one Jack! His story is phenomenal, and his courage is unequal. It would be awesome to walk with him.
And Mrs. B, now you know how easily I can be bought with desserts, ;) we'll hike again soon!
And you know he drinks Bass Ale, right?
D'Artagnan
02-19-2008, 17:40
Lance Armstrong or Theodore Roosevelt -- though both would run off and leave me. :D
Theodore Roosevelt definitely. I think he'd like this face of the Park Service he helped create.
My hunting buddies from when I was a kid. Just for the memories.:rolleyes:
bloodmountainman
02-19-2008, 18:03
Second choice would be Horace Kephart!! I understand he wore an illegal smile from time to time!!
-SEEKER-
02-19-2008, 18:05
Lance Armstrong and Robin Williams.
Aragorn, Son of Arathorn, Lord of the Dunedain
If he is not available, Frodo ... or Kirby
Hmm, Maybe Kirby is Frodo on his quest to vanquish all that is evil in the land of Mordor. By tossing the pebble from Springer into the fires of Katahdin, Frodo shall silence all evil, so that men may once again rule middle earth without fear and WB members will rejoice and be free and show each other more kindness than meanness and drink beer.
Andrew Jackson, I'd force him to walk every mile against his will and see how he likes it.
?????
For me, Daniel Boone. Love to see how that man did his craft.
cannonball
02-19-2008, 18:28
And if you see me tonight
With an illegal smile
It don't cost very much
but it lasts a long while
will you please tell the man
I didn't hurt anyone
That I'm just tryin to have me some fun
....well done, my sisters a nun
cannonball
02-19-2008, 18:31
Knute Rockne
And if you see me tonight
With an illegal smile
It don't cost very much
but it lasts a long while
will you please tell the man
I didn't hurt anyone
That I'm just tryin to have me some fun
Hot dog bun, your sister's a nun. ;)
Preacher Green
02-19-2008, 19:50
St. Francis of Assisi... He was someone who could find the spiritual poetry of Creation, and someone who would definitely not mind a long walk
Uh, please tell the man I didn't kill anyone...
Anyway, lots of good answers. Here's my list...
Conan of Cimmeria
Stephen Hawking, mostly for his sake...
Robert A. Hienlein
Merlin (whoever he actually was...)
Any member of my family, past or present.
Nils Bohr (preferrably on the same hike as Stephen Hawking so they would each have someone interesting to talk to and I could just listen...)
Archimedes (Maybe on the Bohr/Hawking hike as well...with a universal translator, of course...)
I guess Jesus would be interesting no matter how it turned out...
Lewis and Clark (with them on their famous hike, but with my own gear...and food drops)
Hugh Hefner and the bunnies as our Sherpa.:D
St. Francis of Assisi... He was someone who could find the spiritual poetry of Creation, and someone who would definitely not mind a long walkGood one!
Mountain Man
02-19-2008, 20:22
Country Singer-- Sara Evans Now that would be interesting and fun.:banana:banana:banana:banana
sheepdog
02-19-2008, 20:28
Jesus has definatly got to be the best hiking partner.
At the end of the day he could heal all your injuries.
He could feed the whole shelter with one pack of ramen and one pouch of tuna.
He could turn the spring water into wine.
Country Singer-- Sara Evans Now that would be interesting and fun.:banana:banana:banana:banana
I'll reference you back to Miss Janets post on that topic...
Mountain Man
02-19-2008, 20:38
I'll reference you back to Miss Janets post on that topic...
Yeah we for sure wouldn't be putting in many miles. It would be fun for a while though.:D
Jesus Christ, John Muir, Dad, Abraham Lincoln, Steffi Graf, Davey Crockett, my bothers, Gandhi, Dane Cook, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, John Candy, Clara Barton, Geronimo, Ansel Adams, Tom Cruise, King Kamehameha II, George Carlin, Patton, Shaq, Martin Luther King Jr, Mary Lou Retton, Teddy Roosevelt, or anyone who completed an AT thru-hike in 06.
For me, Daniel Boone. Love to see how that man did his craft.
I believe he learned it in The Green Diamond...
Johnny Mac I love that guy !..
OregonHiker
02-19-2008, 21:22
Theodore Roosevelt definitely. I think he'd like this face of the Park Service he helped create.
Teddy created the Forest service too.
Also like Darwin, William Bartram, Robin Williams, John McCain, and Shackleton
aaroniguana
02-19-2008, 21:32
Steven Hawking.
Dead people: Andrew Jackson is not a bad choice. He could walk in his prime. Plus he would carry the heat and the liquid libation. Now with Sacajawewa, my other historical choice that would make for one interesting hike.My nephew who was KIA in Iraq who loved backpacking, would enjoy the irony and provide comic relief.
Live people: My brother who introduced me to backpacking, and my hiker friends. In addition, some of the people on this site would make great hiking partners and Miss Harper Lee, in her younger days, could bring along her book "To Kill A Mockingbird."
vonfrick
02-19-2008, 21:56
Gandalf
Kurt Vonnegut
Richard Feynman
Wise Old Owl
02-19-2008, 22:12
My sincere vote would be this guy....
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg275/MarkSwarbrick/LW1.jpg
warren doyle
02-19-2008, 22:56
Don West, Gandhi, John Muir, Paul Robeson, my wife, son, daughter and Little Debbie.
Almost There
02-19-2008, 22:57
Dead people: Andrew Jackson is not a bad choice. He could walk in his prime. Plus he would carry the heat and the liquid libation. Now with Sacajawewa, my other historical choice that would make for one interesting hike.My nephew who was KIA in Iraq who loved backpacking, would enjoy the irony and provide comic relief.
Live people: My brother who introduced me to backpacking, and my hiker friends. In addition, some of the people on this site would make great hiking partners and Miss Harper Lee, in her younger days, could bring along her book "To Kill A Mockingbird."
That would be interesting, if you hiked with them both....Jackson a definite racist when it came to Native Americans, and Sacajawea, an actual Native American.:eek:
AT-HITMAN2005
02-19-2008, 23:12
Ghandi- may not count for much in a fight, but imagine the extra food you would have.:D
Frozen Bait
02-19-2008, 23:18
Neal Cassady
Monkeyboy
02-19-2008, 23:19
Rosie O'Donell.....always needed a pack mule.
First of all, excluding spouses does not affect my decision in the least. My hubby would be the LAST person I'd take on a thru-hike. Nice guy, but he's an indoor boy. He drives me insane whenever we try to camp together. The last time we were out together, he woke me up at 2:00 a.m. from a comfy sleep. He was all in a panic and wanted me to know that it was raining outside. Gaargh.
OK, so if I could thru hike with someone from history I think I'd want to go with Pope John Paul II and Katharine Hepburn.
fiddlehead
02-19-2008, 23:31
Long as we're talking about people from another time: Julius Caesar, Marco Polo, Sir Edmund Hillary, Dr. Livingston, Grandman Gatewood, Edward Abbey.
Present: The Dalai Lama, Gelzen Sherpa, Rainman (VT), Ramblin Rich, David Gilmore (don't know if he walks but sure would like to learn some riffs), Tuba man (Now THAT guy could jam), Roch Horton.
Monkeyboy
02-19-2008, 23:32
With John Paul II, you wouldn't have to hike......you could just ride it in the Popemobile.....
Helps with bear attacks, too......
:)
vonfrick
02-19-2008, 23:33
First of all, excluding spouses does not affect my decision in the least. My hubby would be the LAST person I'd take on a thru-hike. Nice guy, but he's an indoor boy. He drives me insane whenever we try to camp together. The last time we were out together, he woke me up at 2:00 a.m. from a comfy sleep. He was all in a panic and wanted me to know that it was raining outside. Gaargh.
my husband DID the AT in 1990 and there's still no way.
Frozen Bait
02-19-2008, 23:35
Nothing against either the pope or the catholic faith but I just like the visual of a bear attacking the popemobile. Rattling it around trying to get to the juicy morsels inside. :D
This guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurius_Carvilius_Ruga) and this guy. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller) Friggen laugh riot I bet.
This guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurius_Carvilius_Ruga) and this guy. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller) Friggen laugh riot I bet.
I wonder what Bucky's tent would look like?
10 stories tall, made of aluminum and vinyl, weighing about 6 pounds.
OK, I'm gonna add two more to my list.
Russell Conwell because I'll always be a Temple Owl and I never tire of hearing the Acres of Diamonds story.
awwww man! That fast I forgot the second one I was thinkin' of.
Stinking menopause. All my brain cells are shot to pieces.
I'll hike with anyone who can remind me about what I'm doing.
This guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurius_Carvilius_Ruga) and this guy. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller) Friggen laugh riot I bet.
You wouldn't want to hike with the dude from Mensa. I tried hiking with my daughter and three of her friends. They are all members. Mostly a pain in the rear.
Clyde
envirodiver
02-20-2008, 01:04
Uh, please tell the man I didn't kill anyone...
)
you are correct bfitz. My bad.
envirodiver
02-20-2008, 01:08
Jesus Christ, John Muir, Dad, Abraham Lincoln, Steffi Graf, Davey Crockett, my bothers, Gandhi, Dane Cook, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, John Candy, Clara Barton, Geronimo, Ansel Adams, Tom Cruise, King Kamehameha II, George Carlin, Patton, Shaq, Martin Luther King Jr, Mary Lou Retton, Teddy Roosevelt, or anyone who completed an AT thru-hike in 06.
Great list especially George Carlin and Martin Luther King Jr. (that was a man that took his walks seriously)
Idealist
02-20-2008, 01:36
Roger Peterson, Rudy Mancke, William Bartram – for naturalist duties
Shades of Gray – for PA expertise (fall 2008?)
Robert Service – for verse
Gary Larson – for humor
Jasper (our cat) - for cuteness
C.S. Lewis, Friedrich Hölderlin – for conversation
warraghiyagey
02-20-2008, 04:56
The more more I think about it, I'll bet Walter Conkrite would be an excellent AT hiking partner.
maxNcathy
02-20-2008, 08:55
Oh, I forgot to mention, Charlize Therron.
You wouldn't want to hike with the dude from Mensa. I tried hiking with my daughter and three of her friends. They are all members. Mostly a pain in the rear.
Oh gosh, a few years back I was asked to set up hikes for a day-hiking weekend for what seemed like an innocent-sounding outdoor group from a large Eastern metro area. Might as well have been Mensa. I think the least formally educated among them "only" had a PhD. That bunch was more self absorbed than a pallet-load of new silica gel. They had internet directions to each trailhead which they used to dispute the trailhead directions field verified by a week-long hiking convention in the area not a year before. On the trail they constantly one-upped each other with tales of hiking obscrure destinations in Europe and Asia. And for gratitude they made me pay a full "share" for food they brought that I was severely allergic to and didn't eat - they hadn't thought to mention to us beforehand they shared meals and costs.
naturejunkie
02-20-2008, 09:48
Bob Marley and his guitar.
Bob Marley and his guitar.
You bring Bob and I'll bring Jerry and we'll be set!:D
Lone Wolf
02-20-2008, 10:01
at least bring some GOOD guitarists
johnny quest
02-20-2008, 10:02
reading some of the choices, i think you would be better off having a dinner party than a hiking trip. john prine??? i mean, great music, but from interviews ive seen with the guy he would tell you to **** off and sit down on a rock within a mile.
i would pick:
merriwether lewis with his trusty pike to take the point
daniel boone to watch how the man moves thru the woods
teddy roosevelt and davy crocket for their stories
a young george washington to watch a great man as he is being formed.
and andrew jackson just to spite the others.
at least bring some GOOD guitarists
OKAY...how about Bob, Jerry, Santana, and Jimi....good lord that list could get long.:)
OKAY...how about Bob, Jerry, Santana, and Jimi....good lord that list could get long.:)
You'd never leave the campsite.........God it would be fun!!!!!!
Lone Wolf
02-20-2008, 10:17
OKAY...how about Bob, Jerry, Santana, and Jimi....good lord that list could get long.:)
santana and jimi. leave the other 2. add gilmour and mayer
vonfrick
02-20-2008, 10:19
ok, now we need a drummer.
santana and jimi. leave the other 2. add gilmour and mahar
I saw Santana in concert and never knew a guitar could sing like that...AWESOME.
StarLyte
02-20-2008, 10:21
All together or individually...
Lone Wolf, Stumpknocker, Hikerhead, Hammock Hanger, Marta, Footslogger, Mowgli, Baltimore Jack, CamoJack, Dinos, BagO’Tricks, DriveBy, Jester, Blister, Liteshoe, Mountain Laurel, Felix, Neo, Minnesota Smith, WalkinHome, Weathercarrot, Janet, RockDancer, Sgt. Rock, Sly.
Hikers with awesome personalities.
Sorry, I know that’s too many but I couldn’t make up my mind.
You'd never leave the campsite.........God it would be fun!!!!!!
Definitely a plan!! :)
Cookerhiker
02-20-2008, 10:29
Historic figures off the bat: John Muir, Edward Abbey, David Brower, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, St. Paul, Karl Marx...man, I could go all day.
Everyone keeps mentioning Abe Lincoln....and while I think that conversation would be....we'll breath-taking, amazing........I just don't think he'd make it very far dodging low branches with that hat......
Dances with Mice
02-20-2008, 10:36
Everyone keeps mentioning Abe Lincoln....and while I think that conversation would be....we'll breath-taking, amazing........I just don't think he'd make it very far dodging low branches with that hat......I hear he could split wood, though.
I'm thinking I'd like to hike with Mario Botali, Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse, Jamie Oliver and Rachael Ray.
Historic figures off the bat: John Muir, Edward Abbey, David Brower, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, St. Paul, Karl Marx...man, I could go all day.
Spent a weekend on an island off of Vancouver Island with David Brower in '95. There is a photo of the two of us in the gallery. He remains very inspirational for me.
Lone Wolf
02-20-2008, 10:37
martha stewart for me
Change in plans.......I want to hike with Dances with Mice.....I'd be laughing my arse off the whole way!
Almost There
02-20-2008, 10:37
santana and jimi. leave the other 2. add gilmour and mayer
Yeah, I knew there was more to my straight-laced appearing father when he finally shared his party stories with Hendrix.:eek: Blew mine and my wife's minds!:D
Oh, I forgot to mention, Charlize Therron.
Me too! http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/love077.gif
Lone Wolf
02-20-2008, 10:37
Spent a weekend on an island off of Vancouver Island with David Brower in '95. There is a photo of the two of us in the gallery. He remains very inspirational for me.
who's he?
I hear he could split wood, though.
I'm thinking I'd like to hike with Mario Botali, Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse, Jamie Oliver and Rachael Ray.
Ok, I could handle hiking with Bobby Flay......'Me-OW!" and think of the sauces!
who's he?
A famous mountaineer and veteran of the 10th Mountain Division. He ran the Sierra Club in the 50s and early 60s. His proudest achievement with Sierra Club was losing their tax exempt status for lobbying aggressively to protect the Grand Canyon and Dinosaur Nat'l Monument from hydroelectric dams. Was instrumental in the passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964. He also founded a number of environmental organizations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brower
A great book about Brower is Encounters with the Archdruid by John McPhee. McPhee is one of my favorite writers.
No Belay
02-20-2008, 12:10
Yoda, Timothy Leary, Ed Abbey, and President Obama.
envirodiver
02-20-2008, 12:13
That bunch was more self absorbed than a pallet-load of new silica gel.
Now that's a great line.:D
cannonball
02-20-2008, 13:15
Yoda, Timothy Leary, Ed Abbey, and President Obama.
Maybe after 2100+ miles you could finally get some actual details about all this change Barrack has in mind. Sorry I could not resist:D
No Belay
02-20-2008, 13:21
Maybe after 2100+ miles you could finally get some actual details about all this change Barrack has in mind. Sorry I could not resist:D
:-?Not likely.
warraghiyagey
02-20-2008, 13:26
Not politics.:):):):sun
ThrashHammer
02-20-2008, 13:29
Mitch Hedberg or Meriwether Lewis, tough decision.
johnny quest
02-20-2008, 13:37
Mitch Hedberg or Meriwether Lewis, tough decision.
now THAT is an eclectic couple.
DawnTreader
02-20-2008, 13:37
Meriwether Lewis would have been a downer...Mitch Hedberg is hillarious....
I would have to say, besides Warrgy, that the people I would love to hike with the most, in no particular order...
My girlfriend (a die hard non-hiker chick)
Joan of Arc
J.R.R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
George Mallory
Achilles
Teddy Rosevelet
Therou
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Red Cloud
and last but not least.... Kevin Bacon
johnny quest
02-20-2008, 13:45
ok, THAT is the eclecticest set ive ever seen.
i disagree that lewis would have been a downer. in his element, the wilds, treading new territory, he was happiest. throw in seaman to run alongside. dogs cheer up anybody.
warraghiyagey
02-20-2008, 14:05
ok, THAT is the eclecticest set ive ever seen.
i disagree that lewis would have been a downer. in his element, the wilds, treading new territory, he was happiest. throw in seaman to run alongside. dogs cheer up anybody.
Excellent use of the word 'eclecticest!':sun
Train Wreck 2
02-20-2008, 14:17
Stephen Hawking.
DawnTreader
02-20-2008, 14:23
good point about Lewis... happy maybe, but for some reason, I think I would rather hike with Lewis' slave Tobey.. now he would have been a hell of a hiking partner..
here is a list of people I would NOT want to hike with..
Meriwether Lewis
Admiral Halsey
Patton
Barak Obama
Edgar Allen Poe
Stephen Hawking
A couple more that I deffinetlely WOULD love to hike with
Robert E. Lee
Bill Clinton
St. Paul
Clint Eastwood
The guy who hosts Reading Rainbow Lavar Burton
Josua from the Old Testament
Judah Ben Hur
Einstein
Ariel Sharon
My pops :)
DawnTreader
02-20-2008, 14:25
funny I was typing my second list and Train Wrek 2 posted Stephen Hawking... He is on my NOT want to hike list for obvious reasons. The first being, HE CANT HIKE!!!! and we would require far to many town stops to recharge his chair...
Pennsylvania Rose
02-20-2008, 14:45
My grandma - she walked several miles every day until well into her 90's. Ever the proper Irish Catholic girl, she never got to go camping or hiking. But she had a sparkling adventurous spirit that I think would have come alive on the Trail.
Rachel Carson
Helen Nearing
Aunt Arie
Grace O'Malley
Not to leave the men out, I just never get to hike with women.
johnny quest
02-20-2008, 15:05
good point about Lewis... happy maybe, but for some reason, I think I would rather hike with Lewis' slave Tobey.. now he would have been a hell of a hiking partner..
here is a list of people I would NOT want to hike with..
Meriwether Lewis
Admiral Halsey
Patton
Barak Obama
Edgar Allen Poe
Stephen Hawking
A couple more that I deffinetlely WOULD love to hike with
Robert E. Lee
Bill Clinton
St. Paul
Clint Eastwood
The guy who hosts Reading Rainbow Lavar Burton
Josua from the Old Testament
Judah Ben Hur
Einstein
Ariel Sharon
My pops :)
what do you possibly have againt bull halsey?
the stephen hawking thing is just wrong......
vonfrick
02-20-2008, 15:14
yeah, agreed about stephen hawking, aside from the obvious, that robo-voice thing...for miles on end?
Train Wreck 2
02-20-2008, 15:44
if that robot voice was familiarizing me with the information paradox, I would just pretend he was Optimus Prime so I could associate my new knowledge in astrophysics with fond memories of Saturday morning childrens' programming.
And, though I have nothing to back this up, I'm pretty sure that Hawking can levitate.
Others on my list:
The Goonies
Ron Paul
Gary Busey
Natlie Portman
Tom Robbins
Terry Pratchet
Ben Franklin
Train Wreck 2
02-20-2008, 15:47
I would gladly carry Hawking on my back with the help of Carl Sagan.
DT, if you have mixed feelings about hiking with Meriwether Lewis, what about William Clark and Sacagewea?
I'm impressed with the talents of many who travelled with Lewis and Clark and lived to tell about it. I have little doubt their success had much to do with who they chose to bring with them.
"Ocean in view. Oh, the joy!" I'm sure that moment was even much more better than when the big brown sign is at last in view.
if that robot voice was familiarizing me with the information paradox, I would just pretend he was Optimus Prime so I could associate my new knowledge in astrophysics with fond memories of Saturday morning childrens' programming.
And, though I have nothing to back this up, I'm pretty sure that Hawking can levitate.
Others on my list:
The Goonies
Ron Paul
Gary Busey
Natlie Portman
Tom Robbins
Terry Pratchet
Ben Franklin
YEs!!! Tom RObbins........THAT would be a trip! (Really, no pun intended)
SawnieRobertson
02-20-2008, 16:16
In a word, EARL. Or, failing that, Daniel Day-Lewis in Hawkeye character.--Kinnickinic
Paul Bunyan
02-20-2008, 16:17
Sgt. Rock, Patton, or Stonewall Jackson.
Bare Bear
02-20-2008, 16:18
I can't believe no one wants to hike with some kindly old gent like say Baltimore Jack.....sorry Jack the smartass is out today. :)
warraghiyagey
02-20-2008, 16:18
In a word, EARL. Or, failing that, Daniel Day-Lewis in Hawkeye character.--Kinnickinic
Speaking of which, Uncas and Natty Bumpo would be a cool duo to hike with.
whitefoot_hp
02-20-2008, 16:22
Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Lenin, Marx, Churchill, and Thomas Jefferson.
the political discussion would be amazing.
I think Ken Kesey would have a very similar hiking style to mine. Probably the same gear too. We could float down the trail in variable lag. Any prankster would be an asset, especialy Cassady, he could hike all day and night.
ThrashHammer
02-20-2008, 16:34
Dawntreader, you should probably take York, Tobey may be a little sore, with the whippings and all.
But I have decided, I'll take Mitch Hedberg, it would be classic to see him tripping on the acid and running from Smackey the Frog, or Smokey the Bear, whichever forest fire prevention representative should happen to show up.
ThrashHammer
02-20-2008, 16:36
Throw Cornell West in there and you've got a discussion for the ages, as if it wasn't already.
warraghiyagey
02-20-2008, 16:41
Neil Cassady for sure, Annie Dillard, Brad Newsham (Take Me With You), Dee Brown, Crazy Horse, Hiawatha, Sir William Johnson, Red Cloud, Black Kettle, Geronimo, Tecumseh, Sacajawea, Thoreau, Emerson, Bill Clinton, Virginia Woolf and Stephen Hawking.:sun
leeki pole
02-20-2008, 16:41
Brad Paisley....very funny guy, it would be a hoot! He's so much cooler online!
Preacher Green
02-20-2008, 16:43
I forgot to add that I would also love to hike with the writer Wendell Berry
leeki pole
02-20-2008, 17:09
And maybe Brad could get Taylor Swift and Kelly Pickler to hike with us......:)
As long as he doesn't try to check me for ticks....
taildragger
02-20-2008, 18:16
Any of the Cherokee's living in early 19th century Georgia (I gotsta get to know my kin), Little Turtle, Tayoyateduta, or any of the Dakota's from the post War of Northern Aggression era.
whitefoot_hp
02-20-2008, 18:27
you like nazis, tin man?
No Belay
02-20-2008, 18:37
Not politics.:):):):sun
Ooooppps!!! Sorry Don. I guess I've had my head in my grease pot lately. I haven't hit the home page in awhile and didn't realize we had a politics blackout going on. I'll censor my remarks in the future. Was wondering why everybody was chewing a$$.
Savor Happy!
johnny quest
02-20-2008, 18:41
you like nazis, tin man?
do you realize how much you belittle or waterdown the ugly evil of the actual nazis when you call anybody you disagee with nazis?????
you like nazis, tin man?
do you realize how much you belittle the ugly evil of the actual nazis when you call anybody you disagee with nazis?????
Oh, and I thought dr. laura was a comedian like rush limbaugh, makes me laugh. :D
JQ is quiet correct.
No Belay
02-20-2008, 18:52
Always wished I could have trekked with Aldo Leopold, Ansel Adams, Harvey Butchart, and Kermit T. Frog.
Jack Tarlin
02-20-2008, 18:58
Hey Whitefoot, give Tin Man, and the rest of us a break.
You ask him if he likes Nazis.
Yet the FIRST person you mention that you'd want to hike with (see Post #161 above) is Adolf Hitler.
Why don't you think a minute about the content of your own posts before slamming anyone else's.
Unless of course, you enjoy looking like a fool here, which is something you manage to accomplish with some regularity.
This is a pretty fun thread. Let's get back to it.
johnny quest
02-20-2008, 19:00
damn, whitefoot, get up. getup.
he aint getting up.
warraghiyagey
02-20-2008, 19:56
Ooooppps!!! Sorry Don. I guess I've had my head in my grease pot lately. I haven't hit the home page in awhile and didn't realize we had a politics blackout going on. I'll censor my remarks in the future. Was wondering why everybody was chewing a$$.
Savor Happy!
:);):sun:sun
Skidsteer
02-20-2008, 20:10
Change in plans.......I want to hike with Dances with Mice.....I'd be laughing my arse off the whole way!
Yes, you would.
cannonball
02-20-2008, 20:12
Whimpy from the popeye cartoons.
Feral Bill
02-20-2008, 20:58
Moses and the jews. They went on an unsupported thru (well, unsupported by men anyway) for forty years. And Moses may have slackpacked to the top of the mountain, but, he was fully loaded when he came down. Top that.
Good for those stream crossings, too.
hnryclay
02-20-2008, 21:11
1.Teddy Roosevelt
2. Ernest Hemmingway
3. Ansel Adams
4. Edward Weston
5. George Harrison
warraghiyagey
02-20-2008, 21:15
Warren Zevon.
David Gilmore
Roger Hodgeson.
Good for those stream crossings, too.
Would Moses use a Leki or a Komperdell? I'm not sure either is emphatic enough for ground striking...
Lassie.
Man's best, and most famous, friend. :cool:
warraghiyagey
02-20-2008, 23:09
And the great answer of the day award goes to . . . . .
Lassie.
:sun
I like Patton and Bull Halsey too...suggested in the above posts. But Patton would bring that stupid dog Willie and make all you guys shave every single day and Halsey was prone to rashes. He would be walking poison ivy. And those two would be heck on a trail town. I really thought about Patton too, but knew he and Andrew Jackson and Sacajewea would probably not get along.
sloopjonboswell
02-20-2008, 23:45
matthewski still hikes right? i would hike with him, and pamela anderson. and anybody from 07 that i got to hike with.
Meriwether Lewis would have been a downer...Mitch Hedberg is hillarious....
I would have to say, besides Warrgy, that the people I would love to hike with the most, in no particular order...
My girlfriend (a die hard non-hiker chick)
Joan of Arc
J.R.R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
George Mallory
Achilles
Teddy Rosevelet
Therou
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Red Cloud
and last but not least.... Kevin Bacon
Bacon? Did someone say Bacon?
Steven Wright -- funniest guy alive for my money, and his absurdist take on life would be refreshing to be around on those days when stuff wasn't going so well.
Charles Darwin -- great to have a naturalist along to answer questions, and what better naturalist than the most important scientist of the last 200 years?
My brother, Kevin, who died of leukemia when he was twelve, before he had much of a chance to do cool stuff like taking a long walk in the backcountry.
envirodiver
02-21-2008, 01:02
Steven Wright is too funny. His bit on the little guy that poses for the trophy's kills me.
Yes, you would.
I'd also, most likely, have flaming juggling torches being thrown at my head:eek:
Dances with Mice
02-21-2008, 07:47
I'd also, most likely, have flaming juggling torches being thrown at my head:eek:Well, yeah, but.... A nonflaming juggling torch would just be a stick. And we all agree it would be rude to throw a stick at someone's head. But if you light one end on fire then it's perfectly ok.
1.) My daughter, Cody. (Heart vote).
2.) The Dali Lama. (Soul vote).
Frau
cannonball
02-21-2008, 08:27
Lassie.
Good call. Every one needs a partner who can go for help in case you fall in a well.
The group, just for conversation around the fire:
Melchizzadek (sp?), Buddha, Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, and Gandhi.
Archimedes, Solon, Heron of Alexandria, Socrates, Leonardo deVinci, Albert Einstein, Nils Bohr, Stephen Hawking.
Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Jedediah Smith, Marco Polo.
Darius II of Persia, William T. Sherman, Erwin Rommel, Genghis Khan, Hadrian, my great-uncle Josef.
HD Thoreau, John Muir, GW Sears, Horace Kephart.
And specifically to hike with, Oetzi the Iceman.
Dances with Mice
02-21-2008, 09:33
Good call. Every one needs a partner who can go for help in case you fall in a well....fall in a well, trapped in a tree, lost in a mine, stranded in rapids, kidnapped by poachers, sinking in quicksand, hanging from a cliff ... why didn't those parents ever learn not to let that kid out of their sight?
And specifically to hike with, Oetzi the Iceman.
Not sure about Oetzi - he's steal your socks as soon as your back was turned - he wouldn't be able to help himself :rolleyes:
A good group would be:
Ingrid Bergmann - no matter how bad you felt in the morning, one look at that smile and you would know that it was going to be a good day
Orville Hicks - for his stories at the end of the day
Mike Ditka (or Dean Richards) - sports coaches for those 'how big is that bl**dy hill ?' moments
Abigail Washburn - as long as she promised to bring her banjo
gold bond
02-21-2008, 09:54
I would want to hike with my son. He is now 17 and getting ready to go to college and has his mind on alot of other things.He and I went with a crew to Philmont and hiked together and had a blast....I will miss that.
envirodiver
02-21-2008, 13:22
...fall in a well, trapped in a tree, lost in a mine, stranded in rapids, kidnapped by poachers, sinking in quicksand, hanging from a cliff ... why didn't those parents ever learn not to let that kid out of their sight?
No kidding. Then Flipper was Lassie without fur, but I don't think Flipper would be a good hiking partner.
warraghiyagey
02-21-2008, 13:26
No kidding. Then Flipper was Lassie without fur, but I don't think Flipper would be a good hiking partner.
Flipper seemed like a glorified aquatic smartass.
Flipper seemed like a glorified aquatic smartass.
As opposed to a glorified two-legged smartass? :-?
warraghiyagey
02-21-2008, 13:34
As opposed to a glorified two-legged smartass? :-?
Touche.
. . . although I kind of left the door open on that one.
:p
leeki pole
02-21-2008, 13:35
I'm still sticking with Taylor Swift and Kelly Pickler. You can keep Flipper.
the geico gecko
roy d. mercer
envirodiver
02-21-2008, 13:48
Flipper seemed like a glorified aquatic smartass.
Why the hostility? Did Flipper flip you off or something?
However, Flipper's voice sounds like the voice of a girl that I dated once. It didn't last.
warraghiyagey
02-21-2008, 13:50
Why the hostility? Did Flipper flip you off or something?
However, Flipper's voice sounds like the voice of a girl that I dated once. It didn't last.
Exaclty!
:D
I hear he could split wood, though.
I'm thinking I'd like to hike with Mario Botali, Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse, Jamie Oliver and Rachael Ray.
I'm a fan of all these chefs, but I don't think Mario and Emeril would make it very far before U would have to perform CPR on them.
Nor would Anthony Bordain.......cute and entertaining he may be......but a born city boy
max patch
02-21-2008, 15:22
Donald Trump.
But only if he brought his daughter.
Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Lenin, Marx, Churchill, and Thomas Jefferson.
the political discussion would be amazing.
U would never get past the first shelter because a war would break out among this group of ego-maniacs!
if that robot voice was familiarizing me with the information paradox, I would just pretend he was Optimus Prime so I could associate my new knowledge in astrophysics with fond memories of Saturday morning childrens' programming.
And, though I have nothing to back this up, I'm pretty sure that Hawking can levitate.
Others on my list:
The Goonies
Ron Paul
Gary Busey
Natlie Portman
Tom Robbins
Terry Pratchet
Ben Franklin
Gary Busey? He has to be the most spaced out eclectic individual I have ever met! U would either laugh your arse off the whole hike or resemble a tweaked out antsy speed freak by the end of your hike. Maybe, both.
vonfrick
02-21-2008, 15:46
Data, from Star Trek TNG, and he would carry a food replicator.
I would like to hike with Lassie and Jed Clampett!
Dances with Mice
02-21-2008, 15:51
Nor would Anthony Bordain.......cute and entertaining he may be......but a born city boyBesides that, have you seen the stuff he eats?
Preently I really do not have any to hike the AT with. But here is a list my list;
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
US Grant
William T. Sherman
I would like to might them on the trail and get to know them more.
Dances with Mice
02-21-2008, 16:26
William T. ShermanA SOBO hiker.
johnny quest
02-21-2008, 16:33
A SOBO hiker.
oh thats wrong!
and very very good!
tina.anderson
02-21-2008, 16:35
legendary RUSH drummer Neil Peart. This guy is not only a fantastic musician but he is brilliant too and it would be really neat to talk with him while we hiked.
slingblade
02-21-2008, 16:36
Billy Bob Thornton
Lone Wolf
02-21-2008, 16:37
ummm. i reckon
whitefoot_hp
02-21-2008, 20:14
do you realize how much you belittle or waterdown the ugly evil of the actual nazis when you call anybody you disagee with nazis?????
dr. laura schlessinger's political views involve everyone conforming to her type of american. pretty similar in ideology to nazism. see, what you fail to see, is that nazi-like ideology is rampant in the world. hitler was the only political figure able to implement such ideology through the form of a state. fascism is by no means unique to Nazism. do you realize how much you maximize the possibility of fascism returning by refusing to see commonalities with nazism and contemporary ideologues?
whitefoot_hp
02-21-2008, 20:16
Hey Whitefoot, give Tin Man, and the rest of us a break.
You ask him if he likes Nazis.
Yet the FIRST person you mention that you'd want to hike with (see Post #161 above) is Adolf Hitler. Yes, because he mixed with the others would provide entertainment. i did not say i liked him.
Why don't you think a minute about the content of your own posts before slamming anyone else's.
look mr. sensitive, i merely posed a question. ran out of midol or something?
warraghiyagey
02-21-2008, 20:44
Billy Bob Thornton
Allright dehn. I like the way you talk too. MMMHMmm.
Jane Fonda dressed as Barbarella!
whitefoot_hp
02-21-2008, 20:48
pamela anderson would be fun
Billy Bob Thornton
ummm. i reckon
Allright dehn. I like the way you talk too. MMMHMmm.
Bill Cox (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224496/): [lawnmower won't start] Karl, see if you can figure out what's wrong with this. It won't crank up and everything seems to be put together right.
Karl (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000671/): It ain't got no gas in it.
Substitute stove for lawnmower.:D
shure do like 'dem french fried taters' hhmmmm!
phill lynot but if i could bring the Nuge i toatlly would
taildragger
02-21-2008, 21:26
Bill Cox (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224496/): [lawnmower won't start] Karl, see if you can figure out what's wrong with this. It won't crank up and everything seems to be put together right.
Karl (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000671/): It ain't got no gas in it.
Substitute stove for lawnmower.:D
mmmmmm you oughta be nice to dat boy...mmmmm
warraghiyagey
02-21-2008, 21:30
mmmmmm you oughta be nice to dat boy...mmmmm
Poor little feller. MMmmm
johnny quest
02-22-2008, 08:53
evidently you dont need billy bob thornton. seems half the whiteblazers do a pretty good impression of him.
and...mustard for them biskits keeps well on the trail.
johnny quest
02-22-2008, 08:59
dr. laura schlessinger's political views involve everyone conforming to her type of american. pretty similar in ideology to nazism. see, what you fail to see, is that nazi-like ideology is rampant in the world. hitler was the only political figure able to implement such ideology through the form of a state. fascism is by no means unique to Nazism. do you realize how much you maximize the possibility of fascism returning by refusing to see commonalities with nazism and contemporary ideologues?
that is your take on her political views. and we all know about opinions.
besides, you didnt call her a fascist, which she may well be for all i know...you called her a nazi. see, nazis were real. they did horrible horrible things. anyone calling themselves a nazi today is taking on that mantle of evil.
anyone you call a nazi today you are asserting is a proponent of and supports those evils.
while i dont know much about laura schlessinger....other than she took a nice topless photo when she was younger....i doubt she is publicly endorsing the reign of terror that was the nazis.
admit it, it was a flippant, throwaway line that is indefensible.
if you dont agree with me, then you sir are worse than hitler
dixicritter
02-22-2008, 09:02
Let's please keep the politics off the main board and in the political area where they belong.
johnny quest
02-22-2008, 09:07
he started it.
DawnTreader
02-22-2008, 12:38
Dawntreader, you should probably take York, Tobey may be a little sore, with the whippings and all.
But I have decided, I'll take Mitch Hedberg, it would be classic to see him tripping on the acid and running from Smackey the Frog, or Smokey the Bear, whichever forest fire prevention representative should happen to show up.
Wow,
Unbelievable error... Tobey hahaha.. Thats the dude in roots right?? haha.. I was on my Lavar Burton discussion, and... oh well, no excuses.. York is his name, dancin' for natives was his game...
Favorite Mitch Hedberg line.. "Waffles are like pancakes, with little syrup traps."
DawnTreader
02-22-2008, 12:55
Someone above mentioned Jedidiah Smith. He would be added to my list, however, If he was attacked by a grizz I would not be up to stiching his scalp back on. I'll add a few more...
Sparky Anderson
Gordie Howe
Timothy Leary
Tom Brokaw
Wyatt Earp
Dainel Day Lewis
Alan Alda
Nathaniel Green
Benidict Arnold
Pocohantas
Sparky Anderson!!! Wow, you are from MI!! Tigers Roar, 1984!
DawnTreader
02-22-2008, 13:11
dude,
Sparky was great.. Sparky is Baseball..
I'll add Ernie Harwell to my list... "He stood their like a house on the side of the road!"
envirodiver
02-22-2008, 13:14
mmmmmm I been a studyin on it and I reckon I'm a goin to have to cut your head off wit dis here lawnmower blade mmmmmm.
Along those lines I'd like to hike w/ Angelina Jolle. Man she's hot, she's tuff, probably an intersting conversation, did I mention she's hot.
Pennsylvania Rose
02-22-2008, 13:22
Alan Alda
Oooohhhh...Alan Alda. Smart, well rounded, witty, handsome. Is it OK to drool over someone old enough to be your grandfather? :confused:
DawnTreader
02-22-2008, 13:25
absolutely.. drool away.
My Mom has a big crush on him..
I grew up watching MASH, and I'll tell you what, he was just about the coolest cat on tv.. and an underated actor to boot.
vonfrick
02-22-2008, 13:27
Is it OK to drool over someone old enough to be your grandfather? :confused:
yes and i don't care how old Harrison Ford is.
envirodiver
02-22-2008, 13:36
Oooohhhh...Alan Alda. Smart, well rounded, witty, handsome. Is it OK to drool over someone old enough to be your grandfather? :confused:
Absolutely, and please pass the word on that.:sun
taildragger
02-22-2008, 13:48
Gisele Bundchen, plus by the looks of this photo
3405
She has a horse to carry my supplies on the PCT, maybe I can bring those flip flops as camp shoes after all.....
doggiebag
02-22-2008, 13:53
I would like to hike with Les Stroud (Survivorman) as long as he keeps that harmonica tucked away when I'm trying to sleep. As far as a hiking group ... I'd say that any type of mongol hoard would suffice (though they usually have ponies with them so that would probably mean - I'll be using pack stock) my second coice of groups to hike with would probably be the Orks or Uruk-hai's from any of the Lord of the Rings trilogies - just for sheer stamina and dedication. :D
http://www.familie-hunger.ch/wk/wk2006/uruk-hai-orks.jpg
There are a lot of controversial people listed in this thread, but one that I will comment on is Alan Alda. In the early years of MASH, he was funny. Then he gained control of the show and turned it into a moralistic sermon. I really liked him in the early years and wanted to meet him, but I learned to dislike him later. Good actor, yes, fun to meet, maybe not as much as you might think. I fear he would get all pompous and preachy on a hike. YMMV.
In Jamie Farr's words:
[Working with Alan Alda] If I wanted a sermon I'd go to church. He just wouldn't quit. He just kept adding more speeches and more moralistic stuff. After he got famous, he got really pompous. He started thinking he was speaking God's words - not the lines in the script, not his own personal thoughts. He thought he was speaking the words of God. I think he thought and believed that God was speaking through him. A person like that is not easy to be around.
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