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Davidb3089
05-19-2011, 19:25
I plan on hiking the AT next year. I want suggestions on trail names. Or should i just wait and earn one?
What's wrong with your actual name?
Davidb3089
05-19-2011, 19:30
nothing at all. i would just like a trail name. nevermind, i think i will just earn mine.
Librarygeek
05-19-2011, 19:42
I was just thinking about this today, and irrationally worrying about ending up with a stupid one. Obviously there are better things to think about - like what I'm going to carry - but isn't it funny how our minds work?
ChinMusic
05-19-2011, 19:56
David B eh?
How about Young Lone Wolf
Jersey Tim
05-19-2011, 20:19
I was just thinking about this today, and irrationally worrying about ending up with a stupid one. Obviously there are better things to think about - like what I'm going to carry - but isn't it funny how our minds work?
Well, maybe not irrationally. No one wants to catch Giardia in Georgia and spend the next two thousand miles as Skid Mark. :o
Librarygeek
05-19-2011, 20:22
Good point, Tim. :o
I'd either pick something that means a lot to you, or wait to earn one on the trail.
If someone gives you one you don't like, just don't use it. Someone else will eventually give you another one. :)
TIDE-HSV
05-20-2011, 00:50
I have a friend who thrued in 2000 and took preventive action to adopt a name because he was about to end up with one he didn't want...
tat44too
05-20-2011, 02:36
I've thought about this, too, but all the ones I want to use are already taken here on WB. Not sure what I'll do, but it'll prolly work itself out. Good luck...
Yeah sorry but skinnyD is taken...;)
nothing at all. i would just like a trail name. nevermind, i think i will just earn mine.
"Ernie" seems to fit.
Second Half
05-20-2011, 09:22
How about Young Lone Wolf
There is a kid camped out at the Allentown shelter for the past week who calls himself Lone Wolf.
mweinstone
05-20-2011, 09:27
nothing at all. i would just like a trail name. nevermind, i think i will just earn mine.
you bitch easyer than matthewski on bitch enducing drugs. therefore i name you
"never mind"
because your a snappy, rude sob we will prolly love alot . now shove that trailname in your furnace and walk private!
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Entropy2012
05-20-2011, 14:58
Solitary Wolf?
mweinstone
05-20-2011, 15:10
dont make me name you," never frikkin mind".
cause that can be arranged quite easily
mweinstone
05-20-2011, 15:11
town name," nfm".
gota be polite in town.
Beachcomber
05-20-2011, 15:12
If the Rapture happens on schedule, "Mr. Camping" will be available.
mweinstone
05-20-2011, 15:13
your friends can call you ,"frik".
I plan on hiking the AT next year. I want suggestions on trail names. Or should i just wait and earn one?
How about Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle depending on your cast of mind?
plato......... too funny. the guy who likes to hang around the AYCE's.
I plan on hiking the AT next year. I want suggestions on trail names. Or should i just wait and earn one?
If you don't come up with a trail name yourself, others will give you one!
It's best to come up with one yourself. When I hiked I didn't have a name. Some one was going to name me snuggles and at that point I new I had to come up with something. So I became Snickers, due to my love for this wonderful candy bar!
David
Who says you have to accept a name someone else chooses?
Guess I'm scratching my head over the whole "trail name" thing... seems that something that was once sort of spontaneous and natural, like earning a nickname from close friends, has turned into something contrived and overly cultivated.
Just an observation from the cheap seats worth what you paid for it...
Who says you have to accept a name someone else chooses?
Guess I'm scratching my head over the whole "trail name" thing... seems that something that was once sort of spontaneous and natural, like earning a nickname from close friends, has turned into something contrived and overly cultivated.
Just an observation from the cheap seats worth what you paid for it...
You know, there are books for baby names... Maybe we need one or trail names.
Who says you have to accept a name someone else chooses?
Guess I'm scratching my head over the whole "trail name" thing... seems that something that was once sort of spontaneous and natural, like earning a nickname from close friends, has turned into something contrived and overly cultivated.
Just an observation from the cheap seats worth what you paid for it...
You don't have to accept a name someone else gives you but you could well end up getting saddled with it!
You know, there are books for baby names... Maybe we need one or trail names.
Ha, there you go!
:D
You don't have to accept a name someone else gives you but you could well end up getting saddled with it!
Hmmm... I kind of doubt that.
hikerboy57
05-21-2011, 10:49
How about going with a symbol instead of a name, like the "artist formerly know as Prince"?
You know, there are books for baby names... Maybe we need one or trail names.
The ATC could then issue thru-hiker "birth certificates" and charge $5.00 per copy as a fund raising effort!!!!!
Lauriep are you listening????
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If your going to give yourself a name,shouldnt it mean something?For exsample,if i were to thru i would give me a name{if thats proper} of Blowout.Because i have a herniated disc,or, maybei'm very gassy :-?
I've only had one name thrown at me and ever since then I've made it a point to not let any names linger besides my own name. I know it's some big tradition to have a trail name but I just don't feel like playing along I guess.
Right there with you Reid...
If you'd like to be different, you could use a series of glottal clicks
DrRichardCranium
06-04-2011, 13:13
How about Evil Bert?