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Dear Fellow hikers:
I believe the quitting (pulling the plug or any other name we may use) is not an unfamiliar term for thru-hikers. If it was in your power to install a plaque or sign along the trail to encourage hikers to push more what would you put on these signs?<O:p></O:p>
Here are two examples that came to my mind:<O:p></O:p>
1-Every trail will end sooner or later, just hang on.<O:p></O:p>
2-You are not the only hiker who has questioned his or her willpower on this trail but you are the only one who has the answer.<O:p></O:p>
Do you have some of sentences of yours to share?<O:p></O:p>
ChinMusic
10-23-2011, 01:06
Only quit on a sunny day
Only quit on a sunny day
how about this?: Rain is not a good reason to quit for. Wait for sunny days.
ChinMusic
10-23-2011, 01:15
how about this?: Rain is not a good reason to quit for. Wait for sunny days.
Didn't know these signs has that much room............
Didn't know these signs has that much room............
point taken
It's just walking. - Lone Wolf
You could be at work right now.
Normal people don't do this. Normal is overrated.
Just give up, loser. (This would piss me off enough to walk another 20 miles easily.)
max patch
10-23-2011, 08:17
Burma Shave
4eyedbuzzard
10-23-2011, 08:20
Free hostel with hot tub and AYCE filet mignon and lobster buffet 20 miles ahead.
nitewalker
10-23-2011, 08:48
a bad day on the trail beats a good day at work....
WingedMonkey
10-23-2011, 09:31
More signs? Are you serious?
Johnny Thunder
10-23-2011, 10:23
just a picture. of a guy with a beard. bored at his desk job.
a bad day on the trail beats a good day at work....
Nice scripture for a sign
Moose2001
10-23-2011, 10:44
A 6 year old did it! What's your excuse?
Old Hiker
10-23-2011, 11:45
Free hostel with hot tub and AYCE filet mignon and lobster buffet 20 miles ahead.
And at 19.5 miles, "Sorry - lost our lease - had to move 20 miles further."
You could be at work right now.
This would motivate me!
Just give up, loser. (This would piss me off enough to walk another 20 miles easily.)
I take this as a joke but nice try. I want them to feel energized and not pissed off. As you said it may push them 20 miles more but not substantially more.
A 6 year old did it! What's your excuse?
I like it more like this: 6 years old kid did it,so could you.
it might give more positive feeling. Am i right?
ChinMusic
10-23-2011, 16:29
Hmmm, maybe the following is what OP is looking for:
"You can do it buddy"
kayak karl
10-23-2011, 16:36
reminds me of “I have a ‘carpe diem’ mug and, truthfully, at six in the morning the words do not make me want to seize the day. They make me want to slap a dead poet.” ~Joanne Sherman
johnnybgood
10-23-2011, 16:48
Carpe diem' or you're a dead poet.
hikerboy57
10-23-2011, 16:54
Happiness is being back to work, away from this.
Sarcasm the elf
10-23-2011, 16:59
More signs? Are you serious? <---- I would love to see a sign that said this on the trail, especially in Connecticut.
ALLEGHENY
10-23-2011, 17:11
Signs,signs everywhere are signs blocking out the scenery.
Different Socks
10-23-2011, 17:55
Worst day on the trail is better than nest day at work.
Different Socks
10-23-2011, 17:57
Worst day on the trail is better than best day at work----that's what I meant to say.
<---- I would love to see a sign that said this on the trail, especially in Connecticut.
I promise no sign in Connecticut. Good enough?
the problem with" NO SIGN "sign is that it is one more sign!!!
Worst day on the trail is better than best day at work----that's what I meant to say.
Chances are that you have a boring job or you were lucky enough not to experince hell on trails . I prefer the best day at work to my worst day at trail, seriously. It is an overstatement for me. But it is just me.
Signs,signs everywhere are signs blocking out the scenery.
I did not look at this view before, good point if many have your point of view. I dont mind a few more signs if they add a meaning to the trails but you have a decent point. Thank you
Wise Old Owl
10-23-2011, 18:45
Starbucks Ahead!
(Bring your Credit Card)
Wise Old Owl
10-23-2011, 18:55
14186That's the power of modivation!
Damn its not the humor forum again.
Here are some more
http://www.pagog.com/2007/08/16/weird-signs/
14186That's the power of modivation!
Damn its not the humor forum again.
Here are some more
http://www.pagog.com/2007/08/16/weird-signs/
So turning threads to humour has a decent history around here, huh?. I dont mind unless it dominates the forum and posts.
ChinMusic
10-23-2011, 19:58
Lighten up Francis
ALLEGHENY
10-23-2011, 21:06
I did not look at this view before, good point if many have your point of view. I dont mind a few more signs if they add a meaning to the trails but you have a decent point. Thank you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drQ-gyiNSIo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drQ-gyiNSIo
What was this youTube about????????
ALLEGHENY
10-23-2011, 21:15
Signs! Just a song from the seventies by Five Man Electrical Band.
johnnybgood
10-23-2011, 21:18
Signs,signs everywhere are signs blocking out the scenery. ...breaking my mind . Do this don't do that can't you read the signs....
What was this youTube about????????Five Man Electric Band had a hit song called " Signs " . ALLEGHENY was quoting lyrics from a song.
ALLEGHENY
10-23-2011, 21:22
...breaking my mind . Do this don't do that can't you read the signs....
Five Man Electric Band had a hit song called " Signs " . ALLEGHENY was quoting lyrics from a song.
Thanks! J................................................. ....
Thanks! J................................................. ....
now I got the connection. Thank you.
Hike the Trail, not your expectations.
Cosmo
Echraide
10-23-2011, 22:16
Hike the Trail, not your expectations.
That's a good one.
Jim Adams
10-23-2011, 22:57
LMFAO...that just rocked...took me staight back to the movie. Thanks!
geek
fireneck
10-24-2011, 02:47
"Hike Your Own Hike" or maybe just "HYOH!"
"You're living the dream."
"One step at a time."
"It's the journey."
"Warning: Traffic Jam"
A stop sign shaped sign that says "Smell the Roses"
"Hike Your Own Hike" or maybe just "HYOH!"
"One step at a time."
"It's the journey."
"Warning: Traffic Jam"
A stop sign shaped sign that says "Smell the Roses"
I like HIke your own hike, it is a very wise advice
If I wanted to see signs, I would do a road walk!!! The preceding is not slated for a trail sign, just sayin'.
-SEEKER-
10-26-2011, 17:48
just give up, loser. (this would piss me off enough to walk another 20 miles easily.)
me too! :)
...breaking my mind . Do this don't do that can't you read the signs....
Five Man Electric Band had a hit song called " Signs " . ALLEGHENY was quoting lyrics from a song.
a guess the 'long-haired hippie freaks' must me all of the thrus!
A sign with a picture of Grandma Gatewood with the caption: "I did, you can too."
A sign with a picture of Grandma Gatewood with the caption: "I did, you can too."
I call your post the best so far. It really will make me think twice. It is almost like you cant find a legitimate physical and mental excuse when you know she did it.
peakseeker
10-27-2011, 19:44
Grilled Cheeseburger Ahead.
"Have you seen a Blaze Lately?"
beakerman
10-27-2011, 21:55
Now that one I like...
nothing like instilling paranoia!
Followed by.............
"Zombie Ahead"
Mike2012
11-09-2011, 17:25
Lighten up Francis
You could be at work right now.
and maybe this banana dude:banana
orions_knight
11-09-2011, 18:21
Just give up, loser. (This would piss me off enough to walk another 20 miles easily.)
+!,000,000 if i saw this id probably pick up a stick and batter it down, then keep going. hell it might even keep me warm on a cold day too. haha
fantomhockey
11-11-2011, 00:35
A great teacher once told me...
"Excuses are like butt holes, everyone has one and they all stink"
Feral Nature
11-11-2011, 00:46
"Have you seen a Blaze Lately?"
My favorite so far!
hikerboy57
11-11-2011, 08:07
"Last sign before Mt. Katahdin."
isawtman
11-15-2011, 02:34
How about "Turn back before it's too late"
Hike the Trail, not your expectations.
Cosmo
Good advice. Most people who quit started the trail with unreasonable expectations. My advice? If your not having fun, quit. The trail is endlessly fascinating for those who can appreciate the enormous variety in what too many dismiss as the long green tunnel.
Avalanche1
11-28-2011, 12:09
You don't write on signs and plaques, and the reason we're out there is to get away from advertisements and billboards. It is better to encourage people by face-to-face communication. Find out what's bothering them and address that problem.
hikerboy57
11-28-2011, 12:32
"Maine-Life as it should be"
the best one I saw was going N into VT, looked like the sign had fallen off the old wood plaque (probably the welcome to VT sign) some one had made a small hand written sign
welcome to Vermont; North bounders: quit your bitching, South bounders: get the chip off your shoulder
so simple yet pertinate
mrclean417
11-28-2011, 15:03
How about "Stop trying to bring meaning to my experience with your pithy little sign"
seriously, a blaze should be enough.
NeanderJoel
03-05-2012, 02:04
A great teacher once told me...
"Excuses are like butt holes, everyone has one and they all stink"
I love it!
what do you write on signs and plaques along the trail to encourage the hikers?
I guess you can write in the log books, but as far as signs and plaques, the only thing that should be on the trail are official trail signs. Please do not just tack stuff up anywhere, it destroys the trail.
"Your tree could go here."
Lone Wolf
03-05-2012, 13:36
what do you write on signs and plaques along the trail to encourage the hikers?
I guess you can write in the log books, but as far as signs and plaques, the only thing that should be on the trail are official trail signs. Please do not just tack stuff up anywhere, it destroys the trail.
tell that to the guy in vermont who has a wooden box bolted to a tree with a register in it so hikers can kiss his butt for leavin' drinks in a stream
seasparrow
03-10-2012, 02:52
Bear with it!