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Do people have fun with each other and pull pranks on the trail? Stories welcome
rocketsocks
04-09-2012, 02:48
Do people have fun with each other and pull pranks on the trail? Stories welcomeYes,yes they do.A day without shanany's is like a day without sunshine.There's the Ole' rock in the pack trick,the tying of the ice axe loops to a root,boots tossed over a not to high (but not to low either)branch,and of coarse telling all newbies that it is customary to carry a watermelon up the approach trail for all to enjoy,though I think that one is true.;)
Johnny Thunder
04-09-2012, 03:42
here're some:
put a porn poster in my buddies z-rest and told his wife to act all pissed when they found it.
slowly added pebbles to his tent. he never shook it out.
my pack got put 30 feet up in a tree. that was fun trying to explain to my slowly becoming senile grandmother when she dropped me back off at tarlin's to find my go-lite dangling in the breeze.
a few crumbs on top of your shelter sleeping friend.
"it's just a little further."
bilge rat hung lightswitch plates in some shelters. that's funny.
some college boys and this (seemingly) crazy old dude started a fake shelter register war over some umbrella that got burnt at trail days in the drum circle.
the fake hot chick who's always 3 days ahead in the register (when someone's left enough space for a quick "whoa is me, i'm so lonely" entry)
pull your car up to a trail crossing and mow down a pile of food in full view of all the hikers who hate you and curse your name under their breath. then pack up all your garbage. act like you're leaving. then open the trunk and offer them the exact identical meal you brought two of.
someone dug a hole under a tent once. that was fun.
more i'm forgetting.
Johnny Thunder
04-09-2012, 03:45
oh, snap! one time we made my buddy porno-time-travel. he fell asleep and left the girls of the SEC 2008 playboy under his hammock. woke up and we'd replaced it with an identical mag from 1993 (strange coincidence to be carrying two narrowly identically playboys...but there were a lot of guys in the bubble that year). boy didn't even know what decade it was.
RedBeerd
04-09-2012, 09:41
I once dressed up as what we now call "bigfoot" and look what that started....
atmilkman
04-09-2012, 10:01
I once dressed up as what we now call "bigfoot" and look what that started....
I just reported you to BFRO. They'd like you to give them a call. 1-800-FIND BIG.
How about the missing bootlaces 25 miles from anywhere?
rocketsocks
04-09-2012, 21:08
here are some:
put a porn poster in my buddies z-rest and told his wife to act all pissed when they found it.
slowly added pebbles to his tent. he never shook it out.
my pack got put 30 feet up in a tree. that was fun trying to explain to my slowly becoming senile grandmother when she dropped me back off at tarlin's to find my go-lite dangling in the breeze.
a few crumbs on top of your shelter sleeping friend.
"it's just a little further."
bilge rat hung light switch plates in some shelters. that's funny.
some college boys and this (seemingly) crazy old dude started a fake shelter register war over some umbrella that got burnt at trail days in the drum circle.
the fake hot chick who's always 3 days ahead in the register (when someone's left enough space for a quick "whoa is me, i'm so lonely" entry)
pull your car up to a trail crossing and mow down a pile of food in full view of all the hikers who hate you and curse your name under their breath. then pack up all your garbage. act like you're leaving. then open the trunk and offer them the exact identical meal you brought two of.
someone dug a hole under a tent once. that was fun.
more i'm forgetting.I particularly like the"Whoa is me,I'm So lonely,can you help"I slept here last night...hurry,register entry.And the thee ole "Light switch" is Classic.....Nice! Also,tunneling under tent known as "The Miner"(though way to much work).
RWheeler
04-09-2012, 21:22
Switching water bottle from one side pocket to the other when hiking with someone.
rocketsocks
04-09-2012, 21:35
Switching water bottle from one side pocket to the other when hiking with someone.Or a well placed good morning "slap on the pack"sign that say's I'm hiking for?You decide I had to delete my first chioce,but it rymes with SamBlah...blah,blah
CrumbSnatcher
04-09-2012, 21:47
a big rock and or huge potatoes hidden well in others packs
with a note on them "please take me to katahdin"
BAG "o" TRICKS
04-09-2012, 21:54
I'd never do anything like this.....too childish:rolleyes:
Wise Old Owl
04-09-2012, 21:56
And I thought the Sat dish to the roof of the shelter was funny - guess I have to take it up a boot...(over a notch).
mrcoffeect
04-09-2012, 21:57
im surprised that nobody mentioned a good ole fashion snipe hunt for the newbies
RWheeler
04-09-2012, 21:59
I'd never do anything like this.....too childish:rolleyes:
Your account name makes me not believe that.
atmilkman
04-09-2012, 22:00
I'd never do anything like this.....too childish:rolleyes:
Oh c'mon. With a name like BAG "o" TRICKS you ain't foolin' noone. If I was hiking with you I'd make sure you lead.
CrumbSnatcher
04-09-2012, 22:05
hikers over hearing conversations about shady valley days festival at double springs shelter
rocketsocks
04-09-2012, 22:07
i'm surprised that nobody mentioned a good ole fashion snipe hunt for the newbiesI think now we hunt Snooki's....doesn't exactly roll of the tongue.
rocketsocks
04-09-2012, 22:08
hikers over hearing conversations about shady valley days festivalYeah I was there in 88'Awesome show not to be missed.
BAG "o" TRICKS
04-09-2012, 22:11
Sitting here in Franklin with a ton of hiker trash and told a few of the newbs about hiding the six pack in the buddies heavy pack. Sometime later after the climb out of Winding Stair tell 'em "man I could go for a beer right now", and when they say, "so could I", say "good, get a couple out of your pack for us". Usually the nasty look lasts until you pop the beer.
This has been done on several trips with a 'newbie'. A bag of Raisonettes poured behind a log or bush. Then I talk about how the deer will travel for miles in search of food and you can tell where they have been by what there scat tastes like. Then I 'find' a pile of droppings behind the log or bush. Then I pick it up and taste it."Oh, this deer has been eating blueberries!" Always brings cries of 'gross' and 'I can't believe you ate that!'
Fell free to use it! It never fails...:)
rocketsocks
04-09-2012, 22:19
This has been done on several trips with a 'newbie'. A bag of Raisinettes poured behind a log or bush. Then I talk about how the deer will travel for miles in search of food and you can tell where they have been by what there scat tastes like. Then I 'find' a pile of droppings behind the log or bush. Then I pick it up and taste it."Oh, this deer has been eating blueberries!" Always brings cries of 'gross' and 'I can't believe you ate that!'
Fell free to use it! It never fails...:)Or talk about how after a pee it looks a little turbid,and say I'll run it through again....apple juice
Take two glow-in-the-dark green disks about the size of a quarter and attach them to a tree about 4ft off the ground outside of a shelter.
Jim Adams
04-09-2012, 23:01
Sitting here in Franklin with a ton of hiker trash and told a few of the newbs about hiding the six pack in the buddies heavy pack. Sometime later after the climb out of Winding Stair tell 'em "man I could go for a beer right now", and when they say, "so could I", say "good, get a couple out of your pack for us". Usually the nasty look lasts until you pop the beer.
...did that climbing out of Palmerton.
...hid false teeth in a few different packs.....LOL, found them in a hiker box!
hid a bottle of tequilla in the Smokies and then gave out maps to my friends....third one thru the area found it.
geek
Sitting here in Franklin with a ton of hiker trash and told a few of the newbs about hiding the six pack in the buddies heavy pack. Sometime later after the climb out of Winding Stair tell 'em "man I could go for a beer right now", and when they say, "so could I", say "good, get a couple out of your pack for us". Usually the nasty look lasts until you pop the beer.
Sounds like you watched "The Eiger Sanction".