View Full Version : Here is one WELL equipped hiker!!
Here is one well equipped hiker! But I wonder if he should stop in at Neel's Gap for some adjustments!!
Care to lay odds on his chances of completing a North Bound Thru hike???
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/403080_355454031150298_1721623262_n.jpg
HikerMom58
08-12-2012, 23:51
Good Grief... :/
Sarcasm the elf
08-13-2012, 00:21
That's how I felt the first time I tried to hike for nine days without resupply!
rocketsocks
08-13-2012, 00:22
Here is one well equipped hiker! But I wonder if he should stop in at Neel's Gap for some adjustments!!
Care to lay odds on his chances of completing a North Bound Thru hike???
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/403080_355454031150298_1721623262_n.jpgProbably pretty good odds, I'm sure he's got a sherpa in there somewhere.
Water Rat
08-13-2012, 06:24
Here is one well equipped hiker! But I wonder if he should stop in at Neel's Gap for some adjustments!!
Care to lay odds on his chances of completing a North Bound Thru hike???
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/403080_355454031150298_1721623262_n.jpg
And I thought I was nuts about having exterior pockets on my pack! He seems to have gone a bit overboard, though...
daddytwosticks
08-13-2012, 07:14
He could reduce his weight if he would cut holes in that large sign of his. :)
Looks like U-Haul from last year. Anybody meet him on the trail?
WingedMonkey
08-13-2012, 11:38
Looks like he picked up all the gear on the side of the trail and at shelters at the southern terminus.
Capt Nat
08-13-2012, 12:16
What is he thinking about, I would never wear cotton on the trail!
Looks like U-Haul from last year. Anybody meet him on the trail?
Haha, totally. He made it all the way with that pack, as far as I know he ignored much of hikers' "advice" on how to lower his pack weight..
Wuff, I don't believe U-Haul made it all the way. I saw him a few miles north of Hot Springs on 4/6/11 then again on 9/3/11 in the Hundred Mile Wilderness near Jo-Mary Rd.
From my trail journal "I met "U-Haul" today; I hadn't seen him since Hot Springs, NC. He got his trail name because he carries a huge pack and sometimes up to 30 days of food. He is doing about five miles a day and had flipped from Erwin, TN up to Katahdin and is now going south."
http://trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=361098
House of Payne
08-13-2012, 17:58
I met him in Virginia, you can see my bag on the top. :)
Hairbear
08-13-2012, 19:36
maybe he is vision impaired,those are all the packs of his hiking buddies lol
Humpin' all that freight made Walter shrink. He does have a good tan going tho.
Wuff, I don't believe U-Haul made it all the way. I saw him a few miles north of Hot Springs on 4/6/11 then again on 9/3/11 in the Hundred Mile Wilderness near Jo-Mary Rd.
From my trail journal "I met "U-Haul" today; I hadn't seen him since Hot Springs, NC. He got his trail name because he carries a huge pack and sometimes up to 30 days of food. He is doing about five miles a day and had flipped from Erwin, TN up to Katahdin and is now going south."
http://trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=361098
Ahh, for some reason I had U-Haul confused with Checklist, who also had a heavy pack, but who definitely finished the trail - he was fast too, despite the weight. Not sure I ever met U-Haul, but heard about him early in my hike, somewhere in NC/TN...