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SGT Rock
08-08-2005, 15:31
Don't you just love it when....(insert your answer here)
SGT Rock
08-08-2005, 15:33
You watch your kids do stuff on the trail like you've taught them to without being told. :D
I thought the other thread was fairly successful, so lets get some positive stuff on here too :sun
Whistler
08-08-2005, 15:36
...your socks are mostly DRY in the morning. Woohoo!
-Mark
Lone Wolf
08-08-2005, 15:40
...you go to fart and it's just that?
Don't you just love it when . . . you break out of the long green tunnel into a stand of Balsam Fir trees. The air smells like Christmas and the sunbeams create rainbows in the mist of the rain that just cleared. Example: the Northbound mile and a half or so leading up to the cairns near White Rocks Mountain, Vermont. :sun
Cookerhiker
08-08-2005, 15:55
You're stumbling up the north side of Mt. Washington from the Perch Shelter (residence of the worst black flies in NH!) in the morning in the cold fog where you can barely see the next cairn. The wind is howling, you're getting wet with frozen fingers. You can barely discern the buildings on the summit as you look for the door. Of course, no one else is there in those conditions. A mere 5 minutes after reaching the summit.....the clouds part revealing a beautiful blue sky, sunshine, and 360 degrees of views across to the other ranges and down to the valleys, lasting the rest of the day, making the traipse to Lakes of the Clouds and then on to Mizpah a true joy.
Yes, this was my experience on my first ascent of Mt. Washington, SOBO section hike from Pinkham to Franconia.
Alligator
08-08-2005, 16:05
the shelter is empty for the evening and water is just round the corner.
D'Artagnan
08-08-2005, 16:16
...the blueberries in Virginia are ripe for the picking.
Gadog430
08-08-2005, 16:28
...you wake up all toasty in your sleeping bag and listen to the birds hearlding the new day. I love that!@!@!@
gr8fulyankee
08-08-2005, 16:59
You get to the trailhead take off your Birks and go to put your boots on, when you realise that you didn't bring any socks! But someone from another hiking group @ the trailhead gives you one of their extra pair!
The Solemates
08-08-2005, 17:17
....you are able to go for more than just a weekend hike.
...when the forecast is for rain, and all you get is sunshine.
...when you arrive in town and find a cup of coffee & newspaper in short order.
... when you take that looooong shower after spending a week or so on the trail.
TJ aka Teej
08-08-2005, 17:43
... you get back from hiking and find 1100 posts on WhiteBlaze :D
Kerosene
08-08-2005, 18:06
...you go to fart and it's just that?An instant classic.
Kerosene
08-08-2005, 18:08
Don't you just love it when...
...you wake up above the clouds in the valley with the sun streaming down from a bright blue sky!
the shelter is empty for the evening and water is just round the corner.
... and it's a warm, clear, bug free night, so you sleep on the picnic table under the stars.
titanium_hiker
08-08-2005, 18:29
you had a miserable night, a candidate for the don't you hate it when- but you get up at four thirty and hike up the hill a bit and see the most amazing sunrise ever..
titanium
Tha Wookie
08-08-2005, 18:53
.... you have a tough day, but then think about what you'd be doing if you weren't hiking all summer. :D
Dances with Mice
08-08-2005, 19:07
Walking all damn day
In cold wet rain.
First match catches the tinder
...after hiking through muck and mud and over rocks and cedar roots and the come upon the most awesome shelter north of the mason dixon line in the 100 mile wilderness, called rainbow springs, and you have it all to you and your hiking buddy for the evening.....awe man was that place cool......
Air Head
08-08-2005, 19:17
...near the end of your trip, you reach a high point, look back, and see how far you've come, and the moments of reflection that just wash over you. That's a great feeling.
Frick Frack
08-08-2005, 19:20
...you have had a long, hot, difficult day and waiting at the next gap is a trail angel with a cooler of ice cold fermented wheat beverages! Ahhhhhhh.....
...you get your tent pitched, fetch water, cook dinner and get everything cleaned up before it starts raining.
happily hanging in my hammock were ever i please:cool: neo
http://www.whiteblaze.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/7889/sort/1/cat/500/page/2
rainmaker
08-08-2005, 22:27
....you log on to a hiking website and folks are talking about hiking. Way to go.
fiddlehead
08-08-2005, 23:08
You finally are ready to take that 1st step after all the planning, sending boxes, logistic problems, transportation to the trail, etc.
Now's the time to burn the schedule and just enjoy life for the next 5 months or so.
....you're walking along and you feel so good you get goosebumps:jump
Tha Wookie
08-08-2005, 23:53
Now's the time to burn the schedule and just enjoy life for the next 5 months or so.
Burn it! Then piss on it (for fire safety, of course).
squirrel bait
08-09-2005, 00:05
when ya can sit under a waterfall on a hot day and don't have to be anywhere.
Daddy Longlegs
08-09-2005, 07:32
...waking up at 3am in your tent as your dog in throwing up the bear crap she ate earlier and it is all over the inside of your tent so you drag your bag outside and sleep on the ground and look up and the stars are so close that you could touch them.
tlbj6142
08-09-2005, 13:16
...you get to wear cotton underwear on the ride home.
....a plan comes together -- Hannible Smith (A-Team) :clap
Kerosene
08-09-2005, 14:34
...you get to the empty shelter just as the big fat raindrops from the approaching thunderstorm start to fall, and you get to just sit there and watch the forest take a shower.
bobgessner57
08-09-2005, 19:57
The western sky clears after a storm just in time for the setting sun to light the underside of the black clouds above and turn the wet forest and mountains around all golden and irridescent.
Winter sun warms your face after a day of sleet and numbing gray everything.
It snows just enough to frost everything but the trail stays a black line through the forest perfect for night hiking.
Alligator
08-09-2005, 21:46
...you go outside to the car to get the new scale (free) you just picked up, the rain has cleared leaving a gorgeous quarter moon with Venus just a few degrees away, and a shooting star drops by. Anybody just see that?
Tha Wookie
08-10-2005, 12:07
...you go outside to the car to get the new scale (free) you just picked up, the rain has cleared leaving a gorgeous quarter moon with Venus just a few degrees away, and a shooting star drops by. Anybody just see that?
YES!!!! RIGHT ON!!!!! I was all over that last night -it made me estatic! SO beautiful! I just had to do some howlin'
Alligator
08-10-2005, 12:30
YES!!!! RIGHT ON!!!!! I was all over that last night -it made me estatic! SO beautiful! I just had to do some howlin'
You left out the dancing banana :banana. It was definitely banana-worthy.
Tha Wookie
08-10-2005, 19:12
You left out the dancing banana . It was definitely banana-worthy.
Sorry I have not into the bananna much lately.
....you are hiking off of Dragon's Tooth, heat index in the 100's, sun full up and feeling a bit beat when all of a sudden here comes a one legged man going UP the other side.
icemanat95
08-10-2005, 19:57
You are walking down the street in Hanover, NH and run into Baltimore Jack pokicing up stray hikers.
I thought Jack was miles away and didn't expect to see him, but there he was with Blister. I hadn't seen him in years.
Hammock Hanger
08-11-2005, 21:42
When a past hiking partner/buddy calls you out of the blue to tell you that he (she) was thinking of you. It just lights me up from within. :) ;) Sue
MileMonster
08-12-2005, 11:04
...you've been hiking a ridge in winter conditions and then hike into a valley where spring has arrived?
Just Jeff
08-12-2005, 14:23
Or the opposite...you start at the base where it's shorts and short-sleeves, and by the end of the day you're sleeping on 3' of snow...then back down to shorts again the next morning.
SGT Rock
08-12-2005, 14:35
You work a long hard day on the trail and then get to play in the creek!
or
After a hard day at work you pack your backpack and head to the mountains without cell phones, computers, or worries.
Daddy Longlegs
08-12-2005, 23:04
... you throw your pack on, lock your car, and start off down the trail.
... you reach a town, get a room, get out of the shower, pick up a cold drink, put on warm clean clothes, and think about the next day when you will be back on the trail trail.
... you head up to Mt Rogers NRA for four days and have absolutely great weather all four days.
A shower, after 4+ days on the trail.
Your stove lights easy, water was close, that home dried meal you made has the other hikers DROOLING, he,he,he,he,he.
A cold cold night in a warm sleeping bag & your favorite shelter (tent, hammock, tarp, etc).
ANY view from the AT.
Getting up for no reason at 3:00 am, & seeing stars you can never see in town (I cried last time, shear joy).
Those shocked looks from the tourons as you walk out of the woods.
Food given you by those same shocked people :)
Doctari.
...someone brings you a cup of coffee when you are still in your sleeping bag
hey man, last time i looked, there is no shelter at rainbow springs, it was just a campsite,still is as far as i know, where were you, maybe hurd brook leantoo? just wondering when they built that shelter at rainbow springs.
...after hiking through muck and mud and over rocks and cedar roots and the come upon the most awesome shelter north of the mason dixon line in the 100 mile wilderness, called rainbow springs, and you have it all to you and your hiking buddy for the evening.....awe man was that place cool......