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hikerboy57
10-15-2013, 21:46
some of my favorites:

"hike your own hike"
"you're doing it wrong."
after every uphill, theres always at least one more uphill, followed by one or two more uphills, followed by.....
partly something ,chance of anything.
"damn you weather!!!"
embrace the suck.
a body in motion tends to stay in motion,a body at rest tends to stay at rest.
its not about the miles its about the smiles.
its not about the kilometers, its about the smilometers.
its all good.


think of any others?

ChinMusic
10-15-2013, 21:49
"mile, mile and a half"

Rasty
10-15-2013, 21:50
It's just walkin

What's that smell?

hikerboy57
10-15-2013, 21:52
What's that smell?
soap .

hikerboy57
10-15-2013, 21:56
"mile, mile and a half"
"its just a little farther"

kolokolo
10-15-2013, 22:04
Are you a thru-hiker? Cause you smell like one.

MuddyWaters
10-15-2013, 22:21
"Your almost there"

Dogwood
10-15-2013, 22:24
Uhhh, be berry berry qwiet. Uhhh, I'm huntin wabbits.

Another Kevin
10-15-2013, 22:25
"Isn't it great that when we get to the top, we'll forget how much this s*ks?"

ChinMusic
10-15-2013, 22:29
"It's an easy hitch"

Just Bill
10-15-2013, 22:34
no rain, no pain, no maine
No downs only ups, no water only rocks, nother hole I need new socks.
This is the best!
This is the worst!
"F*&&&%&#ing mice"
Man, you're so bad you could burn ramen.
Can you direct me to the nearest Ben and Jerry's?
AYCE till you put em outta business.
I wasn't lost, I was only going in the wrong direction.

Rasty
10-15-2013, 22:34
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity...

John Muir

Rasty
10-15-2013, 22:37
"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you"

Joseph Heller talking about those damned speed hikers trying to pass everyone

garlic08
10-15-2013, 22:47
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

SCRUB HIKER
10-15-2013, 22:48
"There's no camping up ahead." - from someone coming the other way, wrong 100% of the time.

"It's all flat or downhill from here." - also wrong 100% of the time

"I'm amicable to the hammockable." - Cookie Monster on the PCT this year

Des
10-15-2013, 23:10
"Hydration equals happiness"

GoldenBear
10-15-2013, 23:12
That I now ask, "How much further to the [fill in the blank]? And please don't say, 'Not far'."

Then, after someone gives a period of time, I just double that amount of time due to my consistency in hiking half as fast as anyone else on the Trail.
You could say I'm a half-fast hiker.

Just Bill
10-15-2013, 23:12
There's a serious hangover waiting for me in Hanover.

Blue Mountain Edward
10-15-2013, 23:45
The trail provides. I can live on a dollar a day. Do you got any food? How far is it to town?

maguyver
10-16-2013, 05:53
"Everything in Life is temporary, Enjoy the moment"

moytoy
10-16-2013, 07:46
"I was happy in the midst of dangers and inconveniences."
Danial Boone
Maybe not so many dangers these days but the point is a good one.

mrcoffeect
10-16-2013, 07:59
its not raining right now!

Water Rat
10-16-2013, 07:59
What could possibly go wrong?
Hey! Watch this...

mrcoffeect
10-16-2013, 08:17
The AT is the path of moist resistance

OzJacko
10-16-2013, 08:34
Do you have wifi?
:D

snifur
10-16-2013, 08:45
whats your pack weight? -nobody cares
how many miles did you do? -nobody cares
keep on keep'n on.
maybe there will be trail magic at the road?
you smell that?
shut your phone alarm off!
do you hang your food?

evyck da fleet
10-16-2013, 10:23
"This is gonna suck" "It's all downhill to Maine with trail magic at every road crossing"

Slo-go'en
10-16-2013, 11:14
I hate being told to "Hike Safe".

Heck no, I hike dangerously. Much more interesting that way...

How's it going? --- Slowly.

Why do you hike? --- Because it feels good when I stop.

lush242000
10-16-2013, 12:02
The one that I don't care for is "hike your own hike". What is it supposed to really mean? I am not able to hike anyone's hike but my own. When I hear the phrase I just translate it to "none of my concern".


Sent from somewhere.

Rasty
10-16-2013, 12:08
The one that I don't care for is "hike your own hike". What is it supposed to really mean? I am not able to hike anyone's hike but my own. When I hear the phrase I just translate it to "none of my concern".


Sent from somewhere.

I like MAGS version so much better. Something like "Hike my damn hike"

whatnot
10-16-2013, 12:55
Good to see it's going to rain......we were almost out of mud.

hikathon
10-16-2013, 13:19
The one that I don't care for is "hike your own hike". What is it supposed to really mean? I am not able to hike anyone's hike but my own. When I hear the phrase I just translate it to "none of my concern".


Sent from somewhere.

I take it to mean..."don't compare yourself or expect of yourself based on what you see others doing".

IE...if "person A" goes by me at twice my pace...or covers twice the distance I'm planning on doing in half the time, this info is best ignored. What one person can do with ease could result in severe injury or fatigue when tried by another. Put another way...."your results may/will vary". They may have grippier shoes, allowing them to scramble over rocks I'm literally crawling over on all fours. Furthermore, their pack may be much lighter, allowing easier going and better balance/weight distribution when on an unstable surface like water-smoothed, jutting or unstable rocks.

On a recent hike, I saw many a hiker overtake me...some at a blistering pace. Evidently, they made out OK, as I never saw any of them pulled off to the side tending to a cut leg or a twisted ankle.

The logical take-away for me is they've done this a time or two already (maybe this is a trail they run on a regular basis) and likely they also have really good foot-eye coordination to pick out secure foot placements quickly enough to scan ahead and route out their next step before being there..this speeds up the pace at which you can travel.

I myself tend to sacrifice a bit on speed to make sure my foot placements are stable and secure enough to prevent being injured..to try to go signifiacntly faster, for me, would dramatically increase the chance of getting injured...a little prevention goes a long way.

Another Kevin
10-16-2013, 17:41
Two sides to the same coin. Don't hold yourself up to the performance standards of others: it's nobody's business but yours what your pack weighs, how many miles you choose to go in a day, or whether you want a fire or not (assuming there's no fire ban in effect!). And don't hold others up to your standards: it's none of your business what they carry, how far they go, or how they choose to spend their time on trail. Mind your own business, and tell others to mind theirs.

(That principle is what guides me when people ask about my packing list and pack weight, for instance. I always end with "and 1.5-2 points of 'it's none of your business what else I'm carrying.' ")

Tractor
10-16-2013, 18:33
"The $3.98 Wally's Vermont Trail & Travel Guide mentioned nothing about mud and mosquitos but had some neat coupons in the back (sombrero making, hanggliding lessons {brand new company-first 5 people 50% off} and moose jerky). I think I will send it back for a full refund but keep the coupons."

coach lou
10-16-2013, 18:39
You got any TP?:o

Another Kevin
10-16-2013, 19:56
You got any TP?:o

Yeah, and you probably need a trowel and hand sanitizer too?

hikerboy57
10-16-2013, 20:05
You got any TP?:o

Yeah, and you probably need a trowel and hand sanitizer too?what's a trowel?

Rasty
10-16-2013, 20:27
Your water spigot is my water spigot

aficion
10-16-2013, 20:31
You got any TP?:o

"TP is obsolete" TiPi Walter

Mags
10-16-2013, 23:09
I like MAGS version so much better. Something like "Hike my damn hike"

http://www.pmags.com/hike-my-hike-damn-it-hmhdi
:)

Just Bill
10-17-2013, 00:24
wipe your own wipe

Train Wreck
10-17-2013, 00:28
wipe your own wipe

That would be "swipe your own wipes" when visting a restaurant in a trail town

Different Socks
10-17-2013, 03:27
No pain, no rain, no Maine.

Different Socks
10-17-2013, 03:28
Are you thru hiking?

Just about!

hikerboy57
10-17-2013, 06:49
"got any extra food you dont want to carry?"

mrcoffeect
10-17-2013, 08:46
"do you mind if i dry these things out by your fire"
you know 60% of the time your about to see someone melt something.
but i always say sure have at it .

Marta
10-17-2013, 08:53
"The section ahead is the hardest piece of the whole Trail!"

What I was told every day while I was hiking SOBO, from Katahdin all the way to Rutland, Vermont.

aficion
10-17-2013, 09:10
How much does that skillet weigh? Mind if I use it when you get done?

hikathon
10-17-2013, 09:13
How about "false summit"....very similar effect to the oasis mirage while trekking thru the desert.

Remind yourself its all a hallucination, most times, and get back to enjoying the day.

I heard several people say this on the way up my most recent hike..

I don't even bother looking that far ahead, as there are countless horizons or ridges you'll see above you on your way up that make it seem like the climb has "topped out" and you're nearly there...this of course is seldom the case.

hikerboy57
10-17-2013, 21:12
its the second mouse that gets the cheese

Last Call
10-17-2013, 21:28
Less gear, more beer....

4shot
10-17-2013, 21:50
somewhere in a journal at some forgotten shelter, someone wrote 3 simple words..."embrace the pain." 3 years after my thruhike, that is the only journal entry I recall. and it still makes me laugh.

mrcoffeect
10-18-2013, 08:29
safety saves the day.;)

WingedMonkey
10-18-2013, 08:53
" Hike your own hike" is a term coined by yellow-blazers and other failures.

elray
10-18-2013, 10:12
As seen in the journal at HF, "I can't believe I'm halfway there, I can't believe I'm only halfway there!"

Robin2013AT
10-18-2013, 10:15
would you be my tick-check buddy? :eek:

Namtrag
10-18-2013, 10:24
Not sure if anyone said this yet: what goes down must go back up.

ChinMusic
10-18-2013, 10:45
" Hike your own hike" is a term coined by yellow-blazers and other failures.This is just so ugly and so wrong. Pathetic actually.

Ox97GaMe
10-18-2013, 23:39
...."your results may/will vary".


Hmmmm. Interesting. I guess my hike was an anomoly. All 6 people that started with me summitted with me. Every day, the same damn 6 people. Every shelter, every campsite, every hostel. Sure would have been nice to have met other hikers while I was out there. :)

wnderer
10-19-2013, 09:13
HYOHse (Hike Your Own Hike, someplace else)

On crossing streams. "Better wet feet than a wet ass"

Sarcasm the elf
10-19-2013, 09:23
"got any extra food you dont want to carry?"

Years ago, I massively overpacked for my first ever week long section hike. After a couple of days of being crushed by the weight of my pack, I decised to drop weight by giving away about two pounds of pepperoni, oreos and other food to the thru hikers at Upper Goose Pond cabin.

Their response after I explained why I was giving away the food:

"Thank you, your mistake is greatly appreciated."

atmilkman
10-19-2013, 09:43
Aren't you afraid of bears and psychos? Do you carry a gun?

Old Hiker
10-19-2013, 09:50
How about "false summit"....very similar effect to the oasis mirage while trekking thru the desert.

I don't even bother looking that far ahead, as there are countless horizons or ridges you'll see above you on your way up that make it seem like the climb has "topped out" and you're nearly there...this of course is seldom the case.

Hump and Little Hump Mountains come to mind !!!

Cookerhiker
10-19-2013, 09:51
Room for one more[in the shelter]?

It's all downhill - piece of cake.

Your pack is too heavy. (I was told this by a fellow section hiker in Maine)

Can I see your map? (from the ultralight thruhiker who thought maps were too heavy and didn't think he needed them)

He's friendly; he won't hurt you (referring to his dog)

He's never done that before (after the aforementioned dog snaps at you and/or jumps on and/or bites you)

[fill in the blank] kicked my butt.

Sarcasm the elf
10-19-2013, 10:57
From last week's Georgia hike, while passing a fellow backpacker:

Us: Good morning, how are you?

Him: It's a good day, the ground's under my feet and not over my head.

Son Driven
10-19-2013, 14:49
"If you do not see the next white blaze, look up."

SawnieRobertson
10-19-2013, 20:24
Oops!!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

mrcoffeect
10-20-2013, 07:05
Is that m&m next to your foot yours? Or can i have it?:D

Special K
10-20-2013, 13:59
Even when your falling down, you're still moving forward.

Special K
10-20-2013, 14:00
Sheeesh...can't write today.. "Even when you're falling down, you're still moving forward."

UnfamousK
10-24-2013, 16:45
the mountains dont care....

hikerboy57
10-26-2013, 12:23
"that was a lot easier than the profile maps made it out to be."
"that was a lot harder than the profile maps made it out to be."
"these profile maps suck."

johnnybgood
10-26-2013, 16:50
Virginia is flat ;)

PMan
10-27-2013, 09:03
It's just walking.

mrcoffeect
10-28-2013, 05:59
How's the water around here?

Another Kevin
10-28-2013, 07:19
"that was a lot easier than the profile maps made it out to be."
"that was a lot harder than the profile maps made it out to be."
"these profile maps suck."

+1. Got a lesson on that on the NY/CT/MA border last weekend. It wasn't so much that the stuff was steep as that it was slabby.