Where is Sgt. Rock?

[ed bell]

Good luck Sgt. Rock, this is a deployment you can actually enjoy.

Dixi, hang in there and I hope all goes well for you on the home front. You are a super lady. Nice meeting you last year. ed bell

[Hikerhead]

Yes, but his fans just might.

I agree. I'm a fan of The Rock too. Here my first jibberish post, a song.

I met Rock in the land of twenty mile
We hiked to the barren ground at ninty five
Next morn we got on that ridge and hiked all day
Then headed down to where the dragons play

Rock's GPS sure came in handy
I thought we were goners, all cold and clammy.

Play us a song ol' Rock man you.
Play us a song you hoopy do.

(No, I don't know what a hoopy do is)

[Alligator]

Have you thrown out the itinerary yet Rock ? Best of health and don't overdo it.

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

The countdown begins

[Kirby]

The countdown begins

I believe is should say 2008, not 2007, or am I missing the point, again.

Kirby

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

Whoops - slow Dino runs to fix this.... and it is done

[Heater]

Have you thrown out the itinerary yet Rock ? Best of health and don't overdo it.

He is burning it tonight as his first campfire... as we speak.

[Pedaling Fool]

He is burning it tonight as his first campfire... as we speak.

In March of 2006, in a campsite, just a little north of Neel Gap, I started a fire because it was soooo DAMN COLD. How cold was it? It was so cold I couldn't even feel the heat of the fire, I had to put my hands right next to the flame (almost touching) to feel the slightest warmth; it was accompanied by a wind that would blow right through you. All I could do was crawl in mysleeping bag, with all my clothes on, and try and survive the night.

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

he hiked away from the parking lot of FS42 ..... a link to the picture I took of him right before he hiked away... http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/...&imageuser=511

I see London, I see France, I see Rock in his underpants....
Those aren't tights... Rock's hiking in his long underwear... the boy ain't right.

[Kirby]

In March of 2006, in a campsite, just a little north of Neel Gap, I started a fire because it was soooo DAMN COLD. How cold was it? It was so cold I couldn't even feel the heat of the fire, I had to put my hands right next to the flame (almost touching) to feel the slightest warmth; it was accompanied by a wind that would blow right through you. All I could do was crawl in mysleeping bag, with all my clothes on, and try and survive the night.

I would think these are the types of nights that break smei-fragile people(not you), and could easily account for the consistent sharp drop off every year by Neels Gap.

Kirby

[take-a-knee]

I see London, I see France, I see Rock in his underpants....
Those aren't tights... Rock's hiking in his long underwear... the boy ain't right.

Y'all are just jealous 'cause you know they become him.

[rafe]

I would think these are the types of nights that break smei-fragile people(not you), and could easily account for the consistent sharp drop off every year by Neels Gap.

Jan. 1 is pretty extreme for a start date, any way you slice it. I suspect most folks who drop off at Neels (regardless of date) never thought the thing through at all, and had little to no actual experience with the AT or with backpacking.

[Kirby]

Jan. 1 is pretty extreme for a start date, any way you slice it. I suspect most folks who drop off at Neels (regardless of date) never thought the thing through at all, and had little to no actual experience with the AT or with backpacking.

I was referring to John Gault's post, which I quoted in my post.

Kirby

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

Y'all are just jealous 'cause you know they become him.

Busted!
::: Dino seen wishing she looked that good in her long undies :::

[Javasanctum]

Go Sgt. Rock! Do it!

[FatMan]

My guess is that he is staying at Bryson Gap tonight. Nice campsite between a couple of tall dicks...that would be Big John Dick Mtn. and Little John Dick Mtn. Sleep well and keep warm.

[Tin Man]

I would think these are the types of nights that break smei-fragile people(not you), and could easily account for the consistent sharp drop off every year by Neels Gap.

Kirby

Maybe Gault spends too much time in Florida and cannot handle a little chill in the air like you Maniacs or us in Nutmegers in CT.

[Pedaling Fool]

Maybe Gault spends too much time in Florida and cannot handle a little chill in the air like you Maniacs or us in Nutmegers in CT.

True, this is why I live in Florida ; but I also know it was COLD COLD COLD, because in the mornings, for the first couple weeks my water containers were frozen and a thick coat of frozen condensation was all over the inside of my tent.
That's why I would never start this early, Rock will have to put up with that for some time.

[Tin Man]

True, this is why I live in Florida ; but I also know it was COLD COLD COLD, because in the mornings, for the first couple weeks my water containers were frozen and a thick coat of frozen condensation was all over the inside of my tent.
That's why I would never start this early, Rock will have to put up with that for some time.

As long as your water containers were not in your sleeping bag, where they should have been, when they froze, then you should be okay.

[A-Train]

I suspect by the 3rd month of Rock's thru-hike people will stop pontificating about the frequency of his bowel movements. Either that, or they'll be betting on them