Dumbest things you've ever been asked by a non-hiker.

[Doctari]

What's the highest peak in your state the rest of the year?

LOL, that was MY question. Answer is: Well, in September the highest mt is Stone Mt, but that's because the entire state moves to Georgia during Sept so that all of the roads in VA can be cleaned.

[leeki pole]

Especially if you hear two banjos playing in the background.

TW

Now, weasie, we don't do that kind of thing in the South. I am very offended. Only if it were an LSU fan.

[The Weasel]

OK, Leaki, I'm glad that was just all made up stuff.

TW

[dessertrat]

dumbass: how did you get here ?
me: i walked from georgia!
dumbass: are you from georgia?
me: NO, im from nebraska!
dumbass: did you walk from nebraska?

Those seem like reasonable questions to me.

[Trailweaver]

As a north Georgia native, I find that joke to be rather old, tired, and offensive. We do consider ourselves to be civilized, and I, for one, am educated too. ; - ) Plus. . . I still have all my teeth!

[The Weasel]

If you get asked that in northern Georgia be afraid. Be very afraid.

As a north Georgia native, I find that joke to be rather old, tired, and offensive. We do consider ourselves to be civilized, and I, for one, am educated too. ; - ) Plus. . . I still have all my teeth!

Then I wish Fred had not started it.

TW

[Bad Co]

Weirdest statement ever told to me by a hiker

This used to be a nice trail till the white man ruined it
My reply : yea but at least we don't have to worry about being scalped

[brooklynkayak]

Y'all ain't from aroun here, areya?

A short distance from NYC. I stopped at a truck stop/gas station just across the state line in PA on I80. A couple of us dressed in jeans and T-shirts walked in to find that we were surrounded by red flannel shirts and overalls.
The teller behind the counter said that exact quote.

[mrc237]

If you get asked that in northern Georgia be afraid. Be very afraid.

'fraidawhat?

[Ron Haven]

Where do you shower at night? That was asked of me recently by someone I know

what did you tell em?

[drastic_quench]

Weirdest statement ever told to me by a hiker

This used to be a nice trail till the white man ruined it
My reply : yea but at least we don't have to worry about being scalped

That's ignorant anyhow. Maybe it was Grandma Gatewood who said that no self-respecting indian would trudge up and down a mountain when there are perfectly nice valleys.

[The Weasel]

Most of the AT didn't exist as an Indian trail.

TW

[gregp]

While walking down the creeper trail a lady passed me on her bike and then stopped about a hundred feet passed me. Turned around, rode up to me and asked if I was "hiking the trail?" (Me wearing a back pack with smelly wet socks strapped on the outside) replied to her "yes mam".
Her reply was "good for you".

Now I wonder was this a shot at my obvious out of shapeness?

[Wise Old Owl]

OK, Leaki, I'm glad that was just all made up stuff.

TW

Oh no that was not made up - that was based on a true story handed down verbally since the invention of Dulcimers, Banjos, Hobo's and Hillbilly's.

Come on! There's nothing more fun than squeelin like a pig in the woods on the AT.... keeps the tourists comin back for more!

What if you hear three banjo's? test those trail runners for the first time?

[Tinker]

Weirdest statement ever told to me by a hiker

This used to be a nice trail till the white man ruined it
My reply : yea but at least we don't have to worry about being scalped

Benton Mac Kaye and Myron Avery were, as far as I know, white men. Mac Kaye dreamed the concept of the AT and Avery was, probably, the most influential figure in actually getting it on the ground.
Btw, white men also scalped their victims in "payback" fashion - not good either way.

[Tinker]

That's ignorant anyhow. Maybe it was Grandma Gatewood who said that no self-respecting indian would trudge up and down a mountain when there are perfectly nice valleys.

Amen.
Conquering the "wilderness" is a concept foreign to the native peoples. My favorite quote on the subject is from the late canoeist, film maker, and artist Bill Mason - ".....to the native peoples it wasn't wilderness, it was home."

[Jim Adams]

Amen.
Conquering the "wilderness" is a concept foreign to the native peoples. My favorite quote on the subject is from the late canoeist, film maker, and artist Bill Mason - ".....to the native peoples it wasn't wilderness, it was home."

So good to hear others on here who know of Mason! Thanks for the quote.
geek

[Ron Haven]

I was near Fontana hiking south and met some north bound foreigners.One of them ask"does the trail come out ahead of us"? and I couldn't resist.I said"no,it dead ends just over top of the next hill".

[The Weasel]

!

What if you hear three banjo's? test those trail runners for the first time?

If I hear three banjos and say anything other than, "Hmm. Interesting music. Think I'll head home," I'll get criticised for my choice in reading materials again.

TW

[saimyoji]

I was near Fontana hiking south and met some north bound foreigners.One of them ask"does the trail come out ahead of us"? and I couldn't resist.I said"no,it dead ends just over top of the next hill".

HA. funny. However, there are side trails, at least around near where i live/hike that do just dead end. sucks to have to walk back when you didn't know beforehand.