I have never had a problem with a hiker.
Even the guy who was going to kill me on Blood Mountain a few years back, I got along with.
I have never had a problem with a hiker.
Even the guy who was going to kill me on Blood Mountain a few years back, I got along with.
I was talking to an 84 year very healthy and vital friend today. He said, 'if nice was a vice, the world be a very happy place indeed'.
If nice was a vice a lot us could claim stellar morals.
Skids
Insanity: Asking about inseams over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Jack, General ain't my best friend in t he world for sure. . . . but I know absolutely that what he says is the truth. . . . self depracation is a smidge easier for me than you I've noticed. . . . the only way this topic will go away is for you to just own it. . . and get off your bully pulpit on other topics. . . too many GOOD folk witnessed it for you to continue to deny it. . . your word on this topi is absolutely invalid. . . so have soem fun with. . . admit it, the first step for you to consign the entire incident to oblivion. . . .
Agree entirely with this set of criteria. My opinion is that the offending party needs to know that their actions are socially unacceptable.
The common sense courtesy that is expected in the workplace and at any business establishment should also be expected on the trail or anywhere in public.
Case in point:
I once had to intervene and remind a young dude cursing loudly that there were other people including families with small children around and that his vulgar mouth was unacceptable, especially within 10 feet of the front door at Big Meadows Wayside in Shenandoah Nat'l Park.
Getting lost is a way to find yourself.
There is a solution for that. Help your local youth group get out there. I do... and I get a kick out of seeing young boys discover the outdoors and learn to be self-reliant by being away from their mommies and access to anything but what they carry on their backs, in their hearts and in their minds.
I was reading a trail journal and a couple of women went home due to similar behavior in the shelter. If the hiker didn't feel safe enough to continue, how can we convince the families that it's safe for woman to hike alone.
They are able, and they did. Maybe not illegal, but apparently is was offensive to ConcernedMom. And it wasn't second hand reporting. I probably would have been offended and ticked as well. But, I never stay at shelters anyway. But, if you do this to me at a campground, beware, I am very vindictive in the very early hours of the morning.
I'm reminded of the kid a couple years ago who relieved himself through the floor of the second story of a shelter on to the front porch below and then bragged about it in his journal. He was put throgh the ringer here. So much so that folks who knew him signed up to make attempts to defend his mistake and imply that it was unseemly to call him out on it.
I've said it before, so here we go again, ain't scrutiny a bitch? This ain't an endorsement of "public shaming", but let's be honest, some behaviors need to be pointed out and disapproved of, IMO. Also, and very important, Skyline is dead on in post# 75.
That's my dog, Echo. He's a fine young dog.
Legend my a$$. I was there, sitting right beside a WB regular, my wife on the other side of me. The only issue with general's initial post concerning Jack is that it involved two different incidents. The ashes over the food happened at Neel Gap. I wasn't there, but I know other, very trustworthy friends who were. The pork chop incident was indeed April 2009, Franklin, NC Sapphire Inn parking lot. It happened, we all saw it, 10 or 15 of us. We all got a good laugh out of it too. Maybe that is why we remember it so well, because it was so funny. It's all good though Jack, I got my chop before you got over there in behind them!
So why doesn't WhiteBlaze adopt it as a policy and expect everyone who posts here to adhere to it, rather than have a thread like this every year.
Let's have some consensus and policy. Maybe we could begin to accomplish something useful instead of nothing more than seeing how wide a range of opinions we can express on every topic under the sun.
because adults should be able to censure themselves without a bunch of "policy", SOG.