[at-l] Introduction

[davids@xxxxxxxxxxxx (David S.)]

I swear, I got up early the other day to read the new REI catalog.  It's
a sad thing.

I guess you don't bottom out until you find yourself living on the trail.

Six2

Dave Hicks wrote:

>Don't know of a link, but here is a copy from an old post to the list:
>
>Hikers Anonymous Association
>
>Symptoms of those who should join:
>
>1) A new hiking store opens and you have to go see what they have, even
>though you have 3 sets of every piece of camping equipment ever sold.
>
>2) A hiking or camping brochure arrives at work in the mail, and nothing
>seems to get done all morning until you've read it 3 times and
>highlighted new gizmos which youre sure you dont have.
>
>3) when you walk into a hiking or camping store your teen age son or
>daughter demands to hold onto your wallet and credit card until you are
>safely out of the store and on the way home.
>
>4) Your kitchen has salamis drying all year hanging from the ceiling
>just in case you get an opportunity to catch a quick 2-3 day hike and
>need ready access to dried meat.
>
>5) your closets and freezer are full of dehydrated food
>
>6) you eat your cereal at home with powdered milk
>
>7) You rush home every nite from work to read ATML or ATL or PCTL
>
>8) You see, and confront, and FAIL to resolve the contradictory urges
>to acquire new gadgets and gear yet keep them out of your pack to
>keep from exceeding X% of your body weight. (SaraSW VCAT)
>
>9) Pack manufacturers got "Caller I.D." just so they could know you
>were calling, and ignore you.
>
>10) While on the trail, even in conversation with other people, you
>refer to yourself in the third person.
>
>11) While in a highrise building's staircase, you can't climb up
>without wondering and comparing what it would look like if the
>staircase were unfolded and stretched along some ridge somewhere.
>
>12) If rainy mornings leave you fearful of being wet and cold all
>day, even though your home or workplace is in a walled structure.
>
>13) If, once wetted by rain in a non-hiking environment, your first
>thought is to reach for a comforting handful of gorp.
>
>14) If extreme weather conditions of any sort instill curiousity
>about the current conditions on top of Mt _______.
>
>15) If word association tests of the phrase "2 miles" prompt the
>answer "1 hour."
>
>16) If you screen someone's personal attractiveness based on your
>estimate of how they'd look in a leanto in the morning.
>
>17) If you refer to even a single piece of hiking gear with a proper
> name, such as "Betsy," "Maybell," "Mack," or "Bill."
>
>18) If you have ever gone to a cocktail party and used the phrase
>"Yeah, but what's your trailname?"
>
>19) If you remain incredulous that EVERYONE is not a member of The
>Clean Plate Club.
>
>20) If you consider a hot shower to be a quasi-religious activity.
>
>21) When it rains, even though you are at work, you want to drive home,
>immediately put on your gore tex jacket and see if it really will keep you
>dry in a
>pouring downpour that goes on for 5 hours.
>
>22) same with your new tent
>
>23) you have an entire wardrobe of nylon shirts and pants, even though
>you only take 1 with you when you hike
>
>24) you have more backpacks than underwear
>
>25) you wear Thorlo socks to the office
>
>26) If the walls of your cubical are totally obscured with hiking
>pictures, articles about hiking, maps, etc.
>
>27) If you know the distances between shelters, road crossings etc on
>"your" section of the Trail.
>
>28) If you refer to a trail location as "my section," or my "overlook,"
>or "my campsite," etc.
>
>29)When you are eating with friends (non hikers) and suddenly all is
>silent except for the noise that you are making as you scrape every
>fragment of barley from the soup bowl....and everyone is staring at you.
>And you are reeeeaaly glad you came to your senses before you start to lick
>the
>bowl.
>
>30) You are prone to storing your spoon in your mouth between courses.
>
>31) You repeatedly drive off the side of the road because you are looking
>at the ridges and thinking 'what a hell of a climb that gap would be'
>
>32) You return from the grocery store all aglow because you found a new
>line of  'meals in a bag'.
>
>33) You fondle gear....even if it isn't yours.
>
>34) On Thanksgiving, you thought about how much more food you could put
>away if you were on the trail...
>
>Chainsaw
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Orange Bug" <orangebug74@yahoo.com>
>To: "David S." <davids@teratech.com>; <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:45 AM
>Subject: Re: [at-l] Introduction
>
>
>Hello David.
>
>(Who has that link to Gear Anonymous?)
>
>Bill...
>
>--- "David S." <davids@teratech.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I'm also a gear-a-holic.
>>
>>
>
>
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