[at-l] heavyweight gear

[hiker at tempestdream.com (Hoplite)]

Shane wrote:

>>HopLite wonders if there are any hard core backpackers out there, or are
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>>a bunch of sissified car campers.
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>Woah...  I must have missed that.  Come down here HopLite and I'll show you
>some hardcore...
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>The funny thing about Honey Island Swamp is that I've never found any honey
>there...  Just snakes, bugs, and gators.
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>Shane
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Ack!  Don't show me that-- I think that sort of thing is illegal in some 
states!!  Just kidding, Shane; you know I respect you a lot.  Anyway, 
nobody "misunderestimate" me.  I happen to love car camping.  I was 
raised car camping and I'm grateful for those trips and for the fact of 
a sound family that made it possible.  Who couldn't love a Coleman Dual 
Fuel campstove able to boil gallons of water at a time?  Its just that I 
love backpacking even more.  I love it because backpackers labor hard 
for the views and experiences we get.

Of course, herding several kids into a car and pulling together a 
camping trip with them could qualify as hard labor in some cases.  
*grin*  I was THAT kid sometimes...

Warm regards,
HopLite