A funny post by Frank Wall on Our Hiking Blog:
It’s a repost of a thread from Trailspace.com forum.
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17. You use your 90L pack to carry the groceries
18. You sleep on a thermarest
19. Your keychain is a Swiss army knife/fox40/flint combo on a biner/ climbing loop
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You get the idea. You’re a hiking [...]
Archive for the ‘humour’ Category
1 Nov
57 signs you might be obsessed with hiking
28 Oct
you must treat the water
… spotted in the restroom at Maui’s Haleakala National Park visitors center.
Amateur Traveler
Water is a problem for hikers in Maui. But I’ve not yet been driven to treat toilet water.
26 Oct
expensive European hiking gear
Before I traveled in Europe, I vaguely thought of their gear as … nice. Way overpriced. Gaudy. And sometimes completely goofy. (Especially the tents.)
Then I toured the huge Sportler store in Bolzano, Italy.
Later I was overwhelmed with the even bigger Schuster store in Munich.
Brands like Salewa, Kaikkaalla, Meru, La Sportiva, Mammut, Vaude, Deuter, [...]
17 Oct
stupid bear can’t drive …
Bears aren’t so smart.
We’re going to need some backup here: Car thief turns out to be… a hungry bear
15 Oct
is that a banana in your pocket …
Or a Banana Guard ™
official website – Banana Guard
Check the Froot Guard and Froot Case while you are there.
It actually works perfectly, if you want to carry the extra weight.
Thanks Rockin’ Ronnie for embarrassing me with this piece of goofy gear.
4 Oct
The North Face – no sense of humour
In Asia we called illegal The North Face knock-off clothing … The North Farce.
They should go after the Asian companies producing those goods, not a teen in the mid-West.
A Missouri teenager frustrated with his classmates’ sheep-like following of a popular clothing line came up with his own parody apparel and now faces [...]
4 Oct
Gavin McInnes – Mr. Bean meets Survivorman
This is funny.
Click PLAY or learn how to start a campfire on YouTube.
This is The Naturist, Gavin McInnes, a Canadian-born funnyman here sponsored by Teva.
… the Naturist … is an expert on being in the woods that has no clue what he’s talking about, like Mr. Bean meets [...]
29 Sep
missteps hiking the Pyrenees
Trip Report by site editor Rick McCharles
Driven from Scotland by midges, I flew to sunny Spain.
But where to hike in the Pyrenees?
My first thought was … Pyranean Haute Route, using the guidebook by Kev Reynolds.
Unfortunately Kev calls that adventure one of the 3 toughest treks in Europe. It would be too dangerous for me [...]
28 Sep
hiking Banff Tuesday …
Indian Summer is fading rapidly.
But we’ll try to squeeze in one more hike (at least) before the snow flies.
If you are one of the few people left who do not know the story of this photo, click through to one of the links.
The Banff Lake Louise Tourism Board has set [...]
