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#170458 - 10/12/12 04:20 PM Re: Your most profound advice? [Re: tramp]
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Originally Posted By tramp
Never eat anything larger than your head.


+1 lol
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#170610 - 10/15/12 07:00 PM Re: Your most profound advice? [Re: Samoset]
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If you don't set a date for your next trip and commit to it...it probably won't happen

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#170747 - 10/20/12 02:51 PM Re: Your most profound advice? [Re: Glenn]
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Don't loan out your favorite gear.
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#170756 - 10/20/12 10:43 PM Re: Your most profound advice? [Re: billstephenson]
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Originally Posted By billstephenson
Don't loan out your favorite gear.

Better yet don't loan out gear your not willing to or can't replace!


Edited by Samoset (10/21/12 12:05 PM)
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#171095 - 10/30/12 12:02 AM Re: Your most profound advice? [Re: Glenn]
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Best piece of advice has been given to me many times in the last couple years and in a few different ways, whenever I've considered hiking the AT: "Go do it."

Best piece of advice I'd give someone out backpacking would be, "Take care of your body, and feed it well."

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#171762 - 11/09/12 10:07 PM Re: Your most profound advice? [Re: Hermes (Nick G)]
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Originally Posted By oldranger
A little ingenuity is much lighter than yet another gizmo weighing down the pack.

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#171876 - 11/12/12 12:10 AM Re: Your most profound advice? [Re: Samoset]
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Saw this on a T-shirt in Sedona, AZ last month - Bring a compass. It's awkward when you have to eat your friends. wink wink

Life is good. Eternal life is better!
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#171884 - 11/12/12 10:24 AM Re: Your most profound advice? [Re: Richard Cullip]
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Bring a compass...

lol
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#171903 - 11/12/12 09:15 PM Re: Your most profound advice? [Re: Richard Cullip]
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Excellent! Besides, most of my friends are tough and stringy, well past their prime....

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#171955 - 11/14/12 02:22 PM Re: Your most profound advice? [Re: oldranger]
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Originally Posted By oldranger
Excellent! Besides, most of my friends are tough and stringy, well past their prime....


Funny....they said the same thing about you. wink
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#172861 - 12/10/12 12:43 PM Re: Your most profound advice? [Re: Richard Cullip]
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Originally Posted By Richard Cullip
Saw this on a T-shirt in Sedona, AZ last month - Bring a compass. It's awkward when you have to eat your friends. wink wink


I think I need to find that shirt and bag Donner peak wearing it.


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