FASTER

[Zé]

I wonder if FO has started doping in the last few years. He is getting up there in age...

[AlanK]

I've got $0.25 that says that the strongest drug that FO uses is warm milk. And not before hikes.

In vaguely-related news, I have a one-time hiking partner who is currently a grad student at... drum roll... (FO would be proud).

[Hikin_Jim]

Guess who I ran into out on the trail tonight. Yep.

HJ

[arocknoid]

'Tis a bit unfair to post about someone unable to respond, so please pardon a bit of channeling on FO's behalf (TIC)


"Grr...coffee, caffeine, ...grumble grumble...Mormon tea.... snarl....grrr...Gu, gu, gu, WHO? You, and AlanK, blecchhh.....grrr...snarfle... taint natcherul ........glrrkkktd....Trespassing! Gee, Ze, cantcha read?... and here you be, Ze, a PhD from USC, setting one foot over the line, Sweet Jesus, wait, that's another topic...grr...gllarrgg... where's my fifty pound Black Iron Tamping Rod I *ahem* liberated from the mountain...eh, who needed it for trail work up there anyway.... blecchtrrnq...probably someone dressed in a *dress*, with fuzzy slippers ready to whine about no Starbucks on the hill...COFFEE again! I'm on a natural high dontcha know....grrowlll...Ted Tollner...where's my buddy Iron Mike, yeah, he'll show ya....hummpfph.. and harrumphh... well itsa bee-you-tifull sunset up here, as always. gahh..
FIGHT ON!"

[Ellen]

Wonderful Arocknoid, thanks so much for the humorous post

I am rolling on the floor laughing

"Grr...coffee, caffeine, ...grumble grumble...Mormon tea.... snarl....grrr...Gu, gu, gu, WHO? You, and AlanK, blecchhh.....grrr...snarfle... taint natcherul ........glrrkkktd....Trespassing! Gee, Ze, cantcha read?... and here you be, Ze, a PhD from USC, setting one foot over the line, Sweet Jesus, wait, that's another topic...grr...gllarrgg... where's my fifty pound Black Iron Tamping Rod I *ahem* liberated from the mountain...eh, who needed it for trail work up there anyway.... blecchtrrnq...probably someone dressed in a *dress*, with fuzzy slippers ready to whine about no Starbucks on the hill...COFFEE again! I'm on a natural high dontcha know....grrowlll...Ted Tollner...where's my buddy Iron Mike, yeah, he'll show ya....hummpfph.. and harrumphh... well itsa bee-you-tifull sunset up here, as always. gahh..
FIGHT ON!"

There's something about a Fight On post that makes me long to drink a cup of coffee while trespassing...

Miles of smiles,
Ellen

[bluerail]

Ze, we had an interesting encounter yesterday, almost better than FO. we were in the san gabriels getting ready to head off the trail and go do a canyon, minding our own business and having a bite to eat when along comes a guy and starts asking us why all the big packs blah blah blah, then realized we had ropes and gear. He proceeds to ask what we "girly men" were up to, and if we knew what we were doing. in the next few minutes he referred to us as girly men so many times if was freaky.

the guy was a complete ass.

we talked a bit more an he sounded like a big authority on canyons in the san gabriels, telling us this and that and blah blah blah. bringing up a website ( http://www.dankat.com/advents/advents.htm) that has "ALL" the info and we should check it out and learn something.

Our group : Chris Brennen, Mark Dutwieller, Kirk Belles and a couple others out for Marks birthday.

what a putz.......turns out it was the beast 666

really an ass.

He'd also never done anything technical in a canyon.

[guest]

Well Steve,
I did always think your hair was a little long & your pants a little tight, I think that dude was on to something!!??
Besides, why not just take a bungee rope instead of those girly-man ropes ya'all use??!! Way more fun when you bounce back up a few times & hit yer head on some overhang!

ss

[Zé]

lol this guy:

"WENT TO THE ALLISON MN FOR A FUN TREK NO MORE AFTER YOU PUBLISHED THE TRAIL NOW ITS GETING SUPER TRASHED BY ALL THE WEAKLINGS THAT GO THERE. THEY JUST DONT KNOW HOW TO CONTROL THE DOWN HILL CLIMB.. THERE WILL BE NO TRAIL FIXING WORK TRERE IT WILL EVENTUALLY GO TO HELL LIKE THE ORIGINAL DID. NICE JOB ON YOUR PART IN ACCELERATING ITS DESTRUCTION…… Plz come back to la… WE NEED PEOPLE TO BREAK THE RULES IN ORDER TO DRIVE FO GET INSANE!!! WAITING FOR A REPLY SOON……… GEORGE"

"HEY ZE-BOY! WAITING FOR YOU TO COME TO LA FOR GOOD ! I AM WORKING ON YOUR HIKING DADY FONZE, TO GO FOR THE 3RS TREK. IT WOULD MAKE IT ALOT MORE TEMPTING IF U SHOW UP AND HAVE A GROUP WITH YOU AND THEN GO THERE. YOUR FRIENDS 21 HRS! WOW! INSANE TREK SHOULD NOT BE BROADCASTED AND THEN U WONDER WHY NO ONE EVER GOES THERE!!! WENT ON THE PLEASANT VIEW TREK LOOP, REAL NICE TREK…. PLZ MOOVE BACK TO LA FOR MORE EPIC, FUN, INSPIRING, SCARY,TREKS. YOUR FRIENDS, FANS AND FONZE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR RETYRN SOON! S.F. IS FLAT NO REAL MT THERE!!!!WE NEED EXCITEMENT ON THE HIKING TREKS!!!! ZE-BOY PLZ AT LEAST MAKE TEMP TRIP TO LA…. UNTIL THEN… PEACEFUL AND FUN TIMES IN THE FOREST! GEORGE"

[Zé]

he and FO are buds, he's sent me pictures of them together. Could you imagine being on a long day hike with those two? Yikes!