by the_camera_poser » Thu 30 Oct, 2008 8:44 pm
I was walking with a group in the states, and there was this older guy with us, who gave me a big lecture about the fallibility of my el cheapo Coleman stove. He had this fancy pump-up design, that would flare up when first lit. He'd been hiking for years, but Karma caught up with him- he started a grass fire with his stove, in the middle of a wilderness area, and had to ferry water from the nearby stream to put it out. Problem was, the dumbass had taken his boots off, so he was running back and forth through burning grass. He got the fire out, but had to be carried (from memory) 7 miles to the road afterwards. Lost a LOT of skin on his feet, bottoms and tops.
I believe the Aussie term for this guy is WANKER.