walkerchris77 wrote:Bull ants!!!!! One got me on my left berry once. Ouch.... how can something so small hurt so much. (Im referring to the bull ant. Not my berries).
Jaala wrote:I don't like it, as someone who is mostly solo, encountering people and groups in the bush who do the following;
Insist on teaming up
Insist on making camp at my camp
Insist on comparing gear
Don't.
walkerchris77 wrote:Sitting down to rest when all of a sudden you realise the ground is moving. ANTS !,,!
forest wrote:Pet hate !!!
I'm a pretty friendly fella. Why when I say hello or other greating pleasantry to someone in the middle the bush is it ignored while they walk past viewing there feet, often when I've stepped aside to let them past. Doesn't happen often but anoy's the crap out of me when it does. Just common manners isn't it to acknowledge another human being.
It's not like I'm standing on the train saying hi to every random person. We are out enjoying the outdoors, often many many miles from anyone else.
vicrev wrote:I met an experienced idiot & bushwalker,argued & went on & on that I don't need to carry map & compass,to"get with it",ONLY carry an Iphone, with a map thingy,that is one of the reasons I prefer to walk solo,not having to listen to fools droning on about their latest gear & bushwalking skills .........
I will also add.I always carry a back up, In everything ,map & compass,Gps etc. etc. sometimes on the verge of overkill,that fool wasn't the only walking disaster I have met,there have been lots over the years..........Lophophaps wrote:vicrev wrote:I met an experienced idiot & bushwalker,argued & went on & on that I don't need to carry map & compass,to"get with it",ONLY carry an Iphone, with a map thingy,that is one of the reasons I prefer to walk solo,not having to listen to fools droning on about their latest gear & bushwalking skills .........
Ye gods and little fishes, is this dweeb insane? Technology is wonderful, but to have total reliance on just one piece of technology defies belief. On extended trips I always have a set of photocopies of crucial sections of maps in case the real map dies. Then there's a good compass, a lot of experience, and hopefully good judgement.
Also, if said dweeb wants to carry just a phone for navigation, that is his choice. I see no need to rabbit on about the wisdom of this, trying to convince you. A better and more polite discussion is to assess the level of experience of the other person and pitch the advice to suit. What happened to courtesy?
vicrev wrote:I will also add.I always carry a back up, In everything ,map & compass,Gps etc. etc. sometimes on the verge of overkill,that fool wasn't the only walking disaster I have met,there have been lots over the years..........
pazzar wrote:People who carry closed cell foam mats on the outside of their pack on narrow tracks. I ended up carrying what seemed like a whole mattress out of the Southern Ranges.
ElvenCraft Gear wrote:...To appease my inner bumpkin, I now assume anyone who doesn't answer a "g'day" is - deaf, mentally disadvantaged, or doesn't speak english.
This is easily remedied by getting in their face, and saying very loudly and slowly "G'DAY - 'OW YA GOIN ?" ...
Well said, n-n-w, I am also partly deaf,If anyone got in my face yelling,I would also, have an unfavourable reaction, to that thoughtless twat. ...north-north-west wrote:ElvenCraft Gear wrote:...To appease my inner bumpkin, I now assume anyone who doesn't answer a "g'day" is - deaf, mentally disadvantaged, or doesn't speak english.
This is easily remedied by getting in their face, and saying very loudly and slowly "G'DAY - 'OW YA GOIN ?" ...
I'm deaf, higher than average intelligence, and speak very good English. Also highly anti-social. If you did that to me there's a good chance you'd be left a whimpering, bruised wreck.
What the *&%$#! blue blazes makes you think that your preference for social interraction is more important than my preference for solitude?
ps: Another one: inaccurate guidebooks. Like the one that insists that the scrub low down on Horizontal Hell - errrr, sorry, that should be 'Hill' - is really bad but that it 'gets easier as you ascend'. Actually, apart from a little bit by the lakeshore you can get really close to the summit with virtually no scrub, but the last bit is diabolical if you pick the wrong line, and not easy whichever line you take.
vicrev wrote:I met an experienced idiot & bushwalker,argued & went on & on that I don't need to carry map & compass,to"get with it",ONLY carry an Iphone, with a map thingy,that is one of the reasons I prefer to walk solo,not having to listen to fools droning on about their latest gear & bushwalking skills .........
Lophophaps wrote:Leeches suck.
GBW wrote:vicrev wrote:I met an experienced idiot & bushwalker,argued & went on & on that I don't need to carry map & compass,to"get with it",ONLY carry an Iphone, with a map thingy,that is one of the reasons I prefer to walk solo,not having to listen to fools droning on about their latest gear & bushwalking skills .........
Some of these comments. For me, if I meet someone who wants to talk, that's fine. If they don't want to talk, that's fine. If they want to show me their gear, that's fine too. What other people are doing and the way they're doing it is the least of my worries. I'm just out there to have a good time.
Ants.
corvus wrote:GBW wrote:............
Some of these comments. For me, if I meet someone who wants to talk, that's fine. If they don't want to talk, that's fine. If they want to show me their gear, that's fine too. What other people are doing and the way they're doing it is the least of my worries. I'm just out there to have a good time.
Ants.
I agree.
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