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Sarcasmtheelf · Mar 11th 2015, 7:28pm

So have there been any "record attempts" announced by this year's thru hikers? Seems like by this time every year there's someone looking for press.

jimmyjam · Mar 11th 2015, 7:32pm

SarcasmTheElf wrote:

So have there been any "record attempts" announced by this year's thru hikers? Seems like by this time every year there's someone looking for press.

None that ive heard. But record numbers at springer like 70 a day. There are 42 of us going nobo from HF on or about 5/3. Its crazy.

Mountain-Mike · Mar 11th 2015, 7:59pm

It makes me glad I hiked the AT & PCT when I did. In 88 there were 6 of us starting the same day. To the best of my knowledge 2 of us made it. In 95 when I did my big LASH of the PCT we all reached a bottlejam at Kennedy Meadows with the high snow year. There were 40 something of us there. Now the hostel in Agua Dulce limits it to 50 people a night & 3 night maximum & often fill up! When I hiked I could pretty much tell who was in front of me by thier tracks. On day after a detour Michelle & I wre coming into town. I mentioned it looked like Andy was in front of us But her husband must have gottten new boots. Stride was right & made sense being with Andy. Sure enough when we ran into them at the next trail town Jeff was sporting a new pair of boots.

A.T.Lt · Mar 11th 2015, 8:17pm

TrafficJam wrote:

Crazy day today. I was driving my daughters old mustang convertible and lost control on the wet pavement and wrecked. The damage isn't too bad but I'll be sore tomorrow. I refuse to cancel my hiking plans though.

That pushed me to finally make the decision to buy a car and I'm now the owner of a Subaru Crosstrek.

Sorry to hear about your crash, and hope you aren't too sore and feel better!

How old was the Mustang?

Traffic Jam · Mar 11th 2015, 8:22pm

A.T.Lt wrote:

TrafficJam wrote:

Crazy day today. I was driving my daughters old mustang convertible and lost control on the wet pavement and wrecked. The damage isn't too bad but I'll be sore tomorrow. I refuse to cancel my hiking plans though.

That pushed me to finally make the decision to buy a car and I'm now the owner of a Subaru Crosstrek.

Sorry to hear about your crash, and hope you aren't too sore and feel better!

How old was the Mustang?

18 yrs old.

A.T.Lt · Mar 11th 2015, 8:25pm

TrafficJam wrote:

A.T.Lt wrote:

TrafficJam wrote:

Crazy day today. I was driving my daughters old mustang convertible and lost control on the wet pavement and wrecked. The damage isn't too bad but I'll be sore tomorrow. I refuse to cancel my hiking plans though.

That pushed me to finally make the decision to buy a car and I'm now the owner of a Subaru Crosstrek.

Sorry to hear about your crash, and hope you aren't too sore and feel better!

How old was the Mustang?

18 yrs old.

Why doesn't that seem "old" to me?? :huh:

My first car was a 65 Mustang. I killed it.

CoachLou · Mar 11th 2015, 8:29pm

TrafficJam wrote:

Now for the important decisions. Do I put my hiking stickers on the back or side window? And do I get a share the road plate or an AT plate?

Side of course!

You knew the Fish Car pic was comin'! :thumbsup:

Mountain-Mike · Mar 11th 2015, 8:32pm

CoachLou wrote:

TrafficJam wrote:

Now for the important decisions. Do I put my hiking stickers on the back or side window? And do I get a share the road plate or an AT plate?

Side of course!

You knew the Fish Car pic was comin'!

When meeting up with Coach for the New Years hiker bash I saw the stickers on his car as the bus pulled into the station. Hard to miss!

OzJacko · Mar 11th 2015, 9:03pm

TrafficJam wrote:

CoachLou wrote:

What color?

Plain old boring silver. Not my first choice but the price was right.

Annie has the pearl white.
hence the name "Pearlie".

milkman wrote:

Does Subaru make a diesel model? Preferably turbocharged.

Here we get the Forester and Outback in diesel.

jimmyjam · Mar 11th 2015, 9:18pm

Are they common rail diesel type engines? Those are really fuel efficient.

OzJacko · Mar 11th 2015, 9:26pm

jimmyjam wrote:

Are they common rail diesel type engines? Those are really fuel efficient.

Not a mechanic but they are boxer engines - flat horizontally opposed pistons.
boxerdiesel.com/engineering/en/02.html

jimmyjam · Mar 11th 2015, 9:41pm

I know the gas engines are boxers. I have one. Opposing cylinders.didnt see the link.must be the wine.

milkman · Mar 11th 2015, 9:45pm

OzJacko wrote:

jimmyjam wrote:

Are they common rail diesel type engines? Those are really fuel efficient.

Not a mechanic but they are boxer engines - flat horizontally opposed pistons.
boxerdiesel.com/engineering/en/02.html

Pretty cool.

OzJacko · Mar 11th 2015, 9:46pm

The diesel is as well. Very economical.
I think another oddity is that the turbo is positioned underneath or at least very low compared to normal.
For a long time we had the diesel Forester on the top of our next car list.
For various reasons we are now looking at some type of bigger diesel 4WD but have to wait until we have sold our existing home after the move south so that we know our budget.

milkman · Mar 11th 2015, 9:50pm

OzJacko wrote:

The diesel is as well. Very economical.
I think another oddity is that the turbo is positioned underneath or at least very low compared to normal.
For a long time we had the diesel Forester on the top of our next car list.
For various reasons we are now looking at some type of bigger diesel 4WD but have to wait until we have sold our existing home after the move south so that we know our budget.

We've got our first big diesel 4WD. I'm hooked. It's raw!

grayblazer · Mar 11th 2015, 9:51pm

Ozzy. Have you ever driven a mini Moke? They were restoring one on the car channel the other day. Looked kinda like the old VW Thing.

Wolf, don't take any stickers off. Your truck might fall apart.

I think everyone should have an American Flag sticker on their vehicle, even Ozzy.

Da Wolf · Mar 11th 2015, 9:59pm

i've got a much newer truck, blazer. 06 F-150

LDog · Mar 11th 2015, 9:59pm

TrafficJam wrote:

Crazy day today. I was driving my daughters old mustang convertible and lost control on the wet pavement and wrecked. The damage isn't too bad but I'll be sore tomorrow. I refuse to cancel my hiking plans though.

Does she still love you?

That pushed me to finally make the decision to buy a car and I'm now the owner of a Subaru Crosstrek.

Love my Crosstrek, Just slapped a few more stickers on her today. The back corner windows are filled up so I'm moving forward. No fancy plates tho. Maybe Michigan has NCST plates ...

max.patch · Mar 11th 2015, 10:03pm

Mountain-Mike wrote:

It makes me glad I hiked the AT & PCT when I did. In 88 there were 6 of us starting the same day. To the best of my knowledge 2 of us made it.

i started alone. in april. those were the days! everybody in my group made it.

i didn't even see another hiker the first day until i got to gooch gap and there were 2 section hikers in the shelter.

hikerboy · Mar 11th 2015, 10:05pm

my 2007 chevy malibu just turned 97000 miles.211-hp v6 enough power to get me through the hills and still gets me over 24 mpg combined city/hwy.
and my boss paid for it, its paid off, i own it free and clear.

OzJacko · Mar 11th 2015, 10:11pm

grayblazer wrote:

Ozzy. Have you ever driven a mini Moke? They were restoring one on the car channel the other day. Looked kinda like the old VW Thing.

Wolf, don't take any stickers off. Your truck might fall apart.

I think everyone should have an American Flag sticker on their vehicle, even Ozzy.

Never owned a Moke but did briefly drive one in my youth. My sister in law also had a mini 850.
I have a "HIKERTRASH" sticker on my car. Probably the only one in Western Australia. I have a spare for a future car.

Rasty · Mar 11th 2015, 10:48pm

Mountain-Mike wrote:

Now you will be able to get to backwood trail points. I kinda dislike Subaros after I had to get pulled off the beach by on in a company S-10. Made it about 30' up the sand on acess road & dug in. The four wheel drive engagement link failed. Kida embarassing.

Subaru's all wheel drive just isn't up to driving on the beach. You need real four wheel drive.

Wise Old Owl · Mar 11th 2015, 11:06pm

Rasty wrote:

Mountain-Mike wrote:

Now you will be able to get to backwood trail points. I kinda dislike Subaros after I had to get pulled off the beach by on in a company S-10. Made it about 30' up the sand on acess road & dug in. The four wheel drive engagement link failed. Kida embarassing.

Subaru's all wheel drive just isn't up to driving on the beach. You need real four wheel drive.

Did you reduce the tires to 7PSI for driving on sand? That's what most surf fisherman do here at Bethany Beach.

Rasty · Mar 11th 2015, 11:25pm

WiseOldOwl wrote:

Rasty wrote:

Mountain-Mike wrote:

Now you will be able to get to backwood trail points. I kinda dislike Subaros after I had to get pulled off the beach by on in a company S-10. Made it about 30' up the sand on acess road & dug in. The four wheel drive engagement link failed. Kida embarassing.

Subaru's all wheel drive just isn't up to driving on the beach. You need real four wheel drive.

Did you reduce the tires to 7PSI for driving on sand? That's what most surf fisherman do here at Bethany Beach.

On loose sand the differential needs to lock. All wheel drive doesn't make all four tires spin at the same speed. The slower moving wheel digs into the sand.

Wise Old Owl · Mar 11th 2015, 11:51pm

Good to know thanks

Mountain-Mike · Mar 12th 2015, 12:30pm

We normally ran our tires around 12 psi on the sand. The piece that engaged the 4WD on the truck was plastic and had stripped.

Grinder · Mar 12th 2015, 2:11pm

TrafficJam wrote:

I'm now the owner of a Subaru Crosstrek.

So does this mean you're a lesbian now?

Seriously though, I'm glad you're not banged up too badly.

Socks · Mar 12th 2015, 2:31pm

yeah, glad your alright TJ...and congrats on the new ride.

CoachLou · Mar 12th 2015, 5:59pm

Grinder wrote:

TrafficJam wrote:

I'm now the owner of a Subaru Crosstrek.

So does this mean you're a lesbian now?

Seriously though, I'm glad you're not banged up too badly.

No.....the ''Outback Sedan" or "Forester" are the LGBT vehicles

milkman · Mar 12th 2015, 7:36pm

CoachLou wrote:

Grinder wrote:

TrafficJam wrote:

I'm now the owner of a Subaru Crosstrek.

So does this mean you're a lesbian now?

Seriously though, I'm glad you're not banged up too badly.

No.....the ''Outback Sedan" or "Forester" are the LGBT vehicles

If a man owns one of those Crosstreks does he have to start wearing bras and panties and other ladies clothes?

milkman · Mar 12th 2015, 7:37pm

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Number 10 - Death is the number 1 killer in the world.

Number 9 - Life is sexually transmitted.

Number 8 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one
can die.

Number 7 - Men have two emotions: hungry and horny, and they can't
tell them apart. If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich, you
have a 50% chance of being right

. Number 6 - Give a person a fish and you
feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't
bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.

Number 5 - Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.

Number 4 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to
criticism.

Number 3 - In the 60's, people took acid to make the world
weird. Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.

Number 2 - Life is like a jar of peppers. What you do today might burn
your ass tomorrow.

Number 1 - Don't worry about old age; it doesn't last that long.

milkman · Mar 14th 2015, 10:57am

3•14•15 HAPPY PI DAY! piday.org/ This doesn't mean you have to start running around or hiking around in circles. Remember to always bring a map.

WanderingStovie · Mar 14th 2015, 12:45pm

TrafficJam wrote:

Crazy day today. I was driving my daughters old mustang convertible and lost control on the wet pavement and wrecked. The damage isn't too bad but I'll be sore tomorrow. I refuse to cancel my hiking plans though.

That pushed me to finally make the decision to buy a car and I'm now the owner of a Subaru Crosstrek.

I hope you did not cause a traffic jam. Can we call you "Car Wreck"?

Socks · Mar 14th 2015, 4:07pm

milkman wrote:

3•14•15 HAPPY PI DAY! piday.org/ This doesn't mean you have to start running around or hiking around in circles. Remember to always bring a map.

I was there last night. Today it'll be a mad house, literally...every wierdo from 3.1415 miles around. It's a fun time though.

LIhikers · Mar 14th 2015, 4:32pm

TrafficJam wrote:

Crazy day today. I was driving my daughters old mustang convertible and lost control on the wet pavement and wrecked. The damage isn't too bad but I'll be sore tomorrow. I refuse to cancel my hiking plans though.

That pushed me to finally make the decision to buy a car and I'm now the owner of a Subaru Crosstrek.

I hope you have the luck with your Subaru that I've had with mine. 13 years and 323,000+ miles and it still runs good.
I take it in for the 30,000 mile check ups and have them repair what they find wrong, which hasn't been anything out of the expected, for a car of it's age and mileage. I'm expecting to get a round trip to the moon and back before thinking about replacing it.

Traffic Jam · Mar 14th 2015, 4:59pm

WanderingStovie wrote:

TrafficJam wrote:

Crazy day today. I was driving my daughters old mustang convertible and lost control on the wet pavement and wrecked. The damage isn't too bad but I'll be sore tomorrow. I refuse to cancel my hiking plans though.

That pushed me to finally make the decision to buy a car and I'm now the owner of a Subaru Crosstrek.

I hope you did not cause a traffic jam. Can we call you "Car Wreck"?

No traffic jam this time. I'm a little disappointed in Knoxvillians though. There were several cars behind me who saw the accident but they didn't stop. Someone stopped eventually when they saw me climbing out of the passenger door. I was on an I-40 on ramp, hydroplaned, fishtailed, and ended up turning 90* and hit a concrete retaining wall. I'm sure the car will have to be salvaged.

Dmax · Mar 14th 2015, 5:06pm

An air mattress will fit in the back of the Crosstrek with the front seats all the way forward.
subaruxvforum has a lot of info on our subarus.

Dmax · Mar 14th 2015, 5:14pm

I need to see what is the best way to put a receiver on for towing.
i also need to find me some Yakima or Thule bars for the top.
i really like the sport grill but I'm to cheap to change what is good already. Across the grill is the only chrome on the car. They should have just used tha black sport grill and been done with it.

Socks · Mar 14th 2015, 5:32pm

TrafficJam wrote:

WanderingStovie wrote:

TrafficJam wrote:

Crazy day today. I was driving my daughters old mustang convertible and lost control on the wet pavement and wrecked. The damage isn't too bad but I'll be sore tomorrow. I refuse to cancel my hiking plans though.

That pushed me to finally make the decision to buy a car and I'm now the owner of a Subaru Crosstrek.

I hope you did not cause a traffic jam. Can we call you "Car Wreck"?

No traffic jam this time. I'm a little disappointed in Knoxvillians though. There were several cars behind me who saw the accident but they didn't stop. Someone stopped eventually when they saw me climbing out of the passenger door. I was on an I-40 on ramp, hydroplaned, fishtailed, and ended up turning 90* and hit a concrete retaining wall. I'm sure the car will have to be salvaged.

wow, you are one lucky lady.

Traffic Jam · Mar 14th 2015, 5:42pm

Dmax wrote:

I need to see what is the best way to put a receiver on for towing.
i also need to find me some Yakima or Thule bars for the top.
i really like the sport grill but I'm to cheap to change what is good already. Across the grill is the only chrome on the car. They should have just used tha black sport grill and been done with it.

I didn't get a hitch or bike rack so will have to start shopping around.

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