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Speaking of sex on a long-distance hike... My hiking partner on the PCT and I had arrive at a road crossing and my hiking partner had said, "Let go into someplace and get some beer." Of course, I categorically said no. So soon we were hitching into town to get some beer. Some dude in a Subaru picked us up and took us downhill toward civilization. We got dropped off at what looked like civilization and the driver had said, "Find the bridge across the river and wait there." So we'd exited the car,…

Sex during an AT thru-hike. Well yes, it happens. It's unfortunate. Too bad for everyone involved. There are simply no morals anymore with people. All of these people, every one of them, will go to Hell in a handbasket. That was my Jerry Falwell impersonation. Thank you, good crowd. I'll be here all week. Please remember your waiters and waitresses -- they're here for you. People who are thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail have all day long to think about anything they wish to think about. Guess w…

Short version with hash browns: #BrasOnStage Datto

Quote from LIhikers: “And as for singing, you should hear me in the shower ! ” When me and Slim Whitman take it to the bridge, garage doors open. Datto

Quote from meat: “Datto, do you know if you'd have to get permission due to copywriter and the intolectual property laws to one day publish all this. ” Ha, publishing. Mostly Census Bureau and Department Of Labor information for the economics. It's the singing lessons I'm planning on offering now that the chickens are almost back to normal egg production -- the singing could present a problem. Oh come on everyone, join me... "Now that the skies are clearing, put on a happy face...". Excellent. H…

Short Version: I asked a guy why he was hitting himself on his leg. He said, "It feels good when I stop." Datto

Also relating to Tip 63: Business Cycle vs AT Thru-hike Timing In the case of the timing of my AT thru-hike, the badness of a looming recession didn't start until after I was already on the AT heading north. I was so ready to leave that job and do something different -- the idea of a looming recession probably wouldn't have deterred me from starting my AT thru-hike. Upon returning to the workforce after my AT thru-hike, I just squeaked into getting another job before anyone noticed a bad thing w…

Back to Tip 63: AT Thru-hiking And The Business Cycle from Datto's Tips v2.0. Updated ISM and Initial Jobless Claims numbers were released this morning. Initial Jobless Claims are 251,500 for the four-week moving average (which is still very good -- the four-week moving average rounds out the peaks and valleys). The ISM updated number is 53.2 (also very good -- anything below 50 is bad). These are two of the canaries in the coalmine indicating the likely health of the economy in coming months. T…

Quote from WanderingStovie: “Ah, that's why we have activist shareholders. ” Yesterday while making homemade strawberry ice cream here at the Cabin, a visiting five year old climbed a step stool and pointedly demanded and received complete obedience from the Doberman Pinscher. A future CxO if I'm not mistaken. Datto

So what are you going to do with all that SuperConfidence when you come off the Trail after having carried your full backpack past every white blaze on a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail? It is a crossroad. It will become a point of inflection in your own life. You'll be holding in your hands a great advantage. It is hard to acknowledge it right now, prior to the start of you're AT thru-hike. But it will be there nevertheless -- when you are ready. Your possibilities will become endless -- the…

By the way, I'm not anti-religion. A spiritual aspect of the human experience is vital. Anyone who's read my on-line AT journal would know religion is an integral part of my beliefs. What I don't like are control-freak people like televangelists. The lavish lifestyles, the cost structure and zero tolerance preaching across the airwaves leading to only one way of thinking -- that's the part I dislike. Jerry Falwell is the singular image for all of that -- even before he became directly involved i…

"Mr. Obvious - The Critter" bit is here -- click the YouTube icon in the lower bar: youtube.com/watch?v=5XZMC1M9o04&list=PLA76C5DEFD8F058B2 I actually carried a bunch of comedy on the PCT -- I had to stop listening to it because I was making so few miles per day. It was messing me up while I was hiking. I had to go back to zoning with music. Datto

For a comedic expression not too far off my text about the Family Pie Slice described above, one could search out the "Amish Bell - Call Waiting" bit from Bob & Tom. You have to listen to it rather than reading the words so an MP3 might be necessary. On the Pacific Crest Trail a few hikers developed the grand idea for an Amish Bear Canister. Geez was that funny. A bucket with secret underground wires going back to the tent. In the middle of the night while the bear is tearing things up, someone …

Quote from max.patch: “no need to get all stressed out about jerry falwell; he's been dead for almost 10 years. ” Yes, I know. The disciples of Castro still linger too. Datto

Short version: At the bikini contest over Spring Break, Missionary Positioners became aghast. Datto

Back to Tip: 99 Your Pies Of Life from Datto's Tips v2.0 -- and the framework relating to your Family Pie Slice. It's simply amazing to me the number of individuals who intend to remotely control your life via imposing Societal mores. Some will attempt to shame you or goad you into thinking their view of life is the only way. In many (most?) cases these are people who've never done much of anything with their life and they want you to also fail to do much with your life too. That would certify t…

Quote from max.patch: “i was fading away also, but then when he started talked about big tittied women with no bras i gotta admit he got my attention back. ” No better reason to postpone a nap than encountering an attractive woman. Datto

Quote from Datto: “whether a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail is for them. Or not. ” Or Snot also. Datto

For Tip 100: Help Those Behind You, included in Datto's Tips v2.0, the subject is deliberately written in a very particular way. The subject is brief, it's last on the listing of Tips and I only provide four general ways to do it. Reasons: a) Datto's Tips v2.0 is written for a very specific individual in mind -- the Prospective 2017 AT thru-hiker. It's not written for anyone else. In the beginning of Datto's Tips v2.0 I list specifically who the document is directed toward and who specifically t…

Quote from SandyofPA: “The chickens we had as a kid lived in a COOP Building, is that what you have Datto? ” It's now morphed into five separate coops -- all of a sudden the chickens went berserk for no reason. Amazing the Mansons are now the New Normal. Probably the disco ball I'm surmising. Datto