billski
Active member
It’s Gonna Suck To Be You If……
- You didn’t pack enough food and you’re running short.
- Worse, you’re out of food and the river crossing is too dangerous to ford.
- You’re carrying too much weight and should have left some of it home.
- You slip off the bog bridging and find yourself knee deep in mud.
- You’re injured and don’t know how to get out of the 100 Mile Wilderness.
- You didn’t take the time to break in your new boots.
- You come face to face with a bull moose and it’s mating season.
- Poor planning on your part causes you discomfort, inconvenience or injury.
- You get caught hunting or fishing without a license.
- Worse yet, you make a fire at an unauthorized campsite.
- It’s late summer and the water sources at Long Pond Stream, Chairback Gap and Wadleigh Stream lean-tos are dried up and you’re out of water.
- You get giardia because you didn’t treat your water.
- It’s 2am and you have the “Hershey squirts” and can’t find your flashlight or toilet paper.
- Your knees buckle and your lungs are about to burst because your pack weight exceeds your body weight.
- You fail to loosen your shoulder straps and unbuckle your waist belt before fording any water crossing.
- You don’t have any dry clothes to change into at days end.
- You think that since it’s July or August, you don’t need to carry cold weather gear.
- You fail to treat the seams of your tent with sealant.
- Your gear gets wet because you forgot to put everything into plastic bags.
- It rains for days on end and there is still more rain in the forecast.
- You’re hiking during black fly, deerfly or mosquito season.
- You arrive at a shelter and it’s pouring rain and the shelter is full.
- The campsite you plan to stay at is occupied by a camp or scout group.
- You didn’t get in shape before the hike and now you wish you had.
- You fail to make reservations at Baxter State Park and find out there is no place for you to stay.
- Your dog is wet, just rolled in something and makes himself comfortable on somebody else’s sleeping bag.
- You forgot to bring your bug dope or headnet