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The high cost of mountain biking!
On Mon, 27 Jun 2016 05:55:33 -0500, "EdwardDolan"
wrote: "John B." wrote in message .. . When the hell are you ever going to learn how to edit a post? [...] It is apparent that the modern "Trekker" is a soft effete individual with tender hands who drives to the forest, dons over a thousand dollars of clothing and "treks" through the forest for, perhaps, 4 hours and then drives home imagining that he is a real men. And being exhausted, goes to bed early. Edward Dolan wrote: I think you have just described yourself above. I hiked for a solid 10 years all over the country when I was in the decade of my 30s, and I did it on a shoe string. I never imagined I was a real man, but I did imagine that I was gaining an experience of a human being connecting with the natural world and with Mother Earth. In all that time, I NEVER encountered a single mountain bike on any trail. I took all of that for granted, never realizing just how rare an experience I had. Too bad idiots like you will never know what you have missed. Oh, you hiked for a decade? 10 years? Of hiking? No working? You must have had very indulgent parents to support you for all those years. I was smart, something that I am sure no one has ever accused you of being. And you "gaining an experience of a human being connecting with the natural world and with Mother Earth". What utter nonsense. Can you explain just what this "being connected with the natural world" means? You lived under a tree and raised your own food? Or maybe you cut down the primeval trees and built your own cabin? What are you - a survivalist? Jesus Christ Almighty - you are even dumber than I thought possible. At least now I know who they make those dumb TV programs for - like "naked and afraid". A walk in a natural landscape is almost a religious experience, provided you believe in that sort of thing. But to me, it is an experience of being connected to the universe, one devoid of God. Even so, it is highly spiritual. I pity poor slobs like you who do not have a clue about any of this. But I want you and your god damn ****ing bikes to stay off of single track trails. You are desecrating my cathedrals. **** you and all you stand for! The following total idiocy deleted for the usual reasons. [...] Ed, even today there are a very large areas all over the world where there actually is untouched wilderness. If this communing is such an important thing why aren't you somewhere in Northern Canada, Alaska, Borneo, maybe New Guinea, Mongolia, Tibet, to name a few. if you were really "connecting with the natural world" wouldn't an actual uninhabited wilderness provide a much more satisfying experience. No one needs "untouched wilderness". A relatively untouched wilderness is all that any sane person ever needs to get a sense of our roots as a species and of our place in the grand scheme of things. Or do you think we and the universe sprang from the Head of God? There is nothing so refreshing as a simple walk in the woods, or in the desert, or in any relatively untouched landscape. Too bad you are too stupid to know any of this. Maybe try rereading Thoreau to get a clue. But you don't care for that do you. You don't actually want to go out into the in primitive areas. Why they don't have air conditioning. What you actually want some sort of pseudo primitive with little cabins to sleep in, flush toilets and running water. Then you can enjoy communing with nature... oh, don't forget the mosquito spray. You appear to be either a complete phony or the sort of person who has a pet rock. You have just described yourself in the above 3 paragraphs. The world of hikers is closed to you just as it is to all those who mountain bike on single track trails. Mountain bikes have wheels. Wheels are for roads. Trails are for walking. What’s the matter? Can’t walk? Ed Dolan the Great – Minnesota You know Eddy, I am becoming a bit suspicious of your claims of glory. You tell us that back in the 1970's you essentially hiked for a decade, communing with nature. This is a little puzzling as who supported you while you were cavorting in the wilderness? Your mommy and daddy? They paid your keep while you were stumbling around in the bushes? Now, I don't want to speak ill of someone's ancestors but even if you were so obnoxious that they were willing to pay to get you out of the house., still 10 years? Just to keep Eddie away far away? One might say, that it does stretch the imagination, just a little. Next you reveal that you don't know what a "hiking pole" is. An item that millions of other hikers know, apparently intimately as a major sales point seems to be that it has a soft and luxurious hand grip. So, you claim, that you spent 10 years engaged is the wandering around in the forest game and at the same time you have no knowledge of this, apparently essential item that others are willing to pay two hundred American dollars to obtain. Strange, isn't it? As they say, "you have to buy a copy of the program if you want to know the players", but apparently you didn't buy a program In short Eddie, you are looking more and more like a phony. A guy that spent 10 years doing it and don't know the names of the gear? Sort of like a bloke that tells you about how he spent his life as a mechanic and when you mention a "wrench" he doesn't know what you are talking about..... Nope, Eddy, I think that you have "outed" yourself. Not a "hiker" but just an decrepit old fool trying to play the game without knowing anything about it. No more Eddie the Great". It is "Edward the Phony". -- cheers, John B. |
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