I can’t help but to smile when asked certain questions that pertain to someone’s own activities of daily living.
~ When do you bathe?
~ Where do you “go to the bathroom?”
~ What do you eat?
Needless to say, “Tripper’s” greatest challenge will most likely be finding an alternative to his daily “hygenic habits!” Tripper is a 2-Shower-A-Day kinda guy (he would certainly take 3-A-Day, if he could work that third shower into his daily schedule) and he has discovered “The Kitchen Sink” (a collapsable container to hold water) from which he can take a “Bird Bath” each night before personally collapsing into his sleeping bag.
Where do you “go to the bathroom?” is asked a lot, and people find it difficult to imagine treking 100′ off & away from the trail, digging a 6 inch “cat hole” and practically “leaving no trace behind.” Obviously, some Hikers still need to learn this practice!
There can be only one thing worse than hiking through a “mine field” of Hiker Shit… and that would be setting up your tent in a “mine field” of Hiker Dung due to an over-crowded tent site and an under-practiced rule of “going to the bathroom.”
Lastly (at least for this particular “Blog”), What do you eat?
Some people have the idea of a roaring campfire with the day’s “kill” being roasted over the fire or of a Bear Gryll’s Adventure with a hand-full of “grubs & insects” and a half-liter of your own urine.
We enjoy a cup of Starbuck’s Coffee in the morning with a Cliff Bar, some Trail Mix along the day’s hike, a Peanut Butter Tortilla for lunch and a hot MRE (Made-Ready-To-Eat Meal) in the evening.
We read from others who have successfully thru-hiked The Appalachian Trail that “eating food” becomes a constant thought, longing and desire.
Some Hikers are Vegans and have acclimated their bodies to “plant based foods” (eating only a little bit in volume and absolutely “zero” in animal meat, mammals or fish). My hat is off to those who have made a personal commitment to such a diet!
For us… anything is “game” when we become hungry! “Slipper’s” challenge will be maintaining focus when the “hunger pains” creep in. Hikers with animals beware! When your little dog begins to look like BBQ, we are all in trouble!
The true sign when this is beginning to happen is when the skin begins to turn green 🙂
Maybe this is one of the reasons that we like to hike alone!
LOL!
If you see a “green tinted person” coming toward you waving a bottle or package of BBQ Sauce… RUN LIKE HELL!
ROTFLMAO!
Have fun out there… my pretty 🙂
