day hike, and some irony

[Bushman5]

Went out today to harvest some primo fatwood from a stump I found last time i was hiking (last weekend).

Still repairing a rib, so i could not haul out the 50 or so LBs of BC Grade fatwood, instead i sectioned off a 20lb chunk with a Sandvik saw and tossed it in my Maxpedition larkspur bag.

I continued my woods ramble, sloshing thru the wet wet wet woods. we have had about 500mm of rain in the last three days (according to the rainmeter gauge at the Ranger station). No bow drill or fire plow gonna work here.

I had brought 20 or so fixed blades with me, and my rib was protesting the weight of them and the fatwood. I cinched the waist strap up tight and let my hips take the weight. Ihad really wanted to use all of them, esp my Scrapyards (they have been neglected lately), but damn was there a lot of Commoners on the trails today, hell, even OFF the trails there was people. They were freaked out enough by my Spyderco Bushcrafter necker knife, never mind all the choppers i had tucked away.. GRR

I bumbled about, harvesting cedar roots to make cordage, and taking tons of pics. For some reason all 445 pictures turned out blurred, i think my point and shoot is on its last legs........ kinda a bummer....

I finished my short hike by harvesting some willow sticks from under the BC Hydro lines. Used my orange scaled ESEE3 and SOG Northwest Ranger to shape the stick and debark it. .

As i was enjoying myself, a lady walked by with her dog and barked at me, "Thats not right, cutting down trees like that, shame on you". I replied that this area was under BC Hydro jurisdiction, and pointed out that every year the land under the powerlines is CLEARCUT for fire and safety reasons, and that the willows grow back every year by the millions. She huffed and stormed off.

What i found ironic was when her dog decided to defecate, she picked up the feces in a Safeway bag and threw it into the woods.

and here i was using a naturally occurring renewable resource, and I was the one getting chewed out.

ah urbanites........:thumbdn:

 

[DocGP]

YOu did good. You were nicer than I would have been. I would have HAD to point out her blatant blunder. You handled it better I think.

Doc

 

[Bushman5]

I was laughing all the way back to the truck, freshly harvested and knife dressed walking stick in my hand.

To really rub it in, I left the stick by the parking lot info board, with a note on it " free walking stick, made from BC's #1 renewable resource, WOOD, enjoy"

 

[jca21]

i usually come across the poop in baggies off the trail on my hikes. never had the chance to catch the person in the act but if i did i'm sure i'd give them hell for it.

the blur might be caused by moisture in the camera. have you tried letting it dry out over a few days?

 

[6shooter]

I woulda picked up the baggie with a willow stick and flung it at her. Some people just shouldn't be allowed out of bed.

 

[Bushman5]

JCA, your right, it most likely was moisture.......

next payday is a Pentax OptioW90 http://www.bccamera.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9_26&products_id=4442

 

[Bushman5]

I woulda picked up the baggie with a willow stick and flung it at her. Some people just shouldn't be allowed out of bed.

knife & tomahawk wielding poo flinging monkeys invade BC hiking trails......:thumbup:

 

[Bushman5]

I woulda picked up the baggie with a willow stick and flung it at her. Some people just shouldn't be allowed out of bed.

I was REALLY tempted to grab the poo bag and run after her, screaming, "LADY LADY, you dropped something!!!!"



with a big maniacal grin on my face, a Scrapyard SOD clenched in my teeth, and me completely nekid of course..............

 

[Switchblade61]

I was laughing all the way back to the truck, freshly harvested and knife dressed walking stick in my hand.

To really rub it in, I left the stick by the parking lot info board, with a note on it " free walking stick, made from BC's #1 renewable resource, WOOD, enjoy"

Nice going Bushy, it will come handy for someone. :thumbup:
(By the way, what's that "new location" by your name?)

 

[Bushman5]

ah my close Eastern European friend, "Merdeka" is a Malay/Indonesian word for Free or Independent, and i thank GRAYMAN KNIVES for that.

my next blade is a http://graymanknives.com/merdeka.html

I love the shape and design, and I have a lot of respect for the Maker.

 

[Switchblade61]

Thanks!
Some cool looking blades there.

 

[wildmanh]

People pick up the poop with bags and leave the bags off the trail? IMO thats worse then just leaving the poop. Willows are great, cut them down, use em and next year they just grow back like nothing ever happened. :thumbup:

 

[DOC-CANADA]

First of all, Bushy, I commend you on your self control, although chasing after her with the baggie was certainly indicated.

We have the same problem here. One day, getting out of my van to go for a hike, I noticed a man scoop up a dog turd and run back to the garbage can to deposit it. I felt the need to acknowledge his effort, to which he replied, "I don't know what the big deal is. (referring to the hikers that aren't so considerate). The garbage can is handy and when I'm out on the trail, I just pick it up and throw it in the woods!!"

Sure, where I hike.

I also had a similar occurrence when a woman started berating me for harvesting some Cattail leaves, citing destruction of animal habitat. The ironic part was, she probably didn't know what the plant was or what critters made use of Cattail.

Doc

 

[jca21]

People pick up the poop with bags and leave the bags off the trail?...IMO thats worse then just leaving the poop.

i see it here all over the place. especially at parks that i see alot of people "trail running" with their dogs.

seems kinda asinine when you think about it. if you simply kicked the dog poop off the trail, or maybe pushed it off to the side with a stick it'd decompose and that'd be the end of it. when you put the poop in a bag it takes alot longer for it to decompose and when it finally somewhat does, the plastic bag will remain there.

buncha idiots for sure.

 

[PDE]

Well, what the heck is the point of taking the time to pick up poo, just to
throw it back on the ground in a plastic bag? The bag will be there forever,
and the poo will take a long time to break down because its sealed up.
Just leave your dog's droppings on the ground,
only pick it up if it is directly on a path someone will be walking where they might
step in it. You know?
Do people think that someone follows the bears, squirrels, rabbits and other woodland creatures around to clean up there mess? Hell no!
I personally would have force fed her the bag and it's contents,
the self-righteous harridan.

 

[sicily02]

Bushman5, glad you to hear you got out, but what a day you had. Yikes.

Bryan

 

[Gaurdian_A1]

Hey bushy... There is no way i would have had that self control, but you know what, the way you reacted represents ALL of us well. Kudos to you, brother.

Willow bark contains salicylic acid, a derivative of aspirin..some willow bark tea would have soothed your broken rib.

Take care buddy!

-G1

 

[Terrorbl]

Bushman
You used to always attach photos to your posts, simple, look at this photos. Get back on it man. Noble display of self control btw.

T

edit: it's the little things, the details that may have gone unnoticed that we don't appreciate until they're pointed out to us.

 

[Bushman5]

yea sorry man, my crusty old point and shoot crapped out yesterday. Had i been able to upload the pics there would have beem a [ic of the frumpy lady, her doggycrap bag hanging off a stand of shrubs, and tons of pics of the area i walked in.

gimme a week or two, i plan to buy a new camera.

 

[John_B]

Hiking the Billy Goat trail in MD you see bags of shit hanging the trees. This isn't dog shit, but people shit. You are in the woods and you decide to shit in a bag. Ok that is your choice, but then you hang the bag in a tree! Why? So that I can enjoy seeing you giant shit in a safeway bag? WTF.