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    Tony Wong
    BPL Member

    @valshar

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    What sort of person is driven to weight their gear on a postal scale and hike distances that would make normal people question your sanity?

    Post information about yourself and let's see if there is a pattern/profile that emerges to see what we all have in common.

    My information:

    Sex: Male

    Age: 38

    Marital Status: Married w/children

    Race: Asian/Chinese

    Occupation: Insurance Agent

    Location: S.F. Bay Area/East Bay

    Hobbies/Interest: Backpacking, Computer Games (FPS), History, Military History/Weapons, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Gardening, Paintball

    #1413842
    Brian UL
    Member

    @maynard76

    Locale: New England

    male
    31
    artist/paria/vagabond
    white
    outside Boston
    single no kids no direction
    backpacking art history heavy metal/doom metal/stoner rock/ some hardcore
    fine brews

    #1413849
    mark henley
    Member

    @flash582

    Male
    Age 46
    Race: Total European Mutt
    Single then Married with children, then single, then married again.
    Mechanical Engineer working in the computer field.
    Location: Deep in the Heart of Texas
    Hobbies: Playing/Listening to music, reading, Backpacking, my Two dogs.

    #1413851
    Donald Segretti
    Member

    @dick-nixon-in-72

    My information:

    Sex: When she feels like it

    Age: A lot older than most of you

    Marital Status: Been there, done that. Been there, done that. There now

    Race: 10K's, marathons

    Occupation: Whatever's on TV or some magazines

    Location: At my computer

    Hobbies/Interest: reading about what I used to do more often

    #1413858
    Denis Hazlewood
    BPL Member

    @redleader

    Locale: Northern California

    Sex: At my age? Whenever possible.

    Age: 69yrs on January 13.

    Marital Status: Then: Been there, done that twice. Now: Freedom to "hop the fence" and run off to the mountains with no notice whatsoever.

    Race: Human (of the WAS clan).

    Occupation: Retired after 48 years of Architecture and (just barely) Civil Engineering.

    MBTI: INTP

    Location: S.F. Bay Area/North Bay

    Hobbies/Interests: Backpacking, MYOG projects, Making music (Jazz), Sailing/Rowing, Boat Building, Cooking, Handbuilt Ceramic Sculpture, Books (am not allowed to enter bookstores without adult supervision).

    Update February 15, 2008: Add REI and Wilderness Exchange to "Unsupervised Entry Ban" list.

    #1413860
    Adam Rothermich
    BPL Member

    @aroth87

    Locale: Missouri Ozarks

    Sex: Male

    Age: 20

    Marital Status: Single

    Race: Caucasian

    Occupation: Student (Electrical Eng)

    Location: Missouri

    Hobbies/Interest: Hiking, goofing around with computers, canoeing, just taking up the guitar, making my own clothing, gear, electronics, and gadgets, skiing (both water and snow).

    #1413861
    Jonathan Ryan
    BPL Member

    @jkrew81

    Locale: White Mtns

    My information:

    Sex: Male

    Age: 26

    Marital Status: engaged to be married

    Race: caucasian

    Occupation: Data Analyst at Staples HQ

    Location: outside Boston MA

    Hobbies/Interest: Fastpacking, long dayhikes, canoeing, XC skiing, snowshoeing/non-technical mountaineering, lots and lots of running, any road race over 5 miles and under 26.2, indy films and beer or wine with some good freinds

    Great post idea, super interesting to see where other people come from…

    #1413862
    Kathleen B
    Member

    @rosierabbit

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Sex: Female

    Age: 60, and I can still crank out the miles!

    Marital Status: Married to a hiker/scrambler who resists backpacking

    Race: I've lost every one I've ever been in.

    Occupation: Paralegal

    Location: Seattle

    Myers/Briggs personality score: ISTJ – since we are discussing personalities and not just data, I thought I'd throw that in.

    Hobbies/Interest: backpacking (of course), day scrambles and the occasional climb, teaching navigation for the Mountaineers, attending the theatre (for my sitting-down exercises) I don't have a dog, and I don't watch TV.

    #1413863
    Valentin Zill
    Member

    @valentin-zill

    Locale: Europe

    It is totally inadequate to put human beeings into categories as "race", not just because it is not scientific at all!

    21 years old
    grew up in the mountains
    student
    thinks he's to young to get married
    interested in backpacking, travelling, music

    #1413867
    John Mowery
    Member

    @mow

    Locale: Minnesota, USA

    Sex: Male
    Age: 30
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: White (Norwegian/Anglo/Canadian American)
    Occupation: Finance
    Location: Minnesota, USA

    Hobbies/Interest: backpacking, fly fishing, fly tying, yoga, my dog, occasional bird hunt, Trout Unlimited, snow shoeing, endless hours researching new lightweight gear and updating spreadsheets to create the "ultimate gear list", reading, drinking good French wine

    #1413882
    larry savage
    Spectator

    @pyeyo

    Locale: pacific northwest

    Sex: Male-ish

    Age: older then the corks in your wine bottles

    Marital Status: Single then married, single then married, and …

    Race: Strangely uninteresting

    Preoccupation: I'm wiling to do just about anything for money except for what my current employer wants me to do.
    I have very loose morals and exceedingly low standards, I'm like an ebay for hedonists, sadists, and assorted riff-raff.

    Location: dead center in the state of Washington, really, exactly dead center.

    Hobbies/Interest: I googled "g-spot" and came up with this place, what are you all sickos tramping around in less then a loin cloth with a tin cup and a bag of tea for? Does the fcc know about this? Why doesn't cyber-nanny block you people out?

    #1413891
    Adam Kilpatrick
    BPL Member

    @oysters

    Locale: South Australia

    Sex: Male

    Age: 23

    Martial Status: Single, with the hope that being an avid bushwalker will get me somewhere…(unlikely)

    Race: Caucasion (Scottish, Irish, English, German decent. Minimum 4th Generation Australian)

    Occupation: Student [ B.Sc (Sustainable Environments), now doing honours degree in Soil and Land Systems-Spatial information. "Rangeland condition monitoring using remotely-sensed, cross-fence comparisons". ]

    Location: right now? Waite Campus (The University of Adelaide), South Australia. Its a beautiful, hot sunny day, and I am in the office working (yeah, ok procrastinating) when my mates are fishing on a beautiful beach.

    Hobbies/Interests: Bushwalking, Rogaining, Scouts (Rover Crew Leader and Assistant Venturer Leader), Travel, Cycle touring, Caving, the odd "vertical sport", physical training, carrying rediculously heavy rucksacks. Drinking (sometimes) and socialising, gossip, paying out mates mercilessly(its the Australian way).

    #1413911
    Ken Helwig
    BPL Member

    @kennyhel77

    Locale: Scotts Valley CA via San Jose, CA

    ahhhh John, we have plenty of fantastic wine in the good ole USA. (wink!)

    #1414002
    Shawn Basil
    Member

    @bearpaw

    Locale: Southeast

    Sex: Male
    Age: 36
    Marital Status: engaged
    Race: White (Scot-Irish, so VERY white)
    Occupation: Teacher
    Location: Tennessee
    Hobbies/Interest: Backpacking, trail building, reading, movies, history, canoeing, Gothic industrial music, photography

    EDIT: Since Aroth added his MBTI, mine is INTJ

    #1414006
    Colleen Clemens
    Member

    @tarbubble

    Locale: dirtville, CA

    feeeeemale

    youngish (but old enough that hippies shouldn't trust me)

    married mama (the kidlets are why i'm on short-term hiatus)

    mostly Caucasoid, with rumours of Cherokee

    many different jobs (waitress, yogurt jockey, secretary, business manager, writer, succubus)

    southern ca-li-for-ni-yay

    alternate interests include building stuff, fixing stuff, painting stuff, sewing stuff, listening to stuff, reading stuff, discussing stuff, and cooking stuff. oh, and being mildly amusing (or aggravating, take your choice).

    #1414015
    Adam Rothermich
    BPL Member

    @aroth87

    Locale: Missouri Ozarks

    Since it was brought up and I happen to remember mine, I'm ISTP.

    Adam

    #1414023
    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    Sex: Female

    Age: 34

    Marital Status: Married w/one child

    Race: White/Filipino

    Occupation: Self Employed.

    Location: Western Washington State, near Mt. Rainier.

    Hobbies/Interest: Backpacking, hiking, snowshoeing, sewing, cooking, being a mommy and wife. Traveling. Being a touron.

    #1414028
    Dale Wambaugh
    BPL Member

    @dwambaugh

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Sex: Yes!

    Age: Dirt addresses me as "sir"

    Marital Status: Happy

    Race: Human

    Occupation: Food distribution

    Location: Seattle

    Hobbies/Interest: writing, photography, travel, hiking, gear, gadgets and gizmos

    General personality of an UL hiker? Mildly obsessive. Kept in the attic by the family and released on weekends to wander the wilderness. Prone to cutting things off expensive gear and muttering about fabrics.

    #1414036
    Jeremy Cleaveland
    BPL Member

    @jeremy11

    Locale: Exploring San Juan talus

    Sex: Male
    Age: 24
    Marital Status: Single
    Race: Anglo-Saxon
    Occupation: Christian Camp Gear Manager and Wilderness Guide
    Location: San Juans, CO
    Hobbies/Interests: God and the Bible, Backpacking, DIY Gear, Mountaineering, Rock Climbing!!!!!!!, telemark skiing and xc skiing, biking, slacklining, making stuff, baking,

    my prediction of what we all have in common – backpacking, and perhaps a tendancy towards engineering nerdiness.

    #1414040
    Kevin Clayton
    Member

    @kclayton

    Locale: Greater Yellowstone

    Sex: Male
    Age: 18
    Marital Status: Single
    Race: white
    Occupation: Unemployed
    Location: Bozeman, MT
    Hobbies/Interests: Backpacking, Rock Climbing, Ice Climbing, Ultimate Frisbee, slacklining, running, biking, kayaking.

    #1414046
    Doug Johnson
    BPL Member

    @sponge

    Locale: PNW

    Sex: Male

    Age: 29

    Marital Status: Married with 2 daughters

    Race: German/Swede/Irish mix

    Occupation: USAF

    Location: Based in Phoenix, AZ , on location everywhere! (Born in CO)
    Hobbies/Interests: Traveling to distant lands, Backpacking, Rock Climbing, Hiking, trying out new sustainable technology, and taking my male Japanese Akita "Kobi" for runs in the park!

    I tend to spend long nights analyzing data and fiddling with gear…BS degree in Aeronautical Science / Physics might be a factor! MYOG is up next! =)

    #1414052
    David Neumann
    BPL Member

    @idahomtman

    Locale: Southern Oregon Coast

    Male
    55
    Married, 34 years
    3 children all on their own (mostly), 2 grandchildren
    White
    Jewish
    School Superintendent, volleyball coach
    North Central Idaho (left CA in 1971)
    INTJ
    Backpacking (47 years), skiing, whitewater rafting, running, biking, volleyball, carpentry, gardening

    #1414061
    J Bailey
    Spectator

    @jbaile38

    Locale: Rocky Mountains

    Male
    27
    Single
    -Teacher (High School Mathematics)
    -Graduate Student (Discrete Mathematics)
    Denver, CO
    Backpacking, Snowboarding, Training my Dog, Cooking, Music (Mostly Independent: Country, Metal, Hip Hop, Rock, Folk, Pop and more), Movies and Books

    #1414071
    John Haley
    Member

    @quoddy

    Locale: New York/Vermont Border

    Sex: Male

    Age: 67

    Marital Status: Married (46 years) 2 daughters, 5 grandchildren, 1 great-grandson.

    Race: Caucasian (Irish & German/Dutch mix)

    Occupation: Retired 2006 – USAF Meteorologist 20 years, Trucking/Warehousing Operations Manager 18 years, Emergency Services Dispatcher (and EMT) 8 years.

    Location: Upstate New York right on the Vermont border. 15 minutes from the AT and LT,

    Interests: Long distance Hiking, Snowshoeing, Canoeing. Spend almost all my time with my dog. Recently started making gear.

    #1414073
    Joe Westing
    Member

    @pedro87

    Sex: male

    Age: 17

    Marital Status: single

    Race: Caucasian (German/Italian/Scotch-Irish)

    Occupation: Student (HS)

    Location: NJ

    Hobbies/Interests: Backpacking, Hiking, Rafting, Traveling, Scouts, Playing Trumpet, Listening to Rock or Jazz, Movies, Computer/Tech, Reading, Looking at Maps

    Favorite Classes: Earth Science, Physics

    MBTI: INTJ

    trends I've seen so far:
    -many interested in physics/engineering/technology/tinkering
    -many have similar MBTI

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