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Dec 27, 2007 at 10:12 am #1226461
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
Dec 27, 2007 at 10:20 am #1413842male
31
artist/paria/vagabond
white
outside Boston
single no kids no direction
backpacking art history heavy metal/doom metal/stoner rock/ some hardcore
fine brewsDec 27, 2007 at 11:17 am #1413849Male
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.Dec 27, 2007 at 11:24 am #1413851My 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
Dec 27, 2007 at 12:36 pm #1413858Sex: 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.
Dec 27, 2007 at 12:47 pm #1413860Sex: 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).
Dec 27, 2007 at 12:55 pm #1413861My 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…
Dec 27, 2007 at 12:57 pm #1413862Sex: 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.
Dec 27, 2007 at 1:03 pm #1413863It is totally inadequate to put human beeings into categories as "race", not just because it is not scientific at all!
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21 years old
grew up in the mountains
student
thinks he's to young to get married
interested in backpacking, travelling, musicDec 27, 2007 at 1:25 pm #1413867Sex: Male
Age: 30
Marital Status: Married
Race: White (Norwegian/Anglo/Canadian American)
Occupation: Finance
Location: Minnesota, USAHobbies/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
Dec 27, 2007 at 3:17 pm #1413882Sex: 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?
Dec 27, 2007 at 4:25 pm #1413891Sex: 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).
Dec 27, 2007 at 7:54 pm #1413911ahhhh John, we have plenty of fantastic wine in the good ole USA. (wink!)
Dec 28, 2007 at 8:39 pm #1414002Sex: 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, photographyEDIT: Since Aroth added his MBTI, mine is INTJ
Dec 28, 2007 at 10:00 pm #1414006feeeeemale
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).
Dec 29, 2007 at 6:25 am #1414015Since it was brought up and I happen to remember mine, I'm ISTP.
Adam
Dec 29, 2007 at 8:05 am #1414023Sex: 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.
Dec 29, 2007 at 8:34 am #1414028Sex: 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.
Dec 29, 2007 at 9:18 am #1414036Sex: 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.
Dec 29, 2007 at 9:31 am #1414040Sex: 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.Dec 29, 2007 at 10:30 am #1414046Sex: 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! =)
Dec 29, 2007 at 11:07 am #1414052Male
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, gardeningDec 29, 2007 at 1:20 pm #1414061Male
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 BooksDec 29, 2007 at 3:16 pm #1414071Sex: 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.
Dec 29, 2007 at 3:30 pm #1414073Sex: 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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