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    D S
    BPL Member

    @onthecouchagain

    Locale: Sunny SoCal

    Time to ring in the new year with some good advice. Anyone care to offer up for inspiration, awe and possibly criticism the best piece of advice ever given you?

    I will start off with:

    "Drink before you feel thirsty, not after." given by an old mountain guide on Mt. Baker, Washington.

    #1558511
    larry savage
    Spectator

    @pyeyo

    Locale: pacific northwest

    In the never ending quest to find a smart alternative substitute for each piece of gear I've decided that paperback novels make a lousy trade for quality toilet paper.

    #1558518
    david richardson
    BPL Member

    @drichi

    Locale: midwest

    Try not to die out there. dave

    #1558519
    Alex H
    BPL Member

    @abhitt

    Locale: southern appalachians or desert SW

    Colin Fletcher (and the boy scouts I guess) gave me all my early wisdoms. For the sake of this forum I would have to say his statement that "When planning a house on your back, the weightiest matter is weight"

    40 years later it still rings true!

    #1558522
    Matt Holmes
    Member

    @mholmes

    Locale: North Texas- Fort Worth

    Always take your compass, because batteries do die.

    #1558558
    hunter nelson
    Member

    @hunt4car

    ''dont worry about the small things"

    #1558578
    Joe Clement
    BPL Member

    @skinewmexico

    Locale: Southwest

    Be Prepared.

    #1558582
    Justin Chaussee
    Member

    @judach

    Locale: Earth

    Don't s**t where you sleep. -my grandfather.

    #1558583
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    Don't s**t where you sleep. -my grandfather.

    People have to be told that? :)

    #1558596
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    In the 1950s, My dad and his pal Tom Moore built a big cabin at the end of the road near the east side of the Bob Marshall. Tom's nickname for me was Hubcap. The big people wouldn't let a 5-year old go outside at dark alone when nature called. So one night Tom went with me.

    As we stood looking out over the valley lit up by a perfect full moon, Tom said, "Look at that, Hub, ain't it pretty?"

    "Uh-huh."

    "Hub, whenever you make a tinkle, make sure you're looking at something real nice." (best advice I've ever received, and I've tried to follow it ever since).

    #1558599
    Andy Berner
    BPL Member

    @berner9

    Locale: Michigan

    Don't pee into the wind.

    #1558604
    Gordon Towne
    BPL Member

    @gordontowne

    Locale: New England

    It's interesting how many of the above posts deal with elimination…

    #1558610
    Dean F.
    BPL Member

    @acrosome

    Locale: Back in the Front Range

    In the immortal words of my drill sergeant (may he burn in hell):

    1. Don't sweat the small stuff.
    2. It's all small stuff.

    #1558612
    David Ure
    Member

    @familyguy

    Make noise when trekking into the wind in bear country. I like to sing.

    #1558614
    George Matthews
    BPL Member

    @gmatthews

    My drill sergeant said:

    Whenever you expect something to be a certain way and it isn't, you're upset and you suffer. On the other hand, when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you're free. To let go is to lighten up.

    book reference

    (That book can change your life for the better)

    #1558628
    Diane “Piper” Soini
    BPL Member

    @sbhikes

    Locale: Santa Barbara

    It's just walking.

    #1558643
    Jolly Green Giant
    BPL Member

    @regultr

    Locale: www.jolly-green-giant.blogspot.com

    I'm waiting for someone to provide the insight that I believe originated from Ghandi (or at least someone of his depth)….

    "Don't eat yellow snow."

    #1558647
    Miguel Arboleda
    BPL Member

    @butuki

    Locale: Kanto Plain, Japan

    A Japanese mountain hut owner and mountain guide, who has since become a friend, saw me when I was going through a bad time in my life and was struggling with one particular walk in the mountains, mentally finding everything hard to deal with, sat me down by the wood stove and very quietly and without any judgement whatsoever, said, "Have some tea." That was it. But it said everything I needed to know.

    #1558672
    Bill Poett
    Member

    @wpoettaol-com

    Locale: Santa Barbara

    " You can rest when your dead"

    #1558688
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Take the time

    #1558721
    Matt Lutz
    Member

    @citystuckhiker

    Locale: Midwest

    I read Beyond Backpacking. And it was down hill from there.

    #1558746
    larry savage
    Spectator

    @pyeyo

    Locale: pacific northwest

    "There is more to life than simply increasing its speed."
    Gandhi, Mahatma
    found on t-shirt sold by e coast climbing store

    #1558830
    ben wood
    Member

    @benwood

    Locale: flatlands of MO

    one of my favorites is
    "getiing to the top is optional, but getting down is mandatory" – ed viesturs

    it may be overused, and i'm no mountaineer, but it reminds me that bad things can happen and to be ready to make the safest decision when the need arises.

    #1558832
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    "You can rest when you're dead"

    Except for truly extreme cases where loss of life or limb is imminent if one doesn't keep moving….. this "advice" is obnoxious and deserves a good "F O" reply. :)

    #1558838
    Bill Poett
    Member

    @wpoettaol-com

    Locale: Santa Barbara

    Hey Benjamin

    This year you might want to exercise your sense of humor muscle… a joke… as was " you can rest when your dead"

    Sorry for the fly -by

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