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Chernabog · 07-09-2007, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Now looking back on it from the tail end of the hike eventually realized the next day, I had to admit how much more enjoyable the journey was with no company, and how much more significant it was to me to commune so serenely with nature on my birthday.

LMAO love this little gem because after you talk about Miss Hottie Hot Kara and His Royal Meatness Eric, you say how much more enjoyable the hike was without them.

(I assume that's not how you meant it, it just read that way, lol)

Anyway, thanks Steve-O for posting this, I was wondering what y'all were up to when I had my long-ass day in court that Monday

NA I am so glad everyone stared up at the Grove of Giant Sequoias while lying down (hehe I didnt even know you took a pic). It was so amazing. We gotta do that in the Haunted Mansion sometime too

Morrigoon · 07-09-2007, 05:33 PM

I think the forest floor was cleaner, Cherny

innerSpaceman · 07-09-2007, 05:35 PM

No, I didn't mean it that way. Hahahaha. (His Royal Meatness??? WTF?)

Oh, so I belatedly turn my office wall calendar to July ... and it's a picture of Kings Canyon all this month!

(Also, it's freaky to see all those cats ^ blinking in unision in that post, Joe.)

Kevy Baby · 07-09-2007, 05:39 PM

To amuse

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Disneyphile · 07-09-2007, 05:54 PM

Is that a long one-eyed black shaft?

I think it winked at me.

lashbear · 07-10-2007, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

When I was about 15, my horse stepped on my big toe while I was out on Cota de Caza camping (it was rural land back then). She turned while on my toe and ripped the toenail off. It was gross.

OK, I have to chime in now.

I had a Bowling Ball (mine - a Red Pearlised 13 Pounder) roll out of it's bag on the third shelf up (about 6' off the ground) and fall precisely on my big toe.

They heard me all the way to Alberqueuequeueqeue.

I still have the toenail in my little box of memories as a reminder.

...and my Bowling Ball is now stored on the ground shelf.

Capt Jack · 07-10-2007, 07:54 AM

gravity is a merciless biotch

Mousey Girl · 07-10-2007, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by blueerica

How do these black toenails that fall off even happen? Ill fitting shoes? Too much weight to bear? I've been on a few long hikes in my time, but this is the fourth person I've heard of this summer to have nasty big toenails after hiking.

I did it during a DLR trip. I was wearing tennies, and just my big toes rubbing on the inside, top of the shoe was enough to bruise both toes. It was incredibly painful and I would have been better off if I had drained the blood out from underneath the nails.

Stan4dSteph · 07-10-2007, 10:20 AM

I haven't lost a toenail, but I've gotten some bruised ones from soccer and running. The key for hiking is to tighten up the laces before going downhill to prevent your foot from sliding forward in the shoe. You should loosen them some once you start uphill or hit the flat though.

innerSpaceman · 07-10-2007, 11:20 AM

Yeah, but there's a certain way to tie them, not simply tie them tight, that helps the foot refrain from sliding forward.

In any event, foot hitting shoefront on 7 miles of pure downhill will not be stopped by any method of shoetie, I'd wager.

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07-09-2007, 05:33 PM	#1362
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	I think the forest floor was cleaner, Cherny __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	No, I didn't mean it that way. Hahahaha. (His Royal Meatness??? WTF?) Oh, so I belatedly turn my office wall calendar to July ... and it's a picture of Kings Canyon all this month! (Also, it's freaky to see all those cats ^ blinking in unision in that post, Joe.)
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Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Is that a long one-eyed black shaft? I think it winked at me.
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07-10-2007, 07:54 AM	#1367
Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	gravity is a merciless biotch __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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07-10-2007, 10:20 AM	#1369
Stan4dSteph Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,156	I haven't lost a toenail, but I've gotten some bruised ones from soccer and running. The key for hiking is to tighten up the laces before going downhill to prevent your foot from sliding forward in the shoe. You should loosen them some once you start uphill or hit the flat though.
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07-10-2007, 11:20 AM	#1370
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yeah, but there's a certain way to tie them, not simply tie them tight, that helps the foot refrain from sliding forward. In any event, foot hitting shoefront on 7 miles of pure downhill will not be stopped by any method of shoetie, I'd wager.
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