How I Got My Trail Name for Thru Hiking & Backpacking
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2023
- Trail names are common for thru hikers, but not everyone has a trail name, or wants one. Here we discuss the origin of my trail name, and why hikers might choose to drop or abandon their given trail name over time.
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I was told by a PCT through hiker that I "couldn't have" a trail name, because I wasn't a through hiker. I told him "sonny" (he was young enough to be a grandchild!) "I was given my trail name long before you were a twinkle in your daddy's eye." There are no rules, people. Have one or don't have one. Just be respectful! that's all it takes. Hike on Eric! Looking forward to more of your adventures.
Sheesh who would tell someone that? Do what ya want!
I love seeking lost. That is whom I see you as. You've got the best camera shots.
Don't blame you at all, gotta have a meaningful connection for sure! 👍🏻
Thank goodness!! I hate trail names. I also think it’s a way for people to not be accountable and what they do on trail… thank you for posting this!!! ❤❤❤
Interesting, never thought about accountability. That's probably more relevant to the AT and PCT.
Yeah my GF was named Bessy because she had a stand off with a cow, then dropped it later and gave herself a name of her choosing.
Haha, still not famous, and never will be! I just thought the oxymoron effect was strong and liked it for that reason, at the time
Cool story. I remember watching the CDT trip at the time and thinking your trail name was funny because you weren’t really famous yet… except in a very small corner of the internet:).
Thanks for sharing your perspective, looking forward to the next trip.
Famous! That's a good one. Someone on the AT used Nope, and the comedy ensued.
Quick question. Did this channel used to have a different name, or am I confusing it with another channel? The Metal Backpacker? If not, then never mind.
I feel like i met a Nope before, somewhere. And yep that was the old channel name, way back
@@SeekingLost I think Nope did the CDT the same year as you. He teams up with another thru hiker channel I watch.
Thanks for clearing up that mystery of the old channels name! I guess I do have a good memory.
choose your own... waiting for something stupid to happen just to be referred to for months is dumb. i went with one of my gaming accounts, swear bear
I don't know if I could choose my own. I guess I just don't have a trail name I'd like to go by on the tip of my tongue. But nothing wrong with that if you do!
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Hey you should be the man with no name. Like Clint Eastwood in the westerns!
Where are you sitting for this...
Why would that bother you?
I thought you did have a Trail Name during the Mojave-Sonoran hike, weren't you the Bouse Louse🤔
haha
Haha, Bouse. I recently found out the name of that town directly translates to "cow dung" in French. No Joke!
@@SeekingLost Perfect name for that sh!thole of a town!
@@SeekingLost Lol! I just looked it up in the Collins French-English dictionary; Bouse: manure, cow dung 💩
Trail names? We don't got no trail names! We don't need no stinking trail names!
lol
Exactly. My trail name truly represents who I have been, who I am, and who I will always be.
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