pls embed pony blazing video from a few posts up so young bloods dont have to click on it

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"http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=605278030929"

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"mmmmmm...steaaaaakkk.....mmmmmm dog driving caaaaaar Hung out with my buddies in Boone and just gorged, drank and ran shit on the foosball table. Walked all over boone, forded some stream up to the waste to get to huddle house (which blows...portions are not american)...great few days off the trail. here got a few pictures, nothing too exciting. shelter w/ fireplace in Mt. Rogers State park....there goes my gear and the awaited pictures of the sleeping bag which has been warm woke up to this at 4400 feet somewhere in southern virginia...nice shelter and thankfully dry snow Grayson highlands, VA TN left to right - Captain oz, juicebox (he forded the kenebeck and did the CT challenge...~50 miles in one day) and Chevrolegs. Hung out with these guys for about a week and had a blast. It was good to finally hike with some sobos for a little bit."

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11/9/2008 9:45:46 AM

LOL at the pony video.

This whole adventure seems sweet as hell, man. Good shit.

11/9/2008 9:54:38 AM

yaaaaaaaay! that's the sleeping bag I made!

11/9/2008 6:10:45 PM

Mile 1972. Gatlinburg, TN. Still having the time of my damn life. Too much fun.

I'm in the Smokey mountain national park as of now and it has been gorgeous. Snow on the ground, i'd say around 5-6". Although pretty, it's tough to walk in. Night times have been cold, down in the single digits....that's why i roll with two sleeping bags....skanks



left to right: OZ and Stretch...lol...i left them when i went to boone and on day 2 back from my hiatus, i ran into these guys at a shelter. They had taken two zeros...LOL...it was due to the chronic



somewhere in NC



somewhere in NC





Smokeys...if you live in NC and havent been, you need to go. Not too touristy this time of year either.



smokeys





Bearded up




nov. 24th...smokeys

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11/23/2008 8:35:33 PM

EPIC BEARD

11/23/2008 8:38:16 PM

lol...thanks, man....i always think it's stopped growing, but then i roll into town and it's all out in full force more so than before.

i took that picture just to see what i looked like while i was out on the trail. I didnt have too many recent pics so i just decided to post that one. My buddy has better...with more people and what not.

damn, my jew nose is fucking huge...maybe it grows with my beard

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11/23/2008 8:40:40 PM

awwwwwwwwwwww

11/23/2008 9:34:59 PM

so? i've probably walked 151.2 miles by now

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

11/23/2008 9:35:47 PM

hahah, your almost there!

^^^ ...Te Gusta? Bwn?

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11/23/2008 9:37:57 PM

that beard isn't the only thing on TheBullDoza that is big & manly

11/23/2008 10:04:52 PM

his nose has already been covered though...OOOOOOOHHHHH

11/23/2008 10:09:09 PM

I reactivated my facebook account


FUnny stuff

no need to embed

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11/23/2008 10:09:50 PM

Someone informed me that it's a federal offense to be fucking with the feral wildlife...i feel like i should remove the video for self incriminating reasons....it's too damn funny though...a little longer

11/23/2008 10:11:45 PM

its likely that you people already know about this, but figured I'd post it anyway

http://www.steepandcheap.com

I got a FireFox addon that puts a notification thing on the status bar so you can see what's on sale that minute

11/23/2008 10:15:19 PM

oh damn...no, i had no idea...i wish you didnt post that though...That will just make me want. Good post.

down is where it's at

11/23/2008 10:17:55 PM

ha ... 650 fill? I blow my nose and 650 fill comes out

11/23/2008 10:21:04 PM

LOLOL

11/23/2008 10:25:13 PM

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You probably didn't intend for this to be such a great picture, but your eyes all squinted up, plus your skin being red...that picture does a great job of conveying how fucking cold it is. I hate you.

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"damn, my jew nose is fucking huge...maybe it grows with my beard"

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11/23/2008 10:34:22 PM

Shit is Bona fide!!! yeah, when its snowy cold and cloudy, i just make tracks and eat as i go. It takes a while to warm back up. I'm glad you like the picture!

Yeah, it has been cold. Nights in the smokeys have been in the single digits....i think the temp was 1 F two nights ago.

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11/23/2008 10:39:46 PM

I am truly jealous of you.

11/23/2008 10:40:14 PM

Well, I would walk 500 miles.

11/23/2008 11:37:19 PM

TheBullDoza is now leaving Gatlinburg, soon he will be in Fontana Dam! Let's hope he stays warm.

11/24/2008 10:16:40 AM

balls deep in that sign

On a cold and snowy day, the first of December, and after 2 days of cold/freezing rain, I entered Georgia and now reside in Hiawasee with ~68 miles to go.

The past few days have been tough. Ive woken up to snow blowing in the shelter and frozen solid shoes. The rain has been way worse than the snow since it just soaks everything and freezes over night.

The clouds are dissipating and it looks to be a clear summit day on Springer mountain, which is anticipated to be the 6th of this month.

12/2/2008 11:42:24 AM

Damn Doza, props to you to NerdChick

Are you coming back to Raleigh when you are done?, Holla when you get back into town!

12/2/2008 12:18:49 PM

envious as always. the emotions you're experiencing are probably beyond words at this point.

12/2/2008 11:58:34 PM

god i miss doing this stuff so very, very much.

great pics btw.

12/3/2008 12:37:33 AM

I remember this summer when me & TheBullDoza crossed this road in Maine. The "2000 mi" is for Northbounders, who came from Georgia. We had gone only 120 or so miles when we passed the sign. Now Erik has passed the real 2000 mile mark down in NC! Congratulations

12/3/2008 7:57:47 PM

let's compare fresh faced, sun-drenched Erik on the New Hampshire - Vermont border to the frostbitten mountain man on the NC - GA border. Brrrrrr!

12/3/2008 8:13:30 PM

NEELS GAP!!!! I'm staying at the hostel here tonight because it's too sweet.

30.7 left to go....i cant believe it. [user/]Nerdchick[user] will walk the last .2 miles the summit with me.

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"the emotions you're experiencing are probably beyond words at this point."

pure ecstacy

12/4/2008 4:51:58 PM

Doza, i never could see that picture that you must have been trying to send to me! Good luck on your final leg of the journey, let me know when you're going to be passing by the crib.

12/4/2008 4:54:57 PM

damnit i admire your balls doza!

12/4/2008 5:12:21 PM

best thread on TWW. I'm jealous as hell.

12/4/2008 5:18:17 PM

Good thread. I too want to do some sort of excursion right now. A canoe from Raleigh to Wilmington would suffice.

12/4/2008 5:58:26 PM

chin chin old boy

12/8/2008 6:54:15 PM

i would like to do this in Europe

12/8/2008 6:58:51 PM

Next, canoe down the Mississippi, like this guy:

http://www.bucktrack.com/Canoeing_Down_the_Mississippi.html

12/8/2008 8:52:42 PM

left to right - Griz, Earthworm, superman, captain oz, chev and me

Just found this one.....Made it to Dots, which is a small bar in damascus, va. at 1030 Halloween night....and yes, we did go trick or treating on our way over there....LOL...captain oz is picking his nose

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2/6/2009 9:01:21 PM

catching the sunrise



Day in Vermont. We came across a sign that said ice cream and water....Godzilla, Macgyver and Mr Nice guy follow in hot pursuit. Turned out this man was the host and he invited us to a game of croquet in his back yard. It was a fucking blast.



Calf Mountain shelter...this was the spot where Nerdchick and I did our shake down hike before the real thing...made it here and was like damn, I cant believe i was here a few months ago...all nastalgic n shit



for the hell of it...someone's party off of kaplan

2/6/2009 9:12:10 PM

never understood the point in hiking poles.

2/6/2009 9:40:24 PM

well, they can save your knees going down hill, which is what i got them for, but they also worked great for the supports of our tent. The other reason why i had em.

But yeah....i think hiking poles are fucking queer looking to use....don't tell nerdchick i said that though, we'd always debate about em and i would always stick up for em.

Other than using them for tent supports, i kept mine because after 100s of miles they just get beat up...they were pristine on day 1 and day by day i watched them degrade...i created that shit....unfortunately i lost them 2000 miles into the hike

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2/6/2009 9:44:22 PM

^ aha! the truth comes out at last!

hiking poles look totally dorky and they're not necessary for young people hiking on normal terrain. I found a pair in a hiker box (boxes at hostels where hikers leave extra stuff that they don't want) and used them for about 200 miles.

But the trail in Maine and NH can get pretty nasty ... climbing over giant boulders, etc. Hiking poles help you go faster because you can lean on them and take bigger steps on rocks. My dilemma was that I prefered to use my hands to grab trees or rocks for balance. less likely to slip than a hiking pole. The one time they were really necessary was fording streams in Maine, one "stream" in particular was more than waist deep - poles help keep you from getting swept away!

Notice how Erik's poles are of no use to him in this section, Mahoosuc Notch

But for smaller boulders like the 2nd pic, you can go much faster with poles

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