And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
AND it's empty. A full quarter barrel weighs about 90 lbs alone. His center of balance will kill him. Fake, fake, fake. Now, if he was carrying a pony keg on each hip, maybe.
A lifetime ago I worked for an outdoor retailer, and the QA guys, all hard-core outdoorsmen, would do stuff like this. Except the keg would be full. Multiple trips of course, but the crap they carried into the back country always amazed me.
I know right? Who hikes in black socks?
ReplyDeleteAND it's empty. A full quarter barrel weighs about 90 lbs alone. His center of balance will kill him. Fake, fake, fake. Now, if he was carrying a pony keg on each hip, maybe.
ReplyDeleteand two ponys is an extra 2 1/2 gallons of beer! And only another 20 pounds or so.
DeleteIf its 'loaded', that bet must have been epic ! Have to admire his Pioneer Spirit !!
ReplyDeleteAppears to be another shelf pack (forgot the actual name - horse packers use them for box carry too) on top holding his actual back pack.
Absolutely. The dog should be carrying some of that.
ReplyDeleteI concur!
Delete"I'm not going to make it to Burning Man."
ReplyDeleteWhat's in the red duffel, an AirBed? And is that a hiking skirt to keep the bits cooled off while carrying that 130#'s?
No it's not, I need this.
ReplyDeleteRidiculous? Dedicated!
ReplyDeleteHe's headed to meet up with his buddies, . . . all on their way to watch, . . . "the game!" . . .
ReplyDeleteA lifetime ago I worked for an outdoor retailer, and the QA guys, all hard-core outdoorsmen, would do stuff like this. Except the keg would be full. Multiple trips of course, but the crap they carried into the back country always amazed me.
ReplyDeleteSomewhere after the third beer, his buddy said "I bet you can't do that"...and of course he said "Can too, I'll show you!" Two hernias later, he did.
ReplyDeleteHopefully his wife is close behind, with the ice and barrel.
ReplyDeleteForgot the tap.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.seniorvoicealaska.com/story/2019/04/01/columns/klondike-mike-and-the-piano/1962.html?m=true
ReplyDeleteDon't forget Klondike Mike
ReplyDeleteBackwoods Okie
Response to "That's Ridiculous." Not if you really like beer.
ReplyDeleteIn spite of all the above, I'm with him! (and with prolly his best friend.
ReplyDelete"If it's stupid, but it works, it's not stupid." - Rule One
ReplyDelete"That's Ridiculous." for you Soy Boys
ReplyDeleteElk hunt 2023
ReplyDeletewhat are those white and black stripe things across the trail ever so often? speed bumps?
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