Stickboy goes Into the Wild

pjtaper

If Eli lost 50lbs he would be nothing but a hat and a jersey! His name on here is stickboy for a reason...

fanch75

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

never say die

Great often-forgotten gem by Black Sabbath!!!

Buru

pjtaper wrote:

If Eli lost 50lbs he would be nothing but a hat and a jersey! His name on here is stickboy for a reason...

yup, he is going to be rail thin by the end of that trip

chiquimonkey

pjtaper wrote:

If Eli lost 50lbs he would be nothing but a hat and a jersey! His name on here is stickboy for a reason...

LMAO

i just saw the first post and didn't read thru the rest, but wow!! eli's a great guy, i've had the pleasure of meeting him after the VFC reading show and saw him again at gorge last year....real sweetheart. i know he's been going thru some hard stuff so hopefully this journey leads him to happiness.

i'm not on myspace so sadly i can't follow his trip, but if he sees this....do be careful riding around!

genie

fanch75 wrote:

Maybe I'm reading that wrong, but that sounds awfully lonely. I guess if I felt that way, just running out alone wouldn't be that big of a deal, either. To me, friends & family are everything so of course the idea of me doing what Stick is doing is absurd.

you've read everything correctly. to me my dad is everything cause he's always been there for me, and no matter how many little arguments and disagreements we've had, we still care for each other.

as for others....well they are no good pieces of shit. if they're not pieces of shit now they will be later on. but hey it's not like i don't want someone to prove me wrong......

as for Stickman, if he can be lonely and still comfortable with that, then i think he will be a great man indeed.

who's_pearljam?

Heineken Helen wrote:

I was hoping you'd post here.

Helen, You KNOW I'm going to be posting in a thread about doing something weird!

Right up my alley.

Poncier wrote:

Hunger, potential harm, potential disease, potential death...nothing too bad.

Actually I can find that right down the street from my house!




I find that whenever I've travelled like that, I get a better respect for people. When you travel, you get the energy back that you put out. You walk into something with a smile, you'll get a smile back and some help.... or you might end up helping someone else. People are mostly good in this world. There are a few clinkers for sure, but I've had very few bad things happen with people or animals on any trip.


Except for those damn mosquitoes in most of the world, and the sand flies in New Zealand. Otherwise,,,, good to go!


Ride on, Stickboy!

Poncier

who's_pearljam? wrote:

Actually I can find that right down the street from my house!

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It can easily be found, but I figure one is better off not seeking such things out.

As for Stickboy, leaving South FLA on a bike in Dec is one thing, if he ventures too far north, its gonna get mighty cold. This is a journey better suited for May or June departure.
Best of luck to him.

redrock

genie wrote:

as for Stickman, if he can be lonely and still comfortable with that, then i think he will be a great man indeed.

Being alone is not automatically lonely. There is a huge difference. I used to travel alone a lot but I was never lonely - not one minute. When you are on your own, you HAVE to open yourself to other people and therefore your journey is so much more interesting and fruitful. If you are travelling with others, you have a tendency to rely on each other's company and not seek external stimuli.

I like being alone. One can be lonely, even surrounded by people.

genie

redrock wrote:

Being alone is not automatically lonely. There is a huge difference. I used to travel alone a lot but I was never lonely - not one minute. When you are on your own, you HAVE to open yourself to other people and therefore your journey is so much more interesting and fruitful. If you are travelling with others, you have a tendency to rely on each other's company and not seek external stimuli.

I like being alone. One can be lonely, even surrounded by people.

very well said. for me if i go on a trip i would want to meet a lot of different people, because otherwise trip would not be as fullfilling.

pjtaper

when Redeyes and I were in Hawaii, the first person I met was a very cool prostitute, her NON-sexual favors she did us helped to make the trip SO MUCH BETTER!

turnedmyworldtoblack

I say if Les Stroud from survivorman can only last about 7 days out there before something bad would happen, that this kid is going to ride his bike about 50 miles out one way and not have the energy to ride it back to his house.

then he will hitchhike home and realize becoming homeless, jobless, and whatever else-less is a STEP BACK and not a step in finding yourself.

sennin

turnedmyworldtoblack wrote:

I say if Les Stroud from survivorman can only last about 7 days out there before something bad would happen, that this kid is going to ride his bike about 50 miles out one way and not have the energy to ride it back to his house.

then he will hitchhike home and realize becoming homeless, jobless, and whatever else-less is a STEP BACK and not a step in finding yourself.

He's made it about 400 miles so far.

turnedmyworldtoblack

sennin wrote:

He's made it about 400 miles so far.

there goes my theory

given2fly78

pretty cool. Best of luck to him.

Seriously, haven't any of you just dreamed of picking up and just GOING? Somewhere? Anywhere? Having the balls to just up and leave? He did it! Doesn't matter the reasons, the destination, the mode of transportation, but the fact that someone is going on a soul searching journey to learn about life (and in the wild no less) is pretty much a stand up character in my book.

This isn't a novel concept - living off the fruits of nature. We're human beings, we're the products of evolution and can be crafty enough to survive with very little around. Hopefully he's done some research and will be knowledgeable to live off of the land.

I don't think he's crazy or nuts or any thing of the sort. It's definately not my cup of tea. But I think he'll learn a lot about himself, his character, strength and hopefully come out safe, healthy and with a clear head. And finds whatever peace he's looking for!

Whizbang

NY PJ1 wrote:

do u reallyu think he had this idea b4 the movie ? lets be serious here


i couldnt care less what he does but i think its overkill

and yes speedy i took my bike ...... to the park

do you think it's overkill to take 6+ months off to walk the Appalacian Trail from Georgia to Maine because you want the time to yourself, to get away from it all, maybe to find yourself?? I know someone who did it...twice. That trail has been around longer than the book or movie....and plenty of people feel inspired to walk it each year.

Whether he's inspired by the movie or feels he needs to do it makes no difference to me. I admire him for having the balls to do it.

PJaddicted

Whizbang wrote:

do you think it's overkill to take 6+ months off to walk the Appalacian Trail from Georgia to Maine because you want the time to yourself, to get away from it all, maybe to find yourself?? I know someone who did it...twice. That trail has been around longer than the book or movie....and plenty of people feel inspired to walk it each year.

Whether he's inspired by the movie or feels he needs to do it makes no difference to me. I admire him for having the balls to do it.

My 18 year old son wants to do it someday, so he is getting a couple of books for Christmas to plan his trip. I'm hoping that hubby and I can join him for a few legs of it.

oxc

Whizbang

PJaddicted wrote:

My 18 year old son wants to do it someday, so he is getting a couple of books for Christmas to plan his trip. I'm hoping that hubby and I can join him for a few legs of it.

oxc

The kid I knew who walked it had planned it for several years. Organized bills and payments to be made while he was gone; had the whole thing mapped with approximate dates of where he'd be and a drop box at each stop where I could send him supplies. He said lots of homeowners who live along the trail left out fresh fruit and supplies (like TP!!) for the hikers...left for them on the honor system.

That would be awesome for you to join him though!!!

PJaddicted

Whizbang wrote:

The kid I knew who walked it had planned it for several years. Organized bills and payments to be made while he was gone; had the whole thing mapped with approximate dates of where he'd be and a drop box at each stop where I could send him supplies. He said lots of homeowners who live along the trail left out fresh fruit and supplies (like TP!!) for the hikers...left for them on the honor system.

That would be awesome for you to join him though!!!

Our neighbors son just did it too! His Dad joined him for a week, just about killed him , hubby and I are a little younger and in better shape, so hopefully we will do better. I hike everyday.....not long, but feel the need to get into my own wild. I "need" to be in nature....it is my drug of choice.

http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2007/10/18/warwick_advertiser/news/1.txt

My son is in college now, so maybe before he heads into the real world of work he will do it, I will support him any way I can....I wish that I was younger and could do it too.

oxc

Them-Bones

Back in 6th grade I went INTO THE WILD, for a whole week, at science camp

patrickredeyes

pjtaper wrote:

when Redeyes and I were in Hawaii, the first person I met was a very cool prostitute, her NON-sexual favors she did us helped to make the trip SO MUCH BETTER!

I just have to laugh at the way you wrote that. hehe


But your very right it made the trip ALOT better.