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Posted by Bill S on September 26, 2007 at 12:08:26 pm EDT
In reply to Shenandoah our first backcountry overnighter posted by BigSmoke on September 25, 2007 at 1:34:27 am EDT

Steve said very kind words about all us "experts" and old geezers here, including

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These guys seem to be able to remember what it's like to be green.

Hey, Steve, we preach being Green in the outdoors. Practice LNT always! Oh, maybe you meant "greenhorns", um, er, well ....

Actually, even after being in the outdoors for my entire life (being an official card-carrying elderly, unlike that Young Pup, Steve the Blackbeard - see, OGBO by my name means Old GreyBearded One), I am still learning, and on every outing, whether it be a dayhike or Antarctica. I find that I learn something new, or get reminded of something I should have learned years ago, or just plain forgot (there are 3 things that go when you get older, the first being memory, and .... um I forget the other 2 -- yeah, yeah, old joke, but oh, so true).

Steve also said

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I have asked some really stupid questions here

Well, as I will be saying in my presentations to the High Adventure Backpacking course tonight, the only dumb or stupid question is the one that didn't get asked. If you don't ask, you can get in deep trouble really fast, and maybe even suffer a real disaster or die.

So keep asking and keep posting your experiences. That's how we all learn. I don't want to read some headline on CNN that says "the bodies of 3 hikers, named Blackbeard, Bigsmoke, and Michelle, were recovered today after a week of searching after making a series of tiny mistakes that added up to a major blunder. They left a note that said they were sorry they had been too afraid to ask some questions, because they might have looked dumb."

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