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Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Sep 07 2011 11:00 pm
by hikeaz

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Sep 22 2016 10:40 am
by chumley
This isn't a cartoon. It's a straight-up screenshot of the current Google Map.

Gotta love user-generated content sometimes, huh? :roll:
winderness_shooting.jpg
The irony being that the wilderness is 4+ miles down the road and target shooting is prohibited in this area.

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Sep 22 2016 3:07 pm
by flagscott
chumley wrote:This isn't a cartoon. It's a straight-up screenshot of the current Google Map.

Gotta love user-generated content sometimes, huh? :roll:

winderness_shooting.jpg
The irony being that the wilderness is 4+ miles down the road and target shooting is prohibited in this area.
Google and Apple maps have some, uh, problems with public lands: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechcons ... oogle-maps

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Sep 22 2016 5:21 pm
by PatrickL
There used to be a party supply store listed in the middle of the White Tanks or Estrella Mountains, can't remember which. I should have taken a screenshot when I had the chance.

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Sep 22 2016 6:45 pm
by skatchkins
Maybe we could split these off to their own post
EV_church.jpg

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Sep 22 2016 10:09 pm
by chumley
skatchkins wrote:Maybe we could split these off to their own post
This may be a good plan. Admin...?

Ever been to Aravaipa from the East side? Santa Teresas or Galiuros? It's worth stopping at the church for a bit. You'll probably see things differently when you leave.

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Sep 28 2016 7:12 am
by AZLumberjack
Found a couple of cute ones on Facebook. I had to take photos of the computer screen so resolution isn't what it could be.

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Sep 28 2016 7:39 am
by azbackpackr
@AZLumberjack
Hadn't seen the javelina one before. Cute! It's funny, though, as a tour guide on the South Rim, I have people all the time who expect it's going to be 110 when it's only going to be 80. They just flat don't get it. I tell them: "Climate in Arizona is a function of elevation above sea level."

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Sep 28 2016 9:39 am
by SuperstitionGuy
@azbackpackr
I just tell out of stater's that you can snow ski in the morning and water ski in the afternoon. :o

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Sep 28 2016 1:08 pm
by chumley
Too soon? :oops:

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Dec 22 2016 10:53 pm
by chumley
The City of Phoenix has developed a unique set of signs just for Rowdy. :D

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Jan 31 2017 12:43 pm
by hikeaz
Backpackers will understand.....

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Feb 06 2017 7:05 am
by flagscott
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Of course, the most expensive gear comes from cottage manufacturers, but I can definitely relate to this.

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Feb 06 2017 8:31 am
by DallinW
flagscott wrote:16228548_1843459835922638_1449941342351261696_n.jpg

Of course, the most expensive gear comes from cottage manufacturers, but I can definitely relate to this.
ZPacks and Enlightened Equipment have robbed me blind... 100% worth it, though.

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Feb 06 2017 8:52 am
by flagscott
DallinW wrote:ZPacks and Enlightened Equipment have robbed me blind... 100% worth it, though.
Katabatic Gear and Six Moon Designs for me. Worth every penny.

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Feb 06 2017 9:19 am
by big_load
flagscott wrote:
DallinW wrote:ZPacks and Enlightened Equipment have robbed me blind... 100% worth it, though.
Katabatic Gear and Six Moon Designs for me. Worth every penny.
Tarptent and McHale here.

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Feb 07 2017 6:28 am
by AZLumberjack
big_load wrote:flagscott wrote:
DallinW wrote:
ZPacks and Enlightened Equipment have robbed me blind... 100% worth it, though.

Katabatic Gear and Six Moon Designs for me. Worth every penny


Tarptent and McHale here.
Craigslist and Garage Sales work too... :)

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Feb 07 2017 7:00 am
by flagscott
AZLumberjack wrote:Craigslist and Garage Sales work too... :)
Not for the really lightweight gear (I've looked). But you can find a lot of good stuff for sale on the forums on backpackinglight and sometimes on whiteblaze. That said, if you're looking for something very specific, you're probably going to have to buy it from the manufacturer.

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Feb 07 2017 2:02 pm
by hikeaz
It appears an artist got creative today (last evening) near Casa Grande and turned a cement truck drum into a space capsule, causing multiple calls to DPS, etc.....

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Feb 07 2017 2:49 pm
by big_load
AZLumberjack wrote:
big_load wrote:flagscott wrote:
DallinW wrote:
ZPacks and Enlightened Equipment have robbed me blind... 100% worth it, though.

Katabatic Gear and Six Moon Designs for me. Worth every penny


Tarptent and McHale here.
Craigslist and Garage Sales work too... :)
I can beat that. I've owned four tarptents, two of which are my primary backpacking tents (1 single, 1 double). Two of them I bought from guys who posted scathing reviews online. In both cases, I sent a PM offering to buy, since they were both tents whose introduction I'd been eagerly watching for. Neither had been camped in, and one hadn't even been set up. The buyer took one look after unpacking it and said "nope, I hate it". It's my favorite tent.

Re: Hiking cartoons -maybe we'll use this thread as a repository

Posted: Feb 13 2017 7:18 pm
by trixiec
Thought this was funny..
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