I am off, in three days, for a two week back pack trip into Glacier National Park. we'll be hiking along the Continental Divide camping five nights in the wilderness. I am bringing my soprano ukulele.
in case the grizzley bears get me I am starting a list for those here who want my gear.
80's strat plus
20002 Hwy 1 tele
new National square neck resonator
numerous lap steels
90's fender vibrolux amp
1958 Gibsonette amp
Sears and Roebuck amp...Meteor...from the forties or early fifties.
baritone uke (I would offer the soprano uke but it would be inside a bear belly with me)
a bunch of pedals.
a recording studio too.
all my rugs and household have been spoken for.
I plan on taking pics and bringing my minidisc recorder. maybe I will have a song ready when I return.
tata.
Hey, I wouldn't mind any of that gear, but would be happier if you just come back in one piece. 8) PS, with the uke ... I heard bears are attracted by strange sounds. :lol:
"Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard,
grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
-- The Webb Wilder Credo --
Bears love ukes especially with a player attached. Have fun while you can!
Oh, I'll take the Vibrolux, please.
"Everybody got to elevate from the norm."
Take care and return in one piece with new songs!
Have fun! :D
Dibs on the squareneck National and the lap steels! Oh, if Steinar comes along, he can have the lap steels, he'll make 'em sound better'n I can anyway, I'll just take the National, I'm not that greedy. Probably ought to keep the Gibsonette and the old Sears Meteor with those lap steels. Doggone it, I do love old tube gear...
Have a good trip!
:lol:
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
ok.
ricochet gets the resonator
slejhammer gets my favorite amp the Vibrolux.
Nuno gets a song if I get out alive.
TRguitar gets my uke in spite of the strange noises it can make.
I have a bear bell. noisy. that should scare a bear as big as a Volkswagon!?
Be careful out there!
I'll pass on to you, some good advice someone once told me about hiking in bear country (which for me is the New Hampshire White Mountains):
You don't have to be fast to outrun a bear!! You only need to be faster than the slowest in your group! :wink:
Maybe try a bell as big as a Volkswagen?
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
1958 Gibsonette amp
That would be nice. I'll call dibs on this if you're eaten by a bear.
baritone uke (I would offer the soprano uke but it would be inside a bear belly with me)
Maybe you could take the baritone along and get a duet going with the bear? Be sure to record it for us. :P
Pop music is about stealing pocket money from children. - Ian Anderson
You need to come back and whack these vultures a good one.
Just don't try to pull a kingpatzer and axe your leg. I'm told it becomes very difficult to out run the bears with a sore leg. :lol:
Bish
"I play live as playing dead is harder than it sounds!"
If there's a chance you might need to start cutting body parts off to escape, you might want to take Vic along. I believe he has some experience with carving himself up and could likely give you pointers. Heck, he might hack a limb off for you. (He'd probably want the Tele for that, though.)
:D
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
ok. the Gibsonette is set and the tele too. give 'em good homes.
the last time we were out there we met up with a ranger on the trail. we asked him about the grizzlies. could we out run them. nope, he replied. we could climb a tree. well, he said, if the tree is big enough to hold you the bear will climb up after you.... and if the tree is too thin for the bear to climb up he will simply push it over and then get you.
as a rule, bears do not want to be near people.
we will wear bells and make our presence obvious when we hike. at camp we cook away from where we tent.
and one never wears what they wore that day into the tent ever.
have set of clothes just for sleeping. less interesting odors for the bear.
there are two kind of bears in Montana. the black bear and the grizzly. the grizzly is as big as a VW.
you can tell which bear has been in your camp by the scat they leave behind.
if there are berries in the poop, then it is black bear. they don't eat humans.
and if it were a grizzly bear, then there are bear bells .
:) :) :)
there are two kind of bears in Montana. the black bear and the grizzly. the grizzly is as big as a VW.
you can tell which bear has been in your camp by the scat they leave behind.
if there are berries in the poop, then it is black bear. they don't eat humans.
and if it were a grizzly bear, then there are bear bells .
:) :) :)
And human scat as well I'd bet! :lol: First I'd say it, then I'd do it ........
"Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard,
grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
-- The Webb Wilder Credo --
If there's a chance you might need to start cutting body parts off to escape, you might want to take Vic along. I believe he has some experience with carving himself up and could likely give you pointers. Heck, he might hack a limb off for you. (He'd probably want the Tele for that, though.)
:D
I'm trying to stay away from anything sharper than a butter-knife these days - although, at Marilyn's insistence, I have to cut some overhanging branches off from next door's silver birch this weekend. Vic + electric saw + ladders - now there's a potential disaster waiting to happen! I do hope I'm not posting any sudden weight loss on the "Plenty To Lose" thread come monday.......
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
hey Vic. careful with the power saw.
are you giving anything away if there is an accident?
