If you have a death-wish, look into your typical 8th grader’s backpack. You’ll find months-old class/work, remnants of various high-sugar junk food, a can or three of AXE deodorant, six pairs of earbuds, and the ever popular well-sweat-stained gym clothes.
Sorry, Frazz,but no – your songwriting success is an accomplishment; your maintaining your humility and groundedness in the face of said success is an accomplishment. Your triathling, etc., is just a hobby.
Jef Mallett Blog Posts Frazz 17 hrs · I swear, people have thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail with less gear on their back than what people carry from their car to the transition zone of a sprint-distance triathlon. Present company very much included, with the clarification that I have never thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail.
Maybe even funnier is swim bags. They’re not QUITE as bit and not QUITE as full of stuff, but given that we’re talking about a sport that can be executed with gear that could just about fit into a No. 10 envelope (or a manila envelope if you’re a woman, don’t prefer Swedish goggles or if you’re a male with a shred of modesty), it’s amazing what swimmers will bring to practice. Again, present company included, and I’ve got about as much shame as I have thru-hiking experience.
I really need to go on a multi-week hike sometime, just out of curiosity for how undisciplined I would be with the packing. I fear I’d look like the human equivalent of a container ship. At least until the breakdown and temper tantrum and festival of flinging gear, sometime before noon of the first day.
Nachikethass about 4 years ago
Scent of unwashed running gear, you mean!
RAGs about 4 years ago
A decent spray deodorant will take care of "scent of accomplishment (if used judiciously).
Bilan about 4 years ago
I didn’t know that coming last in swimming is an accomplishment?
jpayne4040 about 4 years ago
Definitely better than the smell of someone else’s accomplishment!
asrialfeeple about 4 years ago
They have a Bag of Holding?
Rotary12 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Everything comes out of my gear bags after working out and gets washed. No smelly bags here.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member about 4 years ago
If you have a death-wish, look into your typical 8th grader’s backpack. You’ll find months-old class/work, remnants of various high-sugar junk food, a can or three of AXE deodorant, six pairs of earbuds, and the ever popular well-sweat-stained gym clothes.
Cozmik Cowboy about 4 years ago
Sorry, Frazz,but no – your songwriting success is an accomplishment; your maintaining your humility and groundedness in the face of said success is an accomplishment. Your triathling, etc., is just a hobby.
car2ner about 4 years ago
Nice but you can also find black holes in the back of any dog trainer’s car, or the garb crate of any LARPer or Rennie actor.
Caldonia about 4 years ago
What a truly humble person our little Calvinhead is.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 4 years ago
Jef Mallett Blog Posts Frazz 17 hrs · I swear, people have thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail with less gear on their back than what people carry from their car to the transition zone of a sprint-distance triathlon. Present company very much included, with the clarification that I have never thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail.
Maybe even funnier is swim bags. They’re not QUITE as bit and not QUITE as full of stuff, but given that we’re talking about a sport that can be executed with gear that could just about fit into a No. 10 envelope (or a manila envelope if you’re a woman, don’t prefer Swedish goggles or if you’re a male with a shred of modesty), it’s amazing what swimmers will bring to practice. Again, present company included, and I’ve got about as much shame as I have thru-hiking experience.
I really need to go on a multi-week hike sometime, just out of curiosity for how undisciplined I would be with the packing. I fear I’d look like the human equivalent of a container ship. At least until the breakdown and temper tantrum and festival of flinging gear, sometime before noon of the first day.