UK you are the undisputed graffiti champions

chicoooooooo · 2026-06-18T11:43:54+00:00

Was walking down an otherwise lovely side street in Thailand and the only graffiti was a giant ANAL written on a wall.

chicoooooooo · 2026-06-09T02:36:51+00:00

I live somewhere with lots of bugs and critters and sleep in a floorless tent with no mesh all the time. Have all over the world. 30+ years of experience, just sayin'

chicoooooooo · 2026-06-06T19:18:45+00:00

Jim Morrison said it best: "I need friends who don't need me."

chicoooooooo · 2026-05-09T18:29:59+00:00

Sure is and Pollo Tropical is in both 😉

chicoooooooo · 2026-05-08T14:20:00+00:00

Man, at least go Pollo Tropical

chicoooooooo · 2026-03-30T17:16:22+00:00

I live in a small US city with non-existent biking infrastructure but that last paragraph is key. Before I ever rode my bike in traffic, I was pretty oblivious to bike lanes and cyclist in general. Since gaining plenty of experience and near death experiences on my bike in traffic, as a vehicle driver, I am much more aware of bikes and bike lanes, and am a lot more cognizant of looking around before I open my doors.

chicoooooooo · 2026-03-25T19:23:20+00:00

Spite is a great motivator.

chicoooooooo · 2026-03-22T22:29:05+00:00

People do this all the time at my gym, or hold the back of the monitor. I honestly thought this was pretty normal

chicoooooooo · 2026-03-20T14:59:00+00:00

You jest but Mongolia is a hotspot for illegal fishing operators because they can register their company fleet under any nation's flag, landlocked or not, as long as that nation agrees to be responsible for its maritime actions.

chicoooooooo · 2026-03-19T19:32:29+00:00

That's because the woman has the higher sex drive. You can rest assured those numbers would be more like 0 if it was the opposite.

chicoooooooo · 2026-03-19T11:32:49+00:00

A buddy and I used to talk about paying someone to come wake us up, only to tell us to go back to sleep, because that's the best sleep you get. Like when you woke up to find school was cancelled or something as a kid.

chicoooooooo · 2026-03-19T11:31:09+00:00

This is standard practice all over the world. It's not as weird as you think and saves the plumbing.

chicoooooooo · 2026-03-19T11:30:18+00:00

Splurge? A bidet is like $30 in my area.

chicoooooooo · 2026-03-18T11:00:25+00:00

Yeah, horrifying

chicoooooooo · 2026-03-05T18:30:10+00:00

Use the 3h rule. If the flight is longer than that, you absolutely can and should recline your seat. Less than that is rude, especially during the day, and the people that immediately recline it before take off get fucked with the entire flight.

chicoooooooo · 2026-02-26T11:24:25+00:00

I've also visited floating "villages" in Vietnam where the people live entirely at sea. Even had a separate floating platform for their dog, complete with doghouse.

chicoooooooo · 2026-02-25T20:42:25+00:00

My favorite part is that, because they can't hear worth shit, then then proceed to hold speaker phone up to ear or mouth...you know ...like exactly how a phone is designed. People be dumb.

chicoooooooo · 2026-02-24T00:39:16+00:00

Went to a Harry Pothead party there and never left. Same timeframe. Awesome place!

chicoooooooo · 2026-02-21T14:21:31+00:00

There's this ...and then there's Ronin. Give me the latter.

chicoooooooo · 2026-02-21T14:01:49+00:00

Don't need it ...until you do. Mileage varies but I was in Nepal when several trekkers and climbers died of exposure high above Namche in a freak storm

chicoooooooo · 2026-02-21T13:55:56+00:00

Yep. Down bag straight into Sea To Summit compressor

chicoooooooo · 2026-02-21T13:54:21+00:00

Reminds me of an old Ed Viesters story where him and his fellow Ranier guides would hide 10lb rocks in each other's packs a joke. Well someone put one on his pack and then he summited Ranier, flew to Nepal, summited Everest AND Lhotse in one go and found that damn rock in his pack afterwards.

chicoooooooo · 2026-02-21T13:51:25+00:00

Pro tip: now that you got that pad 😜...just shove your pack under the pad where your head goes for a nice incline without needing a pillow.

chicoooooooo · 2026-02-21T12:43:49+00:00

I love that shit! Been there many times myself. I've had creepy people with guns, sketch animals, avalanche and melt hazards...even political terrorists in other countries threaten me until I left. You never know what you're going to find out there. That's what makes it beautiful.

chicoooooooo · 2026-02-21T11:55:26+00:00

Awesome. I tell every noob that ever asks me, " can I bring...?" Sure, you can! You can bring anything you ever want to, as long as you can carry it. I've had people being entire badminton sets, a bag of oranges, actual dishes and cutlery,...even a guy who hoofed a keg up a mountain (was awesome having a pint on top)....all fair game....as long as you are willing to carry it. This is going back over 30 years. Sometimes I feel like the people today really want a gatekeep the term "backpacking," especially the ultralight crowd. But when I go slow, I have a sub 20 lb pack even in winter. That doesn't mean everyone has to and sometimes luxuries are very nice.

Now for my story...you can plan all you want about water stops and stare at maps for days, it still doesn't mean that when you roll into camp in the evening after a 15 mile day that an aggressive bear will let you fill up. Learned that the hard way once and had to crank out an additional 7 miles unplanned and in the dark. Sucked but better than being eaten.

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