for seldom seen and haydukelives...

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  1. Jan 20, 2016 #1
    cleavland steamer

    cleavland steamer Well-Known Member

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    inspired again and again by good ole Ed Abbey:

    “One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.”
     
    cleavland steamer, Jan 20, 2016
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  3. Jan 20, 2016 #2
    seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

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    Hear Hear!

    Steamer, you're the fkn man. I love that passage. Glad to know we have another of the Abbey clan on here.
     
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  5. Jan 20, 2016 #3
    trevolution

    trevolution Well-Known Member

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    yeeew
     
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  6. Jan 20, 2016 #4
    cleavland steamer

    cleavland steamer Well-Known Member

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    right on right on... with all the kook talk of politics, cold weather, dropping in, the search for swell, fake bomb threats in mass, isis paranoia, massive jaws, I just thought it most appropriate. and i just assumed there's only one seldom seen. and one haydukelives. i wonder how many swellies actually know the real seldom seen and hayduke? does "generation me" actually read books? and would they even know how to turn off the electronics and go deep?
    i mean, of course, when not tuned in to this amazing transcending forum...
     
    cleavland steamer, Jan 20, 2016
    cleavland steamer, Jan 20, 2016
  7. Jan 20, 2016 #5
    seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

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    Two more swellies that I know of are aware...other than that, not sure. Man, books, I often wonder the same. Will that be lost? I can't tell you how many times I've stumbled on a passage like the one you posted, and was just completely moved to the point of goosebumps. I mean, all this tech is neato, but it can be detrimental to our brains for sure.

    As I'm at work, afar from my personal library...gimme a moment to search, let's turn this into an Abbey quote thread and try to inspire the youth.
     
    seldom seen, Jan 20, 2016
    seldom seen, Jan 20, 2016
  8. Jan 20, 2016 #6
    DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

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    Good stuff guys, our time is limited, live your life to the fullest by having as much fun as you possibly can doing things outside IN the world, being one with nature and all that good sh*t, it definitely has a positive affect on your well being. Surfing does it for me, as does fishing.
     
    DawnPatrol321, Jan 20, 2016
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  9. Jan 20, 2016 #7
    seldom seen

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    "Alaska, like the rest of our public domain, has been strapped down and laid open to the lust and greed of the international corporations. 'Last Frontier'? Not exactly...For Americans, Alaska is the last pork chop.

    What then is a frontier? The frontier, in my view, is that forgotten country where men and women live with and by and for the land, in self reliant communities of mutual aid, in a spirit of independence, magnanimity, and trust(as Henry Thoreau once said.)"

    -Beyond the Wall
     
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  10. Jan 20, 2016 #8
    cleavland steamer

    cleavland steamer Well-Known Member

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    Seldom, back in the day, I used to guide for various backcountry operations, and was deep into my Abbey studies. I had the "Do not burn yourself out" quote written onto my crazy creek chair. It is still, to this day, a defining quote for how I like to live my life.
    And every time I pass by bulldozer, I wonder WWHD?
     
    cleavland steamer, Jan 20, 2016
    cleavland steamer, Jan 20, 2016
  11. Jan 20, 2016 #9
    Barry Cuda

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    Alaska, land of a billion mosquitos per square foot. I will let you guys all have it!!
    I will take San Diego any day.........
    Your non-organic, not a tree hugger friend, suburbanite,
    Barry
     
    Barry Cuda, Jan 20, 2016
    Barry Cuda, Jan 20, 2016
  12. Jan 20, 2016 #10
    rcarter

    rcarter Well-Known Member

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    I know why he is Seldom Seen! And I love this tread!

    Probably one of my favs:

    “How to Overthrow the System? Brew your own beer, kick in your TV, kill your own beef, build your own cabin and piss off the front porch whenever you bloody well feel like it.”
     
    rcarter, Jan 20, 2016
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  13. Jan 20, 2016 #11
    seldom seen

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    Fock yeah rcartier!
     
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  14. Jan 20, 2016 #12
    cleavland steamer

    cleavland steamer Well-Known Member

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    A drink a day keeps the shrink away
     
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  15. Jan 20, 2016 #13
    Barry Cuda

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    Huh?? It overcomes shrinkage??
     
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  16. Jan 20, 2016 #14
    seldom seen

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    "All gold is fool's gold"
     
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  17. Jan 20, 2016 #15
    cleavland steamer

    cleavland steamer Well-Known Member

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    I gotta get my copy of The Monkey Wrench Gang to get specific, but I love the intro of George W Hayduke and specifically how he measures distance by the number of beers he crushes; for me, it's usually 1 to the beach, 4 to the mountains, 12 to Belmar
     
    cleavland steamer, Jan 20, 2016
    cleavland steamer, Jan 20, 2016
  18. Jan 20, 2016 #16
    seldom seen

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    Hell yes!

    Hey here's a question for ya. I aksed this to some other Abbey-philes...where the hell did Hayduke get Hoa Binh? He says it a couple times when he gets all psyched.
     
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  19. Jan 20, 2016 #17
    Slashdog

    Slashdog Well-Known Member

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    Awesome reminder of some nature-inspired philosophical views!

    Thank god I brought my Ipad with me on this hike, If it wasn't for this thread and Abbey's poignant words, I might have trouble remembering how to appreciate nature.
     
    Slashdog, Jan 20, 2016
    Slashdog, Jan 20, 2016
  20. Jan 20, 2016 #18
    cleavland steamer

    cleavland steamer Well-Known Member

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    Hayduke was a Vietnam war hero. According to wiki:
    The Battle of Hòa Bình was fought around the city from 1951–52 during the First Indochina War.
    Hòa Bình Dam, the largest hydroelectric dam in Vietnam, and also the largest in South East Asia,[2] is located near the city.
    I think he wanted to blow up the dam. Or maybe he did, and that's why he said it
     
    cleavland steamer, Jan 20, 2016
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  21. Jan 20, 2016 #19
    seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

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    Good work steamer.
     
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  22. Jan 20, 2016 #20
    sisurfdogg

    sisurfdogg Well-Known Member

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    This is why this site rules! I do a little 4-20 then check the board and I learn something new every day! I'll have to read this Abbey dude.
     
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