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[Artemus]

Way cool. I'm going to go back through all your TRs and figure out which hat you wore in which picture. I'll do a statistical analysis of which is your favorite hat, complete with charts and graphs and weird unintelligible algorithms.

OK, now you are starting to get this ingineero excited.....

 

[Artemus]

A BCP Scatman Kilt would be a possible add-on at some future date, also (but can women wear the kilt?).

A kit? A kilt? And why wouldn't women love to wear the kilt? You can see all of us manly men doing it too. Well, at least the ones with good legs. Namely, the Scat. I wonder what the Scottish tradition says abou this.

 

[scatman]

Way cool. I'm going to go back through all your TRs and figure out which hat you wore in which picture. I'll do a statistical analysis of which is your favorite hat, complete with charts and graphs and weird unintelligible algorithms.

We need an official BCP hat so we can recognize each other on the trail, not that the odds are very high, since most of us stay off frequented trails. I vote for the tinfoil looking one - we could have BCP in foil, though we might have to settle for aluminum. We could always use it to signal an aircraft SOS if we got lost. The green one with the stripe is pretty cool, too. Maybe @Nick could come up with something. I would pay dearly for one if it were under $30. We'll call it the BCP Scatman Hat First Ed (destined to become a collectible). A BCP Scatman Kilt would be a possible add-on at some future date, also (but can women wear the kilt?).

Thanks for sharing.

Good luck with that! If you count the times I go shopping at the grocery store, the Honey Stingers wins by a mile.

A BCP cycling cap and a BCP kilt! Can you tell I'm drooling right now? Well, it's always nice to dream. I'm not sure naming anything "Scat" would sell.

I can't for the life of me figure out why more people don't wear kilts and cycling caps. Oh well, to each his/her own.

Of course women can wear kilts. Women's Kilts and Women's Hiking Kilts

 

[scatman]

I used to have that pink and yellow one too. No idea what happened to it. Great hat.

Well if you find it, bring it to the Teton Wilderness next year. I hear cycling caps attract bears.

 

[scatman]

In the event that the hats are a no go, perhaps we should devise BCP secret handshakes and codewords. Any suggestions?

I'm thinking something like this



It's fast, and doesn't require much thought. Though others (not BCP members) might feel disrespected. Perhaps with just the first two fingers?

 

[scatman]

You know, Scat, I have know you a long time (more then 10 minutes) and I am constantly amazed by the things you pull out of said hat I know you LOTOJA'd. I didn't now you endured it twice. I also didn't know you got punted off the road by a car while on your bike and you still walk the miles you do and climb the peaks you do. Awesome. Really.

Here's my life story in a nut shell: Born in Asheville, North Carolina with a hole between the ventricles of my heart. My parents tell me It was referred to back in the day as a "Blue Baby." At two month, I was flown to Houston, Texas to see a heart specialist. After 14 years of bliss in Asheville, my father was transferred to Salt Lake City. It was a bit of a culture shock for me at first, but over time I've kinda grown fond of the place. I attended college at Utah State University and moved back to Salt Lake after I graduated. I was fortunate enough to get a job here in town and will be eligible to retire in less than 3 years. Of course, I did everything a single man would do in his twenties and early thirties. When I was 28, I was returning home from a date when I was T-boned on the corner of West Temple and Second South by a drunk driver, who had stolen the vehicle he was driving, and ran the red light. He drove my vehicle into the concrete sign at the Olive Garden on the southeast corner of the intersection. I woke up at the U of U hospital in a CAT Scan machine thinking, "What the Hell!" I recovered from that, and then of course got into the bicycle accident in Montana four years later. I then met my wife, rode a couple LOTOJAs, raised a couple kids (not a very good job of it I'm afraid) and Voila here I am. I had one other near death experience and that was running into the grizzly bear face to face on the North Fork of the Yellowstone a few years back. Unless of course I get to count the chute you brought me down off of Hayden Peak. I'm still trying to process whether that counts as one of my nine lives. If so, I only have four more to go. The End. Love ya man.

You are no longer allowed to ask me any questions!

Oh, I forgot, here is a tribute to your recently shaved head.

 

[scatman]

I don't think The Stinger looks that bad...

Honey Stinger Waffles are great! Feel a bit like Tony the Tiger.

 

[Rockskipper]

now I wanna shave my head, but I need a Scatman Hat to wear so it doesn't get cold. And Scatster, you definitely have used up a few of your lives.

 

[tflaris]

What's your system for attaching the umbrella? Do you find it works well?

Yes. I found these clips online.

Plus a small length of 3/16 bungie and a squeeze type line lock


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[tflaris]

Yes. I found these clips online.

Plus a small length of 3/16 bungie and a squeeze type line lock


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Better pic



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[blueeyes]

A kit? A kilt? And why wouldn't women love to wear the kilt? You can see all of us manly men doing it too. Well, at least the ones with good legs. Namely, the Scat. I wonder what the Scottish tradition says abou this.

Ha! This made me laugh. One of my hiking partners wears a kilt and he has the legs for it.

Honestly don't know how you guys deal with the thigh rub.

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[Artemus]

now I wanna shave my head, but I need a Scatman Hat to wear so it doesn't get cold. And Scatster, you definitely have used up a few of your lives.

Pictures please....

 

[slc_dan]

Ha! This made me laugh. One of my hiking partners wears a kilt and he has the legs for it.

Honestly don't know how you guys deal with the thigh rub.

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I've always wanted to "rock the kilt," But societal norms have me calling what it actually is, a skirt. I don't think I could do it. Beyond that my heritage-extremely English weren't kind to the Scottish, so wearing a kilt doesn't feel right for those reasons.

Damn they look comfy though.

 

[tflaris]

Ha! This made me laugh. One of my hiking partners wears a kilt and he has the legs for it.

Honestly don't know how you guys deal with the thigh rub.

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Kilts Rock. Loved wearing mine on the AT.


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[scatman]

Ha! This made me laugh. One of my hiking partners wears a kilt and he has the legs for it.

Honestly don't know how you guys deal with the thigh rub.

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Great shot @blueeyes !

I've never had a problem with thigh rub, maybe it's due to my chicken legs.

 

[scatman]

I've always wanted to "rock the kilt," But societal norms have me calling what it actually is, a skirt. I don't think I could do it. Beyond that my heritage-extremely English weren't kind to the Scottish, so wearing a kilt doesn't feel right for those reasons.

Damn they look comfy though.

Don't let the English excuse keep you away. Let common sense take hold - comfortable, extended range of motion and cool on hot days.

 

[tflaris]

Don't let the English excuse keep you away. Let common sense take hold - comfortable, extended range of motion and cool on hot days.

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[tflaris]

Don't let the English excuse keep you away. Let common sense take hold - comfortable, extended range of motion and cool on hot days.

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[scatman]

now I wanna shave my head, but I need a Scatman Hat to wear so it doesn't get cold. And Scatster, you definitely have used up a few of your lives.

I've been lucky that's for sure. The caps don't offer much in the warmth department, but wear one anyway.

 

[scatman]

Nice shot @tflaris !