I have been spending some time on a hammock forum called, oddly enough, Hammock Forum. It's very much like ours, only dedicated to hammock camping, backpacking, etc.
Much like our Ride Reports, they have Trip Reports where folks post up about backpacking or camping trips they've been on. A member posted his video of a trip he did to the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area in Montana recently. Wilderness Areas are managed by the Forest Service and are federal lands designated by Congress as a place where "earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain" (Wilderness Act of 1964). Congressionally designated wilderness areas are managed as places where natural biological processes are allowed to occur unhindered by human interference. These wilderness areas are located within our National Forests but unlike a NF or National Park, it can't be catered to or developed for tourism.
In '77, my dad, two brothers & the older brother's friend, Bob, drove from AL to Montana to backpack in the "Bob". I replied to the guy's thread, that they had been to the Bob & that I was not able to go & doing a trip there one day has been on my bucket list ever since. Later on, another member replied to the thread who commented he had grown up in AL & had gone on a trip to the Bob in the mid-70's & posted a few pics from his trip. When I read his post, I couldn't help but wonder if this guy could be my younger brother's friend. The last pic he posted, showed his backpack which looked a lot like the one in a group photo taken on my dad's trip I've had hanging in my home office ever since he passed away. After studying both pics & convincing myself the packs were the same, I decided to PM the guy & it turns out it was/is my younger brother's buddy Bob who went on that trip! During that time he had worked at the company my dad ran when we lived in AL & had some very kind words about him & who considered him a mentor at that point in his career and how that particular backpacking trip was a life changing experience. Amazing.
He was kind enough to send me some pictures from that trip of my dad & brothers that neither my brother or I had ever seen before. Here are the two photos where I made the connection.
This is the picture from his post...
And the photo I have had hanging in my home office & my dad had in his, until he passed in 2005. L-R is my baby brother Todd (RIP), Bob, my dad & younger brother, Doug. It was Bob's yellow pack I noticed in the photo he posted that's in the pic above.
It really is a small world after all!
Much like our Ride Reports, they have Trip Reports where folks post up about backpacking or camping trips they've been on. A member posted his video of a trip he did to the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area in Montana recently. Wilderness Areas are managed by the Forest Service and are federal lands designated by Congress as a place where "earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain" (Wilderness Act of 1964). Congressionally designated wilderness areas are managed as places where natural biological processes are allowed to occur unhindered by human interference. These wilderness areas are located within our National Forests but unlike a NF or National Park, it can't be catered to or developed for tourism.
In '77, my dad, two brothers & the older brother's friend, Bob, drove from AL to Montana to backpack in the "Bob". I replied to the guy's thread, that they had been to the Bob & that I was not able to go & doing a trip there one day has been on my bucket list ever since. Later on, another member replied to the thread who commented he had grown up in AL & had gone on a trip to the Bob in the mid-70's & posted a few pics from his trip. When I read his post, I couldn't help but wonder if this guy could be my younger brother's friend. The last pic he posted, showed his backpack which looked a lot like the one in a group photo taken on my dad's trip I've had hanging in my home office ever since he passed away. After studying both pics & convincing myself the packs were the same, I decided to PM the guy & it turns out it was/is my younger brother's buddy Bob who went on that trip! During that time he had worked at the company my dad ran when we lived in AL & had some very kind words about him & who considered him a mentor at that point in his career and how that particular backpacking trip was a life changing experience. Amazing.
He was kind enough to send me some pictures from that trip of my dad & brothers that neither my brother or I had ever seen before. Here are the two photos where I made the connection.
This is the picture from his post...
And the photo I have had hanging in my home office & my dad had in his, until he passed in 2005. L-R is my baby brother Todd (RIP), Bob, my dad & younger brother, Doug. It was Bob's yellow pack I noticed in the photo he posted that's in the pic above.
It really is a small world after all!
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