By a know-it-all hiker? You know, verbally assaulted because you:
a) Had too much gear?
b) Had too little gear?
c) Had the wrong gear?
d) Didn't have snowshoes?
e) Had a dog?
f) Hiked too fast or slow?
You know...some sanctimonious piehole who feels there's only one way to walk in the woods? There's a few on here, just wondering if anybody ever took an earful from someone. Makes me think about the gun thread (!)
I'll start. My first backcountry ski trip was into the Gulf of Slides. Wrong skis, and couldn't get up with just wax and a full pack. I got a talking to from some skiers coming down. BUT, in this instance, they were right. I realized after how badly I was chewing up the trail, as much as I tried to stay to the sides.
a) Had too much gear?
b) Had too little gear?
c) Had the wrong gear?
d) Didn't have snowshoes?
e) Had a dog?
f) Hiked too fast or slow?
You know...some sanctimonious piehole who feels there's only one way to walk in the woods? There's a few on here, just wondering if anybody ever took an earful from someone. Makes me think about the gun thread (!)
I'll start. My first backcountry ski trip was into the Gulf of Slides. Wrong skis, and couldn't get up with just wax and a full pack. I got a talking to from some skiers coming down. BUT, in this instance, they were right. I realized after how badly I was chewing up the trail, as much as I tried to stay to the sides.
...Well this guy spent a good part of the lecture berating me (as an example) on my choice of clothing for the outing. Now when you're 9 in a situation like this you can either fold up and shut down or spend the rest of the day out-skiing the instructor, which is how I handled it. I can't say I out-skied him, but I certainly wasn't undone by him either. 
