{"id":2003,"date":"2008-07-02T06:11:02","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T14:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2008-07-02T06:12:46","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T14:12:46","slug":"dan-whites-backcountry-donts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/07\/02\/dan-whites-backcountry-donts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan White&#8217;s backcountry don&#8217;ts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I keep blogging about Dan White, hoping some of his writing skills will rub off, but anyway, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/tag\/cactus-eaters\/\">Mr. Cactus Eater<\/a> shows some promise as an outdoor blogger with a <a href=\"http:\/\/cactuseaters.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/backcountry-donts-list-of-common.html\">list of things not to do on a backpacking trip.<\/a> Highlights: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<li>NEVER attempt to brush your teeth in total darkness. Preparation H does not fight gum recession. And it tastes fishy. <\/li>\n<li>NEVER camp at a suspiciously beautiful, yet strangely empty, lakeside campsite. It is probably empty for very good reasons (think \u201cflood plain,\u2019\u2019 \u201cpoisoned water\u2019\u2019 and \u201cspaniel-sized mosquitoes.\u2019\u2019)<\/li>\n<li>NEVER cut the handles off the toothbrush \u201cto save pack weight.\u2019\u2019 Toothbrushes weigh less than an ounce \u2013 and if you try to brush your teeth with the head of a toothbrush, it will fall down your throat and lodge in your trachea, and you will die.  <\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Once Dan discovers the boundless profit potential of outdoor blogging he&#8217;ll return to his writing career post haste, I expect. <\/p>\n<p>Your &#8220;outdoor never do&#8217;s&#8221; are welcome. I would add: Never try to read a map while you&#8217;re standing in a flowing stream and about to fall into it.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I keep blogging about Dan White, hoping some of his writing skills will rub off, but anyway, Mr. Cactus Eater shows some promise as an outdoor blogger with a list of things not to do on a backpacking trip. Highlights:&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/07\/02\/dan-whites-backcountry-donts\/\">Read the whole thing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[67],"tags":[305],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}