Tip top tip, twat
A couple of years ago a pal and I hiked up Slioch. As is traditional on the hills, we greeted other walkers. And they nodded, or grunted, back. (This is Scotland. We don't go in for air kisses and "Right?" is as effusive as it gets.)

But there were a couple of lads who really pissed us all off. They were wearing very new, very expensive and very tight gear, they blanked every walker who spoke to them.

When we bumped into them a second time and again tried to be sociable. Nothing.

The third time we bumped into them (as we came off a fine ridge) we stepped into their way, waved and loudly said: "Hello". They brushed past us without a word.

That was a pity. We wanted to tell them that, while they'd tapped the nearby trig point with their oh-so-shiny walking poles, the actual summit was on a different top a wee bit further on. One they'd missed.

Now, some walkers walk for the joy of it and aren't autistic about touching the very highest point. But these jerks were clearly not in that category.

Their own ignorant behaviour was their undoing. The victory was minor (one metre out of 981) but it kept us in good spirits until we got to the pub and got hammered - another key part of being in the hills.
( calgacus Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 18:17, 3 replies)

pity they didn't log it on the gps for later reference, that would've been nice.
i've had a few of similar experiences over the years with empty-hearted munroe baggers and the like.
they really are missing the point, at least the point that matters to me!
i guess there's guys and gals all over the interweb tonight complaining about slow-moving fuckers getting in the way!
;)
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 12 Feb 2011, 21:12, closed)

Um, if 1) they don't notice, 2) you can't be sure they care
and most importantly you don't get to 3) gloat all over them...

...is it really a victory at all?
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Sun 13 Feb 2011, 11:47, closed)

Oh they cared
And if you're the kind of antisocial twunt who does not communicate on hills then you're the kind of twunt who does not communicate things like: "Seen that bad weather coming in?", "Watch that slope there, it looks like it's going to avalanche," and "Hey, you're limping. Need a hand?"

So being a tool does give the rest of us the right to laugh at you.
( calgacus Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae, Sun 13 Feb 2011, 20:23, closed)