Test-1-2. We Live? Good.
This site is a test of our emergency alert systems. Twitter or X is shooting off sparks and seemingly headed to ruin. Instagram shows more ads than posts and only wants reels and ‘marketable content’. As our tech overlords get worse and make that harder, I don’t want to loose my stories. Let’s save the stories, eh? We will collect them here.
“Luckily for us, we’d been hiking with a local and section hiker, who we dubbed “Type 2,” since she seemed to be enjoying Southern Maine”
— https://thetrek.co/author/mary-leavines/
The Fun Scale
Type 2 fun is a well-known concept in outdoorsy circles, but not universally. The REI Blog does a good job summarizing the concept of the fun scale: “Everybody likes fun. And fun, like anything, can be nuanced; not all fun is created equal….Fun, it turns out, is quantifiable.”
Type 2 fun is miserable while it’s happening, but fun in retrospect. Part of why I adventure solo is that…most people would not consider what I do to be fun. They’d be fucking miserable, in fact. My loved ones may find me to be a bit unhinged, but they also enjoy the stories!
The Appalachian Trail Glossary defines a trail name as a special nickname adopted by long-distance backpackers, which has become a tradition on the AT and many other trails. I received the trail name TypeTwo from a group of AT thru hikers–they were suffering through the challenging terrain of Maine’s Mahoosucs, in cold, wet, sleeting conditions, and assessed that I was enjoying myself far more than conditions afforded.
The TypeTwoFun Club 