What's that thingy you got there?

[ipoach]

Fuck you! Why the fuck do you think you have the right to ask what I am carrying on my back?

Just because we are both outdoors does not consider us both "Outdoorsmen" making us friendly to one another and giving me reason to stop and explain to you what this bed looking thing on my back is.

I don't walk up to you and ask why you are wearing those stupid $100 hiking boots on the sidewalk or where you got them.

Fuck off! Im wearing sunglasses and walking briskly past you while not looking at you because i DONT want to talk to you.

Sorry, just been getting this question A LOT lately...

/end rant

[hweight]

Fuck you! Why the fuck do you think you have the right to ask what I am carrying on my back?

Just because we are both outdoors does not consider us both "Outdoorsmen" making us friendly to one another and giving me reason to stop and explain to you what this bed looking thing on my back is.

I don't walk up to you and ask why you are wearing those stupid $100 hiking boots on the sidewalk or where you got them.

Fuck off! Im wearing sunglasses and walking briskly past you while not looking at you because i DONT want to talk to you.

Sorry, just been getting this question A LOT lately...

/end rant

Well, that's not very Texas of you.

[Betty]

First off:
Sounds like you need to climb more and let that frustration out.

Second:
Try making a "Gymnastic Mat for Climbing" sign and attaching to said mattress thingie in a highly-visible spot.

Or put on headphones. They seem to work better when riding the train at night and not wanting "Hey baby, whuts yer name?" guys to come up.

[malachi]

My favorite all time answers:

"It's a portable massage table."
"It's a hang-glider."
"It's an inflatable rock-sled."

[hweight]

"I use it for fucking." [Aim pointed eye and raised eyebrow at wife/husband of the inquirer]

Never had the balls.

[pander]

on the tram in RMNP a guy asked my friend what a pad was and he said "it's a crash pad for rock climbing"

the guy thought about it for a while then turned back around and asks "how high do you bounce?"

i laughed

[RockPharmer]

my mom couldn't figure out how you always manage to land on your back when you fall.

[Lox]

You wear a bed looking thing on your back? Really?

What is it?

[stonefiend]

typically i answer honestly with a 5 minute description of wtf we do, but the easiest way to scare them away is to tell them you use them for homosexual orgies in nature. bring beer and flash a spray bottle of resolve and life as a boulderer will simplify itself unless you live where i do...

[actionhero]

"Wow, you guys must be backpacking FAR!" I get that one from people a lot.