MountainSexual

I came across this term last night on twitter from some one into the outdoors and this whole geocache thing.

It’s described as “Similar to metrosexual but one who lives in the mountains or otherwise pursues the outdoors adventure lifestyle. Kind of a cleaned-up granola, a Woodsy GQ kinda guy with a splash of bohemian.”

That describes me and everyone on the TGO Challenge! Who indeed could deny that after seeing Mr Sloman in his best hotel trousers that he truly is the embodiment of the Challenger mountainsexual? Want further proof of Alan’s  right to this title? With his ever loyal man Friday, they host wine and cheese evenings as they stagger across Scotland looking for adventure and the pure adrenaline rush of getting to a comfy bed and hot shower (ok that was me last year I admit it).

Besides look at the pictures on this page showing off the latest in Challenge fashion sense. Confirmation indeed that we Challengers take how we look very very seriously. Last year the in look was the lime green crocs, and Ronhill trousers that made you look like an outdoors impersonation of Max Wall. The only draw back of the Ronhill look was that unless you had a package that could compete with Linford Christie then the ladies already knew that you had nothing to back the words up.

The definition goes on “Knows that he doesn’t have to look or smell like a dirtbag to enjoy climbing, hiking, cycling, skiing (all forms), snowshoeing, etc.”

Yeah every Challenger knows that. But if you didn’t smell how would people know we were Challengers? That’s part of the fun isn’t it smelling like a dog that has just rolled in some fox poo? Come on ladies admit it, if they could bottle up that distinctive odour of unwashed trail worn man sweat into an after shave you would be buying it for your man right now.

You can read the whole mountainsexual definition by clicking that link I just put on the term.

A big thank you to Duncan for letting me use his photos of me taken on the 2009 TGO Challenge.