MTV looking for backpackers

MTVbackpackers

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Jul 7, 2004, 7:33:58 PM7/7/04

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MTV's documetary series, True Life, is looking for young people (ages
18-25) who are going backpacking in Europe this summer and would like
their travels filmed for the upcoming episode; True Life: I'm
Backpacking Through Europe.

If you have a trip planned between now and the end of August, and are
a small group of 2-5 people, please email us your info. Please include
your name, age, location, itinerary, and also a little about yourself
and your travel partner(s). Let us know why yours would be the most
interesting trip to follow.

please give as much detail as possible, and send pics if you got 'em!
thanks.

send castings to backp...@mtvstaff.com

Bruce W.1

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Jul 7, 2004, 11:10:33 PM7/7/04

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Wrong newsgroup. Use rec.travel.budget.backpack

If you guys ever decide to go on long hikes in the woods then please
stop back.

John S. Watson

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Jul 8, 2004, 12:14:30 PM7/8/04

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sc...@modpod.com (MTVbackpackers) wrote in message news:<95380517.0407...@posting.google.com>...

> MTV's documetary series, True Life, is looking for young people (ages
> 18-25) who are going backpacking in Europe this summer and would like
> their travels filmed for the upcoming episode; True Life: I'm
> Backpacking Through Europe.

Does "young at heart" count? :-)

Obviously only clueless and ignorant counts,
since they don't have the sense to figure out
that rec.backcounty is for backpacking in the great outdoors.

JW

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Jul 9, 2004, 11:32:14 AM7/9/04

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Does the MTV age-group go outdoors that much anymore?
Leave their precious cell phones, video games, and web browsers?
When I'm hiking with the Sierra Club, it seems to be
mostly geezers (over 40s). Ditto many other sports groups.

Gary S.

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Jul 9, 2004, 11:58:04 AM7/9/04

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I've seen similar with other outdoors groups, with a trend towards an
older demographic.

Younger people do try these activities, but do not seem to get as
involved with them, and certainly not with organizations, as was
formerly the case.

Some of it could be the wider variety of other activities, some of it
could be attention span. Not sure.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

r5

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Jul 10, 2004, 2:14:19 AM7/10/04

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sc...@modpod.com (MTVbackpackers) wrote:
> MTV's documetary series, True Life, is looking for young people (ages

> send castings to backp...@mtvstaff.com

I wonder if this was a scam. The domain name mtvstaff.com
appears to have been disabled.

Geoff Jennings

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Jul 11, 2004, 11:48:41 PM7/11/04

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> When I'm hiking with the Sierra Club, it seems to be
> mostly geezers (over 40s). Ditto many other sports groups.

Stop hiking with the Sierra Club. Visit a bouldering area. Look into
your local college's Outdoor Club.

You'll see plenty of folks under 40. Enjoying the outdoors.

Geoff <- 28, and hasn't owned a video game machine since my Atari and
Frogger.

Andy Gale

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Jul 19, 2004, 4:23:47 PM7/19/04

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Judas! Just back from out of town. Of course you only see geezers when
hiking with the sierra club. They are all fat geezers. What does that
say about you? There are plenty of young kids outdoors. They just
aren't bored enough to bother going hiking with the sierra club.

Andy