Tumped!

[DoctaD]

(My wife says it's not a word)...but that is what finally happened to me this morning. I had the rude experience of falling out of my WB Ridgerunner when I turned from my side to my back and flipped out, landing on my back. Fortunately I was not very high and there were no roots or rocks underneath. ...also, fortunately, the cat who sometimes sleeps underneath was not there to enjoy the experience with me. :-)

Anybody else flip out of a Ridgerunner?

[gunner76]

Anybody else flip out of a Ridgerunner?

My wife will not let me try hers as I am too heavy for it.

[dkurfiss]

Nope, I don't have one but do adhere to the adage "never hang higher than you are willing to fall"

[DoctaD]

Nope, I don't have one but do adhere to the adage "never hang higher than you are willing to fall"

I NOW adhere to that adage, too!

[Thumbs]

Did you have it at 30 degrees? They are easier to fall out when pitched tighter IMO.

[RKP]

Never fallen out but I move slowly just to prevent that from happening. Glad you are ok.

[rcurry]

"Tump"
I've used that word all of my life. My dear husband informed me over 30 years ago that it was not a word. I keep right on using it and still insist that it is a real word, lol. Maybe its a regional thing?

I had to click on this thread just to see the details of being "tumped".
I hope you weren't hurt.

[DoctaD]

rcurry-
I continue to use the word in spite of my wife's scorn. I'm with ya, It just seems to fit better than either dumped or turned over; It is really a contraction of the two, the past tense of being turned over and dumped out...or act of being dumped out of something turned over.
Perhaps it is a southern thing, like "Y'all".

[gmcttr]

It is a word...you're just using it in place of the correct term, "tump over"...

"tump - 1) a small rounded hill or mound; a tumulus. 2) a clump of trees, shrubs, or grass."

"tump over - cause to overturn from an upright or normal position"

Google - tump...

While I haven't tumped over in my WBRR, I do like living on the edge (of a bridge hammock)...

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[redman2006]

Never heard of being tumped, but there is absolutely a tumpline. Used a pack with one on canoe portages at boundry waters when I was a kid in scouts. What a miserable piece of torture chamber gear!