Trail names usually come from the trail. They should be organic and spontaneous. I took my son out for a hike with a friend of mine who eats nasty, past-their-expiration MREs. I said to my friend, "How do you eat that crap that has far exceeded its shelf life?"

My son said, "What is shelf life?" And a trail name was born - my son's trail name is Shelf Life. It's a great trail name, shared by one of Zippy the Pinhead's best friends.

http://www.zippythepinhead.com/pages...tml#shelf-life

My friend's trail name (selected by me) is KYBob. He couldn't for the life of him figure out how to milk the bury on a whoopie sling - until he tried KY Jelly to make it more slippery. He is now KYBob.