[pct-l] Wilderness Regulations

[Tortoise]

Reinhold,

time for you to get a new dictionary or else go check out Wikipedia.

panniers are cargo toting containers which go on the sides of pack 
stock, usually in pairs with one on each side. They can be made out of 
various materials such as aluminum or wicker. so forget about wearing 
your miniskirt (or mini kilt).

Happy trails.

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Tortoise

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Reinhold Metzger wrote:
> Having followed the recent bear canister tread with great amusement and
> since much of my backpacking is in the Sierra, a hot bed for bear activity,
> I decided to review  the latest ever changing wilderness regulations
> pertaining to proper bear precaution in the Sierra National Forest.
> 
> ''SIERRA NATIONAL FORREST WILDERNESS REGULATIONS:
> Proper food storage is required to avoid having wildlife and bears eat your
> food.
> Use bear canisters, bear resistant panniers, or the ''bear hang''
> method''.........
> 
> Hhhhmmm.......are they serious?......do they really want us to hang the bear
> to protect the food?.....do you hang him by the neck or upside
> down?......what if he does not co-operate?
> 
> ''Bear resistant panniers'' ......Hhhhmmm.....what is that?......never heard
> that one before.
> I open my trusted ''Websters'' pocket dictionary and to my surprise, no
> listing for ''pannier''.
> Surely my  5lb  ''American Heritage College Edition Dictionary'' of the
> English Language will
> have a definition for the word ''pannier''.
> 
> Aaaahhhaaa!!!.......here it is....''.PANNIER''......1. A Large wicker
> basket, one of a pair of baskets carried on either side of a pack animal or
> on a persons back.   2.  A framework of wire, bone or other material
> formerly used to expand a woman's skirt at the hips.  3. A skirt or
> overskirt puffed out at the hips.
> 
> Hhhhmmmm......I'm not sure I understand this.....does that mean we could
> just carry our food
> under a skirts and forget the canister?
> Hhhhmmm,....canister  vs  skirt....not a bad idea.....mini skirts are much
> lighter than canisters, also much handier, no more dropping off pants just
> flip up the skirt and you are ready to go.
> 
> What do you guys think, are you ready for skirts?
> 
> JMT Reinhold
> Your skirt loving trail companion
> 
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