[pct-l] Pct-l Digest, Vol 8, Issue 43

Thu Aug 21 13:33:04 CDT 2008

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Today's Topics:

   1. Massage Magic (hiker97 at aol.com)
   2. Scott and Joe? (jwhahn at netzero.com)
   3. Re: Scott & Joe update (Joanne Lennox)
   4. PCT Hikers to the Resuce (Postholer)
   5. ALDHA-West Gathering (Tortoise)
   6. Re: ALDHA-West Gathering (dicentra)
   7. Re: ALDHA-West Gathering (jeff.singewald at comcast.net)
   8. Re: ALDHA-West Gathering (Ryan Christensen)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:41:58 -0400
From: hiker97 at aol.com
Subject: [pct-l] Massage Magic
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Cc: carolwbruno at yahoo.com
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I went down to my pedicure gal and had a foot and leg massage the other day.
I have had a bad right foot for a long time and limp when I walk.  Well,
she worked on the right foot and now I am great.  What magic she did.
Unbelievable.  Amazing.  She is an Asian healer.  No pain.  No soreness.

I am now in training for my 2012 PCT Thru Hike.  By the way, Stinker
the PCT Trail Skunk now has a buddy.  There are two of them.  Also,
I am thinking of hiking in Lyle Canyon Yosemite in October if the road
is still open up there.  

Cheers, Switchback the Trail Pirate

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:11:23 GMT
From: "jwhahn at netzero.com" <jwhahn at netzero.com>
Subject: [pct-l] Scott and Joe?
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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Did Scott and Joe make Manning on 8/18?
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:02:38 -0700
From: "Joanne Lennox" <goforth at cio.net>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Scott & Joe update
To: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>,
	<pct-l at backcountry.net>
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Actually, I have been finding all this Joe and Scott thing from you 
Rheinhold to a little over the top.

When I posted about Monstro ( Adam ), you were all in a panic that somebody 
that did not announce his intentions was somehow possibly going to upstage 
your buddies.

I admire speed and endurance, I do not admire the constant trumpeting of 
their attempt that has occurred over the previous months.

All the publicity and the trumpeting and the very public announcements of 
this attempt has put it in the public forum, and as such is open to 
criticism.  To tell detractors to "take a hike" does Scott and Joe a 
disservice.

Let them speak for themselves, rather than trying to share the spotlight 
with them.  Maybe you should be out hiking yourself.  Have you ever done a 
thruhike??

..
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 5:27 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Scott & Joe update

> Tortoise,
> Compadre, good buddy, my friend....I'm proud of you....''YOU HAVE SEEN THE 
> LIGHT''....you are
> finally accepting that it is ''THEIR'' hike and nobody else's hike.
> As such it is also nobody's business how they hike their hike or to 
> criticize their hike.
> And that my friend, has been the core of this argument from the beginning.
>
> Take my advice Tortoise....the horse is dead....stop beating it.
>
> Better yet, take a hike and I promise you, I will not criticize your hike 
> no matter how much I
> disagree with your hiking style.
> After all, it is your hike and it is not up to me to be a self appointed 
> judge or critic of
> your hike.
>
> Reinhold
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> why are you going ballistic?
> It is Joe & Scott's hike, not yours.
> It is their record not yours.
>
> and if you can't stand that all of us don't agree with you that is your
> problem.
>
> so stop beating this "dead horse" and stop digging up old "dead horses".
> You too Jeff.
>
>
> And if Joe & Scott's record is such a big deal, why aren't/weren't you
> there for a ceremony at the finish line?
>
>
> Tortoise
>
> <> He who finishes last, wins! <>
>
>
>
> Reinhold Metzger wrote:
>>/ That's right Jeff,
> />/ Tortoise will get that record for sure....he is really good at beating
> />/ dead horses....he has lot's of experience.
> />/ He is a master at it.
> />/
> />/ JMT Reinhold
> />/ ----------------------------------------
> />/ Jeff wrote:
> />/ jeff.singewald at comcast.net 
> <http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l> wrote
> />/ Beating a dead horse?  I'm in if there is a record to be attempted on
> />/ this one!  This attempt may even be appropriate for the tortoise(s) we
> />/ have on the list.
> />>/
> />>/
> />>/     -------------- Original message --------------
> />>/     From: "Joseph Anderson" <joedaddy44 at gmail.com 
> <http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l>>
> />>/
> />>/     > Does "Beating a dead horse" mean anything to anyone?
> />>/     > _______________________________________________
> /
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:41:06 -0700
From: "Postholer" <public at postholer.com>
Subject: [pct-l] PCT Hikers to the Resuce
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
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Here's an interesting journal entry of how a few PCT hikers (Flippy, Slider 
and Craig) diverted a tragedy in the making:
http://postholer.com/journal/viewJournal.php?entry_id=5123

-postholer

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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:23:56 -0700
From: Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net>
Subject: [pct-l] ALDHA-West Gathering
To: Pacific Crest Trail List <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Message-ID: <48ACB59C.6050705 at charter.net>
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OK OK,

I've been waiting for one of the stalwarts of ALDHA-West  (or 
W(est)LDHA?) to trumpet the upcoming gathering. So here goes.

Got my gasette a couple of days ago with the gathering announcement and 
registration form. There's more info over on the WLDHA web site  
http://www.aldhawest.org/default.asp.

Erin and Hig McKittrick will share their epic 12-month, 4000 mile (6400 
kilometer) along the west coast from Seattle all the way to the Aleutian 
Islands.  Sounds great.

All you stove braggarts will have a chance to prove your brag with the 
stove race and/or your trail food is better than anyone else.

If others are interested I'll bring my slide projector (Kodak Carousel 
with stack loader) and we can share slides of long ago trips and 
scenery. Let me know. 

Jonathan Ley is presenting a workshop on photographing your epics.

Once again some of us who are long in tooth and silver on top will 
discuss the evolution of long distance backpacking.

I don't know if Switchback will be sailing to there in his pirate sloop.

I've already made my reservation; make your now.

Tortoise

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>

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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:17:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: dicentra <dicentragirl at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] ALDHA-West Gathering
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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I will be there! :) 

I am scheduled to speak and do a presentation on trail food. I'll be doing a couple of no-cook lunches and desserts. 

~Dicentra

http://www.onepanwonders.com
http://www.freewebs.com/dicentra 

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--- On Wed, 8/20/08, Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> wrote:

From: Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net>
Subject: [pct-l] ALDHA-West Gathering
To: "Pacific Crest Trail List" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 5:23 PM