[pct-l] Pooh Corner

[Trainman-1]

I'm sorry, was this a RAP SONG or am I just too old to get it.
Trainman
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From: JOHN F PATTERSON
Date: 7/26/2008 6:59:52 PM
To: PCT ' list ' - website
Subject: [pct-l] Pooh Corner
 
I grounded , not unlike a marooned fish - at Pooh Corner in mid June ( me at
three score and ten . . . )
I had hiked as far as S Lake Tahoe ( from the Mex border ) in 2004 and had
thought to pick up
from where I had left off : flew from Connecticut , my home , to commence
this the ' latest ' installment of my adventures .
I had first gone to Portland hoping to do a section across the ' face ' of
Mt Hood . Snow - lots of it . I flew to Reno and cast about for ( PCT ) help
; Bill ( and Molly , Person
: Pooh Corner personified ) responded to my call via the PCT ' list '  even
though their ' season ' had not really begun .
They ( Bill , as to my ' kit ' ) TOOK CHARGE ! Out went all the heavy items 
 all the excess . " One light " , he points out as we disgarded that extra '
little ' flashlight
my brother had given me and soon many / much more . Not only that , but Bill
loaned me ( even ) his own gear - to include a back pack
( Go Lite ) and much other essential equipment .
So what ? Sooo , really , E V E R Y T H I N G ( !! ) as without that fresh
knowledge as to hiking , ' lite ' and having
someone lay it on the line with me , say clearly , " No , you ' t need that 
 I think  " . . . someone like Bill who eventually leaves it up to you but
presents such
overwhelming evidence as to his ( the best . . . ) case , that it is then
easy to get it , right .
We tried me out with my ' new ' gear along the old trail of the
Transcontinental RR - snow tunnels and all . Then Bill dropped me near
Donner Pass and I headed
south for a few days on the PCT . It was , of course , just right and
despite other problems , unrelated . . . which he / they also sorted through
with
me , all this ' prep ' put me in great shape to hike the , Sierra , ' High
Camps ' with family  the following week .
Thank you , Bill . Thank you , Molly  .
Rafter Jack
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