[pct-l] You know your an old hiker if...

[Phil Newhouse]

patti,  I guess you are an old timer.

phil
irvine, ca

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:50 PM, patti kulesz <peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> HEY! I get more excited about the REI catalogue than the one from Victoria
> Secret......
>
> patti
>
> --- On Fri, 1/30/09, herbstroh at charter.net <herbstroh at charter.net> wrote:
> From: herbstroh at charter.net <herbstroh at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] You know your an old hiker if...
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 3:14 PM
>
> You know you are an old hiker if…
>
> You think "alcohol availability" means you are gonna get tanked at the next
> trail town;
>
> The words "pocket rocket" don't mean something that comes in a discreet
> mailer, or a light-weight stove, but instead refers to your bottle of
> Celebrex.
>
> A critical element in campsite selection is a convenient location for the
> morning constitutional.
>
> Your response to "YMMV" is  '? ? ? ?"
>
> You pray that "walker" is always something you are and not something you
> need.
>
> You take Viagra on your hiking trips for the sole purpose of not peeing on
> your shoes.
>
> "Solar energy" means "I'll get up when the sun hits my tent and not a
> minute sooner!"
>
> In a desperate effort to reduce weight on your back you seriously think "is
> food really essential on a 5 day hike? After all, I wanted to lose 10
> pounds anyway!"
>
> The weight and performance of hiking shorts is secondary to the question of
> "do they hide my big fat A?"
>
> Your 10 essentials now include a knee brace, tiger balm, and a cigar.
>
> Other hikers greet you along the trail with "ARE YOU OK???"
>
> You are far more excited at the arrival of the REI catalogue then the
> Victoria's Secret catalogue.
>
> "Thru-hiking" is something you mutter to yourself on the last day of every
> trip as in "I am too old for this! I am thru hiking!"
>
> When you say "hike your own hike" you mean "I can be just as dumb and
> stubborn as you are so let me do it my way in peace"
>
>
>
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