[pct-l] Boiled "Jack Daniels" Hiker Menu

Sat Nov 14 01:57:29 CST 2009

This is good to know......Perhaps we should substitute Jim Beam for  
Jack Daniels for breakfast and save the Jack Daniels for dinner.
Yes, Taboos is a long haul and steep drop to nowhere.....I had to bail 
out via Taboos couple years ago.
However, I got a ride just like that......a good looking girl came to a 
screeching halt and gave me a ride to Lone Pine.

It pays to be good looking.....I guess that is why Switchback does not 
hitch-hike

JMT Reinhold
The most handsome guide of the Sierra
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Stephen Adams wrote:
> I just tried that on my Cartridge Creek ramble a couple weeks back and 
> was inflicted with the worst case of hiccups I have ever known.  So 
> the morning after crossing Taboose Pass I swore I would never have 
> boiled Jack for breakfast again !
>
> Side note:  And what Is it with Taboose Pass?  Four times in a row 
> now, When heading up to Taboose Pass I have met JMT hikers bailing out 
> at probably one of the worst trail heads to do so.  Granted the SIerra 
> Shuttle has their number and an add on the backcountry signboard, but 
> one would have to have the dreaded cell phone and charged battery.  
> You will also have to hike until you get reception etc...
> This last couple bailed because of two inches of snow.  It was freakin 
> cold though.  But I gave them a great weather report and tried to 
> convince them to hike two more passes  and bail at Onion Valley.  
> Nope, they, and everyone else I have met who is bailing is pretty much 
> done so they think.  Then you get to the trailhead and discover it is 
> a long lonesome walk to the highway which is now divided and not hitch 
> friendly.  At least Onion is very busy and lots of ride possibilities 
> down to Independence.
> On Nov 13, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Reinhold Metzger wrote:
>
>> Boil water???.....No way Stephen.....I have forgotten how to boil 
>> water long ago.
>> If we have to boil water, the price goes way up.
>> For $500 per day we will feed them  "Meals Ready To Eat"......if  
>> it's good enough for the Marines......it should be good enough for 
>> hiker trash.
>> Say,.....I just thought of something.......if we boil the  "Jack 
>> Daniels"  instead of boiling the water, we could have hot  "Jack 
>> Daniels"  in the morning and hot  "Jack Daniels"  in the evening.
>> With a menu like that  we  would corner the   "Guided  Trekking  
>> Market"   and get premium rates on top.
>>
>> JMT Reinhold
>> The  "Jack Daniels" chef
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>>
>> Stephen wrote:
>> This is a really good idea! Though the requirements for being the 
>> temple scribe will be in part, at least for a couple weeks, painful. 
>> We'll have to get confirmation regarding Reinhold, but I am quite 
>> confident that with a little Jack Daniels and my little "Classic" 
>> Reinhold and myself should be able to perform the necessary procedure.
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>> Switchback wrote:.....Yes, I am going to set the most supported PCT 
>> record. This is my  goal. But I would be glad to on the staff. I will 
>> be the official  chronicler and diarist. I will be the keeper of the 
>> parchment and quill. Later I will make big bucks on a book.
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>>
>>
>> Stephen  wrote:..........Oh, of course. I should have known this. But 
>> it appears we may have lost Switchback to his impulse to make a super 
>> supported thru hike complete with soft chair and weight gain program. 
>> So if we can't  entice him to join our highly experienced staff I can 
>> probably figure out how to boil water.  
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>>
>> Reinhold wrote:
>> Yes,.....I agree.....I think we should only accept good looking hiker 
>> babes.
>> I don't  feel like babysitting homely looking dudes.
>> I don't know about you, but I like them with long shapely  
>> legs.....that is strictly from a hiking point of view of course.  It 
>> has been my experience that hiker babes with long shapely legs  make 
>> far better hiking companions....aaahhh.....I mean better hikers.
>>
>> JMT Reinhold
>> Your shapely legs loving trail companion
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>>
>>
>>  Stephen Adams wrote:
>> I'm in. And since we have reasonable time to correspond regarding // 
>> pricing, perhaps the first thing we should consider is client  criteria.
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>>
>> Reinhold wrote:
>> This is Great News!!!......since Andy will not be guiding the "High 
>> High Sierra Route Trek" perhaps Stephen and I can be the guides.
>> Stephen and I have been criss-crossing the Sierra for many years  and 
>> off hand I can not think of anybody that knows the Sierra better than 
>> Stephen and I and since Stephen and I are "far" better looking than 
>> Andy, we could demand a premium rate.....perhaps as high as $500/day.
>> Hiker babes will not blink an eye to be guided through the Sierra by 
>> handsome guides like Stephen and I.
>> Perhaps we hire Switchback to be the cook.
>> Yes, I can see the headlines already.......for a once in a lifetime 
>> experience......."Experience the High Sierra" with Switchback,  JMT 
>> Reinhold and Stephen.
>> I bet the phone will ring of the hook and we will be backlogged  for 
>> a year or two.
>>
>> JMT Reinhold
>> The most handsome guide of the Sierra
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>> Marcia wrote:
>> If Skurka is guiding the Sierra High Route it's not going to be next 
>> year as he is doing this: http://andrewskurka.com/AK10/index.php From 
>> my November Adventure Mag Issue, page 54:  Thru-hike the Sierra with 
>> Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides and Andrew Skurka, on the 195 mile 
>> Sierra High Route. Price: $6,495, Length 26 days  (or $250 per day 
>> for 7.5 miles per day). Limit 6 hikers. Steve  Roper, the SHR "route 
>> founder" says in his guide intro that he really considered pros and 
>> cons before he wrote his guide; he wanted the High Route to remain 
>> pristine. I hope a party of// eight  hikers camping every 7.5 miles, 
>> on average, treads // lightly. /
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