[pct-l] Trail Names

[herbstroh at charter.net]

I tried to name myself "look-at-the-unit-on-that-guy", but alas, it didn't
stand up...

Original Message:
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From: Scott Williams baidarker at gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:04:04 -0800
To: diane at santabarbarahikes.com, pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trail Names


Trail names last summer were a lot of fun on trail.  They had stories and
had been given by others, or had simply been picked by the hiker because he
or she thought they were cool.  Some had been used before, and were even
being used that year on the AT, but it didn't matter a bit, and folks
changed  them at will.  The stories were great.  Amoeba, who told me "just
watch me on the trail"; Cliff Hanger, whose naming incident could have
killed her; Johnny Law, who carried a tin badge on his pack; Missing Link,
who looked the part, or maybe just one of those singing Canadian
lumberjacks;  Bump, who when being "helped", was dragged off her feet
crossing a swollen Sierra river and hit a rock so hard her whole face turned
black and blue; Red Head, the top of whose head was not red, and I can't
tell the whole story in mixed company, but it has to do with chaffing in
unmentionable places; Smiles, who really did smile that much; Psycho, who
threatened to cut up his hiking partners and dry them for jerky; Apricots,
who looked the part to a T; Mango who said it was based on a Jimmy Buffet
song, but we all knew it had to do with his bright mango colored pack cover,
(he looked like a giant walking mango in the near white out snow we
encountered on the San Felipe Ridge, and we were craving fruit by that
time); The Professor, with whom I had the deepest philosophical discussions;
Plain Slice, the way you order pizza if you're a New Yorker, and who was
named when he found out you couldn't buy just a single slice of pizza in
Idyllwild CA; Little Engine, who really was the little engine that could;
Jack Ass, who told me he wasn't as nice off trail as he was on; Molasses who
became Cheetah, first named last thru hike attempt, but who became much
faster on this one; and Mike who refused all trail names, and none stuck
because of this, but who was named and renamed, over and over by his hiking
compadres, Theloneus Mike when he sang, Cisty Mike when he thought he had
giardia, and lots of others,  and yours truly, Shroomer named by the driver
while on the way to Campo for my love of mushrooming, and the outrageous
stories I was telling, all true I might add.

And the list goes on, and it was tons of fun.  There were no rules, and
nobody forcing anything on anyone, except some good humored teasing .  It's
all part of the wonderful camaraderie of the trail, and Paul, oops I mean
Outpost, if you're still using it, I did get the humor in your original
post.  Keep it up you young rascal.

Shroomer
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