[pct-l] Chaos On The PCT

[Paul Robison]

There are places you cannot hang a hammock....

 ... But if you want to just cowboy camp those sections you can bring a hammock instead of a tent

Sent from my iPod

On 2011-03-02, at 1:56 AM, Kevin Cook <hikelite at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I choose NOT to sleep on the floor can I still be a thru hiker this year
> (I'm a hammocker after all and we don't do "the ground" if at all possible)?
> LOL
> 
> Loved this post too!
> 
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Melanie Clarke <melaniekclarke at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> I enjoyed this as well!  I've enjoyed the comedy and amused by the
>> personalities on the PCT-L.
>> 
>> This is my first Kick Off.  How rowdy do these things get?  I mean, this
>> will be a classier event than Burning Man right?  I've never been to
>> Burning
>> Man but my neighbor has and I hear the stories...
>> 
>> Melanie
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Tow, Doug <DTow at americanriverbank.com
>>> wrote:
>> 
>>> PCT PARTICIPANT PANIC OFFICIALLY SETS IN
>>> 
>>> Western United States - With the arrival of March, the low fever of a
>>> few has developed into a full-blown panic of hundreds, as hikers
>>> anticipate and prepare for their Pacific Crest Trail departure.  Rumors
>>> abound of grown men and women sleeping on the floor, walking in the
>>> freezing rain, and packing and repacking their gear.
>>> 
>>> Homeland security has gone to alert Orange in response to email chatter
>>> about "resupply buckets," "bounce boxes," and, most alarming of all, the
>>> best way to "protect my pack" at airport check-in.  In an attempt not to
>>> alert authorities, suspects are advising their adherents to avoid flying
>>> with Bic lighters, hexamine tablets, and isobutane.  There appears to be
>>> an indecipherable code in use nicknamed
>>> ADZPCTKOMYGODMYPACKCANTWEIGHSEVENTEENFRIGGINPOUNDSOMGOMGOMG.
>>> 
>>> Paranormal activity is on the rise as well.  Incredible stories of
>>> "angels" and "beautiful oases in the desert" and feet spontaneously
>>> growing as much as 2 1/2 sizes are rampant.
>>> 
>>> "I don't know what's going on," commented San Diego grocery store owner
>>> Sal Fishburn, "but I got these wild-eyed people asking how long my
>>> tortillas stay fresh.  How should I know?  Don't folks just buy them and
>>> eat them?  Then, those loonies see how many of them they can stuff in
>>> this big blue plastic keg thingie.  Geez!"
>>> 
>>> Shroomer, Steel-Eye, and Halfmile, whose real names are being withheld
>>> pending notification of next of kin, have made valiant attempts to calm
>>> raw nerves, to no avail.
>>> 
>>> byline Doug Tow
>>> 
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