[pct-l] PCT Rituals

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I carried cards, too. I printed them up from business card paper you  
can get in any office supply store. I simply put my name, phone and  
email address. I put my trail name, too, so the person who I gave it  
to would know it was me, but I also put my real name on it. This  
turned out to be pretty useful because I gave one to someone out on  
the trail. It was raining and we were both pretty miserable. We  
wanted to get a room at Snoqualmie Pass. I told him I'd get the room  
and tell the lady at the desk if a man came asking for me, that it  
would be okay to contact me. By him having my real name, it meant he  
didn't have to ask the lady at the front desk for "Piper."

Nowadays I carry small paper cards that have web addresses for  
various lightweight gear companies. If someone out on the trail asks  
me about my lightweight gear, I can hand them a card.
Diane

On Mar 4, 2011, at 11:00 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> I know you're kidding Switchback, but I'm actually going to carry  
> just such a card. Actually I decided to print them on regular paper  
> to male them lighter.
>
> Since it's come up, what would you all recommend putting on said  
> "card"?
>
> I don't have an official trail name yet. My journal uses Hayduke,  
> so fellow postholer journalers have been calling me that. I'm not  
> sure what to put-on the card. I was thinking I would put the  
> address of the journal and my "realife" name. Anything else others  
> would recommend?