[pct-l] When I Get Old...thruing the PCT in style..."The JMT Reinhold Way"

[Reinhold Metzger]

Big Hummel wrote:
I'm gonna get one of those and re-hike the trail in it! Only 6.2 pounds 
at this point of development.
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Reinhold writes:
Big Hummel, you got this all wrong and backwards.
Older folks should not be adding more weight....they should lighten up.
When I get old I will thru the PCT in style...the "Old Timer" one and 
only way...the "JMT Reinhold way".
I mean we "Old Timers" we earned it...we tamed the trails, when Saber 
Toothed Tigers roamed the trails and the bones of hikers littered the 
trails, so the current crop can hike the trail safely.
Read my below 4/16/2009 post how old folks should thru the trail....THEY 
EARNED IT"!!!
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On 4/16/2009 10:21 PM, Reinhold Metzger wrote:
> Mags, You got it all wrong!!!
> "MY WAY"...."THE JMT REINHOLD WAY" aka "THE CLEOPATRA WAY"....NOT YOUR 
> WAY, is the only way to thru the PCT in style...."ON A FLOAT", carried 
> by four big, sturdy float carriers like Big Hummel,
> AsABat, Elevator and Meadow Ed, and two fan girls, one on each side of 
> the float, preferable good looking hiker babes like L-Rod & Yogi, 
> fanning me with palm fans to keep me cool and keep the flies and 
> mosquitoes away and trumpet blowers leading the way to alert the 
> "hiker trash" to step aside and bow as my float goes by.
> Of course I will be consuming vast quantities of gourmet food, 
> drinking the best of wines and munching grapes as my float keeps 
> moving on down the trail.
> If Mags bows, as my float goes by, I may toss him some grapes.
>
> I must get in contact with Big Hummel, AsABat, Elevator and Meadow Ed 
> immediately to arrange for them to be my float carriers and L-Rod and 
> Yogi to be my fan girls.
> Yes, this will be so neat,....this is the only way to thru the PCT in 
> style.
> I am so exited about this I can barely wait for the KO.
>
> I just love roughing it in the wilderness!!!
>
> JMT Reinhold
> Your hard to the core trail companion
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> Mags wrote:
> So, I a summed up the real philosophy of hiking:
>
> HIKE MY HIKE - DAMN IT
> The one, true, correct and absolute way to hike,
>
> Why? Because all other ways are wrong. ;)
> http://www.pmags.com/joomla/pdf/hike-my-hike-damn-it.pdf
>
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