[pct-l] Fw: Re: All those nice people...

[Jason M.]

"How difficult is it to read the two paragraphs pertaining to re-supply at
the beginning of each chapter while at home packing boxes?"

Don't forget your box to "The Pink Motel" just north of the I-10. Great
place to hang out for the day.

tell 'em Jackass sent ya!



On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Charles Williams <charlesnolie at yahoo.com>wrote:

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> --- On Tue, 2/28/12, Charles Williams <charlesnolie at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: Charles Williams <charlesnolie at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] All those nice people...
> To: "Douglas Tow" <douglastow at gmail.com>
> Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 6:26 PM
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> All we had decades ago was the "Bible", not the "Book of Lies" and very
> rarely did we hear about people being "dead, maimed, or still lost".  Yes,
> we got everything we needed including resupply information, trail
> description, mileage points, reliable water sources, and maps in the Bible
> and it was the only source of information available.  I met lots of people
> that thought they could do better, but none did.  And if you really want to
> know anything about the valleys, ridges, and peaks you're traveling through
> it is still a very useable tool.
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> Of course this was the time before Spot's "Help" button, GPS, cell phones,
> and water caches.  And it was before the "herd" and speed attemps or
> records.  Angels were to be reveered, not used.  It was really a simple
> time that I long for.
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> I'm just saying it's not as difficult as some want you to believe and we
> did just fine oblivious to our "without" status.  How difficult is it to
> read the two paragraphs pertaining to re-supply at the beginning of each
> chapter while at home packing boxes?
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> Charles
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> --- On Tue, 2/28/12, Douglas Tow <douglastow at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Douglas Tow <douglastow at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] All those nice people...
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 5:42 PM
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> Good afternoon!
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> "I cannot imagine what my PCT experience would have been without Yogi's
> books, except that I probably would be dead, maimed, or still lost."
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