[pct-l] Pot/dishes cleaning- judge reinhold

[kevin at kegphoto.com]

No question is silly, true.  I hope everyone realized my message was
satire (TrailButler®, really?) and not meant as a put-down.  There's no
shortage of humor to be found everywhere, especially when dealing with a
little prep-anxiety.  It would be an amusing project for our post-hike
selves to look back and provide our own answers to the specific
questions we asked before departing.  i.e. "I was curious/worried about
X, and it turns out that in my experience, Y."  I suspect many of our
fears are unfounded.

In all seriousness though, as a desert dweller myself I don't use water
unnecessarily.  I go cookless unless I'm around a reliable supply of H20
and can easily replenish my supply.  You won't need to wash dishes if
you don't use dishes, and stuff that doesn't need to be cooked shouldn't
require a dish.  Even if you know you will have more water than you
need, you might find someone who isn't as prepared and be able to help
them out.





On Sat, Apr 5, 2014, at 01:15 PM, marmot marmot wrote:
> It's ok to ask. Some folks just get off on putting people down. 
> No question is silly. We were all new to long distance hiking at one
> point
> Marmot
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Apr 5, 2014, at 11:47 AM, "Liam" <liamcameron90 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Haha I was misled for thinking this would be an ok place to ask about peoples methods...Didn't mean to demonstrate an inaptitude for multi day thru-hiking without water sources to clean.  Thanks for the useful feedback though!
> > 
> > This search and rescue you mentioned, can they be called if I get really tired or have a blister??
> > 
> > Liam
> >> ------------------------------
> >> 
> >> Message: 4
> >> Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 02:47:45 -0700
> >> From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> >> Subject: [pct-l]  Pot/dishes cleaning
> >> To: pct-l at backcountry.net, Ned Tibbits <ned at mountaineducation.org>
> >> Message-ID: <533E7FC1.5040005 at cox.net>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >> 
> >> [pct-l] Pot/dishes cleaning
> >> 
> >> Lord have mercy!!!
> >> If this is an indication of the hiking experience of this year's
> >> crop, we are in serious trouble.
> >> 
> >> Nedd, get your Search & Rescue team ready....this may be a busy
> >> year for you.
> >> 
> >> JMT Reinhold
> >> ----------------------------
> >> Wondering what people's methods are for cleaning the pot or dish
> >> that they eat out of every night?
> >> 
> >> Liam
> >> 
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