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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Successfully sub 5 average and half the trail at
sub 4.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Only had one challenging day and no really cold
nights. Eight of us finished in Manning on Sept. 22nd. Two more of
the same herd the following day.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now I'm ready to join your ASDHA
group............................. Starting with a Couch to Fridge
YoYo.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Monty </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></DIV>
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<A title=hiker97@aol.com href="mailto:hiker97@aol.com">hiker97@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=montypct@gmail.com
href="mailto:montypct@gmail.com">montypct@gmail.com</A> ; <A
title=pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
href="mailto:pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net">pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=zoomersdelivers@yahoo.com
href="mailto:zoomersdelivers@yahoo.com">zoomersdelivers@yahoo.com</A> ; <A
title=lizmares@cox.net href="mailto:lizmares@cox.net">lizmares@cox.net</A> ;
<A title=carolwbruno@yahoo.com
href="mailto:carolwbruno@yahoo.com">carolwbruno@yahoo.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 08, 2007 12:24
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pct-l] Thru Hikers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Ha, ha, ha. Say, I hope you had a great 5-pound base pack weight
thru hike this year. Sounds like the weather up north is really bad
now.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers, Switchback <BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
montypct <<A
href="mailto:montypct@gmail.com">montypct@gmail.com</A>><BR>To: <A
href="mailto:pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net">pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net</A>;
<A href="mailto:hiker97@aol.com">hiker97@aol.com</A><BR>Cc: <A
href="mailto:zoomersdelivers@yahoo.com">zoomersdelivers@yahoo.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:lizmares@cox.net">lizmares@cox.net</A>; <A
href="mailto:carolwbruno@yahoo.com">carolwbruno@yahoo.com</A><BR>Sent: Mon, 8
Oct 2007 11:52 am<BR>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Thru Hikers<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Switchback!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another version:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Q: What's the difference between a
thru-hiker and a homeless person?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A: A shopping cart.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>True Story from this year's
thru-hike</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>July 2, 2007</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From Red's Meadow we took the bus
into Mammoth. No shower or laundry, looking pretty
scuzzy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I sat on a ledge by the door outside the Vons
grocery store with another hiker. She looked pretty bad
too.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We had a shopping cart full of resupply in front
of us.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A <SPAN
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lady runs up and slips two dollars in my hand and says: "I know what
it's like."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Warner Springs Monty</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=hiker97@aol.com href="mailto:hiker97@aol.com">hiker97@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
href="mailto:pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net">pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=zoomersdelivers@yahoo.com
href="mailto:zoomersdelivers@yahoo.com">zoomersdelivers@yahoo.com</A> ; <A
title=lizmares@cox.net href="mailto:lizmares@cox.net">lizmares@cox.net</A> ;
<A title=carolwbruno@yahoo.com
href="mailto:carolwbruno@yahoo.com">carolwbruno@yahoo.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 08, 2007 11:12
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pct-l] Thru Hikers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><WBR>Q: What's the difference between a thru-hiker and
a weekend hiker?<BR>A: The thru-hiker picks up the M&M's he/she
dropped on the ground and eats them.<BR><BR>Q: How do you
get four thru-hikers in a single bed?<BR>A: Tell them they can sleep
there.<BR><BR>Q: How do you get them to leave the bed?<BR>A:
Tell them they have to pay.<BR><BR>Q: What's the difference between a
homeless vagrant and a thru-hiker?<BR>A: Gortex.<BR><BR>Q: How
many thru-hikers can fit in a picnic shelter on a rainy windy
night?<BR>A: There aren't that many thru-hikers.<BR><BR>:-) You
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