<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3199" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"
bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
<DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:Tortoise@charter.net">Tortoise</A> writes: Y<FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>ou've told
us about this before. I'm waiting for you to give it a good field test
with say 40 KG of gear -- say hike from Whitney Portal to the top of Mt. Whitney
and see how it goes -- that is if you make it at all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>----------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>Switchback replies: Yes, but the new folks on this List probably have not
heard about it. We old timers need to keep the youngsters informed.
Say, I will not need a M.U.L.E. for Mt. Whitney after my knee surgery
Friday. I will probably just do a day hike up and back with a small
daypack. No problem at all. The M.U.L.E. will be for some of the
senior folks on this List who need mechanical assistance. I wonder who I
am thinking about, .........Tortoise?</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Check out AOL Money & Finance's list of the <A title="http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001" href="http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001" target="_blank">hottest products</A> and <A title="http://money.aol.com/top5/general/ways-you-are-wasting-money?NCID=aoltop00030000000002" href="http://money.aol.com/top5/general/ways-you-are-wasting-money?NCID=aoltop00030000000002" target="_blank">top money wasters</A> of 2007.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>