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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good afternoon, All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought seriously about using an umbrella in
parts of SoCal, and I'm sure it would have been a great piece of mobile shade,
but I use hiking poles and I've not yet seen a hands-free device which I believe
could resist the wind. In the Mojave around Cottonwood Creek I remember
reporting that I had to lean into the wind and push hard with my poles to go
downhill.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steel-Eye</FONT></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black">^^^^^^^^^^<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Serious hikers gather at:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A
href="http://www.aldhawest.org/"><SPAN
style="COLOR: purple">http://www.aldhawest.org/</SPAN></A>
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<A title=brick@fastpack.com href="mailto:brick@fastpack.com">Brick Robbins</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pct-l@backcountry.net
href="mailto:pct-l@backcountry.net">pct-l@backcountry.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pct-l] Umbrellas</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>on Jan 22, 2008 10:46 AM, Patrick Beggan <<A
href="mailto:meta474@gmail.com">meta474@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>What is this obsession with umbrellas? I mean, seriously, I'm not being
a troll here -- why do so many people like them? </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Ahhhh Grasshopper!<BR><BR>Umbrellas are the Ray Way, the way of true
enlightenment. Follow the one true path and soon you will even begin to like
the one true food: corn pasta. <BR><BR>But seriously, I'm in your camp. I
tried an umbrella and didn't like it either, but some folks seem
to.<BR><BR>HYOH<BR></DIV></DIV>
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