[pct-l] Losing Things on the Trail

[Reinhold Metzger]

GEORGE,..........GEORGE  WASHINGTON  is my name.......do you remember me
now?

GEORGE
Commander of the Colonial Army


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tortoise" <Tortoise73 at charter.net>
To: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
Cc: "'PCT-L'" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Losing Things on the Trail


> This "older folk" doesn't have that much trouble remembering things; and
> besides I have a workable method. I once lost a shirt out of a day pack
> and a lens hood that fell off and rolled down a cliff (probably still
> where it landed); but not forgetting to put something into my pack.
>
> Now what did you say your name was, I forget.
>
> ----------
> Tortoise
>
> <> He who finishes last, wins! <>
>
> I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
> Using Mozilla Thunderbird  http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
>
> Reinhold Metzger wrote:
> > Tortoise & Switchback,
> > To prevent forgetting & loosing things on the trail......here is what
you
> > do:
> >
> > Every time you take something out of the pack, to make sure you are
putting
> > everything
> > back, dump everything out of your pack and then slowly and deliberately,
> > while checking        off everything against a check list, pack
everything
> > back into your pack making sure every
> > item has been checked of and accounted for.
> >
> > This method works extremely well for older folks like you guys who have
> > trouble remembering
> > things.
> >
> > JMT Reinhold
> >
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