[pct-l] O.d. COYOTE....Slackpacking the O.d. Coyote way.

[Reinhold Metzger]

> Ooohhh,  what an awful two week.....first come the fires... then comes
O.d.Coyote.
> It's like getting hit by a motorcycle and then get run over by a truck.
> I usually do not respond to posts like O.d Coyote's nasty Oct. 21 post,
but this is character
> assasination and needs responding.


> O.d.,  O.d,.....you make me chuckle......for someone who is super
sensitive
> to criticism you seem overly eager to criticize anybody who does not
subscribe
> to your philosophy of slackpacking, the O.d. Coyote way.
> It appears you seem to be suffering from selective memory as well.....very
common                         > with older folks.
> Your Oct. 21 post is riddled with inaccuracies twisted comments and
fabrications
> to support your point of view and criticism of folks who disagree with
you.

> I also remember our meetings but have a different recollection.
> I remember thinking you were Billy Goat when I saw you scrambling up the
sand dunes.
> I remember after you shared your impressive hiking experiences with me you
asking me
> who I was and you comenting I heard of you.
> I responded I am Reinhold Metzger the unsupported JMT record holder not
Reinhold
> Messner the world famous moutaineer.
> I remember your demeanor changing when you realized I am a fastpacker and
you
> criticizing speed hiking, the Tripple Crown awards and the ''Glory
Hounds'', as you put it,
> who hike for awards and you insisting heavier and better equiped
slackpackers enjoy their
> hike more than speed hikers.
> Being a firm  HYOH  believer, I disagreed but hey......HYOH.
> You on the other hand were unvavering in your insistence that slackpacking
is the superior
> and more enjoyable way.
> I also remember telling you I would post a comment on the PCT-L about our
meeting on
> your second Coastal Trail hike on and you had no objection.
> Shortly  after we parted company with, me thinking...strange
bird...accomplished hiker, but
> strange bird.

> You see O.d......In nature not all things are created equal.....some of us
> are born with 4 cylinders some of us are born with 8 cylinders, there are
> turtles and there are rabbits, slackpackers and fast packers, that's what
> keeps the world diverse and interesting.
> Turtles,  4 cylinders and slackpackers will forever criticize rabbits, 8
cylinders
> and fastpackers for hiking to fast and not enjoying their hike.

> Who is to say  turtles, 4 cylinders and slackpackers enjoy their journey
> more than  rabbits, 8 cylinders and fastpackers?
> Who is to say everyone should slackpack the O.d. Coyote way?
> I say...HYOH... and who cares what O.d. Coyote says.

> I used to hike like you hauling a 65 lb pack with everything needed to
> survive a nuclear attack.
> But, as I grew older and wiser I saw the light and now I travel
ultra-lite.
> But you know O.d., some folks don't get wiser as they get older they just
> get older and never see the light.
> I suspect you may be part of the later group.
> However, do not despair, it is never to late to see the light....so open
up your
> eyes O. d. and let the light shine in.

> Cheers, and hope to see you on the trail again someday.
> Maybe you can show me the merits of slackpacking and I can show you the
> merits of fastpacking and maybe, just maybe, we can come up with the right
> compatible speed combination for turtles & rabbits and we will be one
happy
> family and you will not have those pesty speed hikers zooooming by you and
> aggravating you.

> JMT Reinhold
> The 4 cylinder slackpacker & HYOH  crusader