[pct-l] Thru Hikers

[Steel-Eye]

My scroungy-hiker story occurred this summer when I resupplied at Sierra City.  I wanted to get in and out of town and back on the trail quickly, and not being the cleanest nor best smelling person, I hoped I could do so without offending the delicate sensibilities of the tourists.  The general store was almost empty while I selected my food, but by the time I was ready to checkout, a bunch of other people had already queued up.  I was crowded in line between a middle-aged tourist lady ahead of me, and a local teenaged girl behind.  The girl had a loud, mouth driven by what is probably a room-temperature IQ, and soon she said, "HEY, where's that SMELL coming from?"   I had nowhere to go so I just gritted my teeth and waited for what was probably coming. She leaned up really close to me sniffing, then looked beyond and said, "THERE IT IS!" pointing to the tourist, "THAT LADY has PIZZA!"

 

She didn't seem to notice, or didn't care, how bad I smelled, but I'll bet if I had had a mozzarella stick in my hand and some sauce on my beard she would have jumped me on the spot.

Steel-Eye, who now smells considerably better.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: montypct 
  To: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net ; hiker97 at aol.com 
  Cc: zoomersdelivers at yahoo.com ; lizmares at cox.net ; carolwbruno at yahoo.com 
  Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 11:52 AM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Thru Hikers


  Hey Switchback!!

  Another version:
  Q:   What's the difference between a thru-hiker and a homeless person?
  A:   A shopping cart.

  True Story from this year's thru-hike
  July 2, 2007
  From Red's Meadow we took the bus into Mammoth.  No shower or laundry, looking pretty scuzzy.
  I sat on a ledge by the door outside the Vons grocery store with another hiker.  She looked pretty bad too.
  We had a shopping cart full of resupply in front of us.

  A sympathetic lady runs up and slips two dollars in my hand and says:  "I know what it's like."

  Warner Springs Monty



    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: hiker97 at aol.com 
    To: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net 
    Cc: zoomersdelivers at yahoo.com ; lizmares at cox.net ; carolwbruno at yahoo.com 
    Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 11:12 AM
    Subject: [pct-l] Thru Hikers


    Q:  What's the difference between a thru-hiker and a weekend hiker?
    A:  The thru-hiker picks up the M&M's he/she dropped on the ground and eats them.

    Q:  How do you get four thru-hikers in a single bed?
    A:  Tell them they can sleep there.

    Q:  How do you get them to leave the bed?
    A:  Tell them they have to pay.

    Q:  What's the difference between a homeless vagrant and a thru-hiker?
    A:  Gortex.

    Q:  How many thru-hikers can fit in a picnic shelter on a rainy windy night?
    A:  There aren't that many thru-hikers.

    :-)  You Know Who 

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