[pct-l] Best sign for hitchhiking

[Jeff Whitmer]

No, you're marketing it wrong. True ultralight would be dual purpose. Market
it as a water container too!

On 4/6/08, montypct <montypct at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> One day near Warner Springs I picked up a hitckhiker carrying a small red
> plastic gas can.  When I asked him where his car was he said, "I don't own
> a
> car.  I just carry the gas can 'cause it helps me get rides."
>
> True.  I picked him up expecting that I was doing some great deed that
> maybe
> someone like Mother Theresa or Ghandi would have done.  My heart sunk a
> bit.
> I was no longer Ghandi.
>
> Switchback, wherever you are.  Here's another business opportunity for
> you.
> Little inflatible, ultralight, red gas cans.
> I can see it now.  Inflatible gas cans.  Printed on the side PCT Class of
> 2008.
>
>
>
> Warner Springs Monty
> Pacific Crest Trail 2650 Miles .....Again.....and Again
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Amanda L Silvestri" <aslive at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 3:23 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] Signs for hitchhiking
>
>
> >I used to make up signs saying what HWY or cross road I was going
> to.  What
> >I found was that many people see hichikers as "bumbs" I got around this
> >misconception by printing
> >  "To My Car" on my sign.  You can always say that your car is in town.
> >
> >  Amanda
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