[pct-l] Great News For Back Packers...''Switchback's Powerd by Alcohol Theory.''

[BIll & Cathy]

"How's Your Trail?"   Last weekend I took two friends on a short hike, over 
night. We went from hwy 74 to live oak spring, well thats what we were 
suppose to do. We went three miles and one of the guys, a heavy smoker, got 
sick and He said He couldn't go any farther. I said ,"guess what, I can't 
either. I blew my knee again. We stopped where we were and made camp. The 
other guy that was doing very well opens his pack, and the first thing out 
is an "18 Pack of Coors lite". He says "you said we were suppose to pack 
"Lite". He also had a gallon of water and canned goods for dinner. The guy 
not feeling so good opened his pack and pulls out Ice packs with His food 
and all new gear still in the boxes. There is a new story every day, what's 
next, Remember   "Be Prepared"
                      Ground Pounder Bill   "Semper Fi"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
To: "Hiker97" <hiker97 at aol.com>; "PCT" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 10:09 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Great News For Back Packers...''Switchback's Powerd by 
Alcohol Theory.''


> Naah Switchback,
> I'm getting to old for this ''extreme'' stuff...I was 62-63 back in
> 2003-2004....but you, you are still young and can bring the
> Unsupported JMT back to the PCT crowd with your ''powered by alcohol
> theory.''
> At 41 miles per gallon you only need to drink 1.25 gallons to do 50 mile
> days, which will be sufficient to bring the record home.
>
> BTW...My test of your theory, on the 4th of July, did not go so well...I
> made the mistake of filling up the tank and drinking the whole gallon at
> the start and never made it out of the gate.
> I think one needs to drink a little at a time as one goes along.
>
> JMT Reinhold
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Hiker97 wrote:
>> Unsupported Reinhold writes: You mean we could leave behind the pots &
>> the pans, the stove & the fuel, the food & the water, the purification
>> & filtration devises and the bear canisters and do 41 mile days on
>> just one gallon of our favorite booze? This is dynamite...and we would
>> never be at risk of dehydration because we would be on a liquid diet,
>> drinking plenty and singing all the way.
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Switchback replies: I want you to try to retake the JMT record with no
>> food or water.  Just Jack Daniel's.  I will see you off and be there
>> when and if you finish at Mt. Whitney.
>>
>> Say, my big thing now is looking into satellite radios and solar
>> panels for the trail.  The satellite radio in my new Prius has gotten
>> me all excited for the possibilities for the trail.  I think Elevator
>> is the expert on this List for that.  I was thinking of a medium size
>> solar panel array on the back of my pack for charging.  I have to look
>> into this  more, but it would be great if it worked.
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