[pct-l] First & Second Thing To Go

[Reinhold Metzger]

Say,
Trekker 4, there is a saying with guys, as they get old, eyesight is the ''SECOND'' 
thing to go.
My eyesight is still OK, therefore my ''FIRST'' thing is still OK.

Sorry to hear that your eyesight is failing you, because that means that your ''FIRST''
thing has already failed.....bummer....old age can be brutal.
I don't know if this will help, but most guys your age start having that problem.

Ohhh well, you can always take up knitting to fulfill your life when you are 
not backpacking.
The bright thing about this, you want be distracted by hiker chicks and be able to do more
miles per day.
Good luck on your trek and Happy 65th Birthday.

JMT Reinhold
Your sympathetic trail companion

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Trekker 4 writes:

Perhaps those Whitney elevation changes are due to deteriorating, old age  
eyesight!
 
Donner Pass to McKenzie, starting about 1 July, will determine if I'm  
getting older; #65 comes somewhere around Drakesbad G R or Old Station in  July. 
 
Bob  "Trekker"
Big Bend Desert Denizen
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of  Texas



In a message dated 6/8/2008 3:24:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
reinholdmetzger at cox.net <http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l> writes:

Did the  Grand Canyon ''Tanner-New Hance Loop'' over the Memorial Day  
Weekend.
The Canyon was spectacular as always.
It has been some time  since I last did  the Tanner-New  Hance  loop and  
had  forgotten how tough that trail is.
It was a struggle all the way to the  top......seems like the trails are 
getting tougher every year.
My wife  says  ''it's not the trails.....it's old age....your getting  old.''
Yeah, well, she might be right, but I'm not so sure about that.
I  remember distinctly the first time I hiked Mt. Whitney, in 1968, the  
official height was listed as 14,494 feet.
Then later it was listed as  14,495 and now it is listed as 14,496.7 feet.
Seems to me like overwhelming  evidence of  Tectonic Plate movement and 
up-lifting.

IT   IS  NOT  OLD  AGE......It's uplifting.......the mountains are  
getting higher.....that's why the trails are getting tougher.

I  feel much better now, realizing that it is up-lifting and old age has  
nothing to do with it.
This is great news for all of us Sr. Citizen  hikers.

JMT Reinhold
Your greatly relieved Sr. Citizen  hiker