[pct-l] First & Second Thing To Go-2

[Trekker4 at aol.com]

Reinhold,
 
    I didn't say my eyesight was failing; I  suggested your's might be. 
Secondly, I can clearly see from over a  thousand miles away that you just might be 
trying to bs everyone.
 
Gone hikin' -  _trekker at pocketmail.com_ (mailto:trekker at pocketmail.com) 
Bob  "Trekker"
Big Bend Desert Denizen
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of  Texas

Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if  it 
wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' 
-- Harry Browne

"If you think  health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs 
when its free."  
-- P. J. ORourke




In a message dated 6/11/2008 4:37:46 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
reinholdmetzger at cox.net writes:

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


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