[pct-l] Good old 1970s!

[hiker97 at aol.com]

Yes, I still have a few pieces of gear from those days.  Not much, but some.  I am going to unload a ton of excess gear at the 2010 Kickoff.  Some of it is really good stuff.

The Switchback

-----Original Message-----
From: Monte Dodge <montedodge at msn.com>
To: Hiker97 <hiker97 at aol.com>; Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>; pct-l at backcountry.net; Deems <losthiker at sisqtel.net>; nitnoid1 at yahoo.com
Sent: Sat, Dec 12, 2009 8:11 am
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Good old 1970s!


 I still love all that old stuff even today!!!~!!!
 
To: reinholdmetzger at cox.net; pct-l at backcountry.net; losthiker at sisqtel.net; montedodge at msn.com; nitnoid1 at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Good old 1970s!
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:51:24 -0500
From: hiker97 at aol.com


Unsupported Reinhold writes: Yes,.....Vasque waffle stomper boots, cotton socks, gym shorts and a fish net shirt is what I wore when I started hiking in the early 70's.  Maybe Monte got that idea from me.  That is when "Mountain Men" were still "Mountain Men" and "Grizzly Bears" and "Saber Tooth Tigers" were nervous and ran when they saw us coming.  
 
Switchback replies: That is not the only thing that ran.  I remember warnings about Unsupported back in the old Sierra/PCT days; wooly Mammoths, Neanderthal babes, retreating glaciers, etc.  He had a shady reputation even then.  That is where the Unsupported legend started and I first heard of him.  Of course, I had the reputation among the PCT Sierra natives of being a friend to all and their pal.
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