[pct-l] Marijuana in the Sierra & backpacking at 98

[Reinhold Metzger]

Yes Switchback,
Norman and I hiked the  JMT  together for many years.
I'm sure he mentioned that to you during his conversations with you.

Funny.....85 lb was exactly the weight of my pack when I hiked the JMT  
with the Scouts in 1996.

Did you say  ''marijuana''  in the Sierra?........Gee, I always thought 
it was ''skunk cabbage''.....no wonder I always felt so
funny after eating it.
That gives you an idea how naive I am when it comes to drugs....I don't 
smoke,  I don't drink,  I don't do drugs....s...xxx  is
 my only vice......at least until I turned 98......That's when I took up 
backpacking.

JMT Reinhold
Your mature trail companion
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Switchback  wrote:
> Say, there is a big display about Sierra mountaineer Norman Clyde over 
> at the Independence, CA museum.? It runs to the end of the year.? I am 
> going over there to see it sometime before it closes.?
> I was the one who gave him the trail name "The Pack?That Walks?" when 
> I went on a lot of his first accents in the 1930's.? He routinely 
> carried 85 pound packs.? He use to ask me a lot about my adventures 
> with John Muir around the campfire at night.
>
> Also, the authorities are warning hikers in the Sierras to be careful 
> of marijuana groves.? Bad people guard those places and there are 
> traps.? Report anything to law enforcement.
>
> I thank you for your attention.
>
> Switchback the Trail Pirate
>
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