[pct-l] Washing Clothes on the Trail

[Andrea Dinsmore]

HEAR HEAR..........very well said.

PCT MOM

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hey Brian - you mean you would actually prefer being stinky and be willing
> to give up being able to take a hot shower on the trail and the convenience
> of gravity-fed warm running water from a spigot right at your campsite -
> rather than carry just 11 ounces ? ? ? Hikers are sure getting soft about
> carrying extra ounces these days. During the 50's and 60's, long before I
> discovered horses, I backpacked about 2500 Sierra miles, sometimes carrying
> as much as 60 pounds. In those earlier times Sierra hikers had to be
> stronger and braver to be able to fight off the Saber Toothed Tigers and
> Short-Faced Bears that roamed the wilderness. And I hadn't yet learned about
> bear charms.  Reinhold and Switchback know about that, having survived thier
> epic adventures of the 60's. Then with the 70's there came a guy named Eric
> Ryback - who carried as much as 70 pounds and did'nt resupply very often.
> MendoRider
>
> --- On Sat, 4/17/10, Brian McLaughlin <brianmclaugh at comcast.net> wrote:
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> > From: Brian McLaughlin <brianmclaugh at comcast.net>
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Washing Clothes on the Trail
> > To: "Edward Anderson" <mendoridered at yahoo.com>, "Ron Dye" <
> chiefcowboy at verizon.net>
> > Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 6:41 PM
>  > ----- Original Message -----
> > > I think you stinky hikers should consider carrying
> > along an 11oz solar shower as I did. MendoRider
> >
> > Things like an 11 oz. solar shower just look different to a
> > rider than to a backpacker. That's almost 3/4 lb!!
> >
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