[pct-l] A Backpackers Best Friend....missing pictures

[hiker97 at aol.com]

No problem.  I have been to Alaska many times and flown all over the place - summer and winter.  I always carried Super Glue to patch things up.  But I will admit it has been 25 years since I was up there.

If I found a grizzly around my campsite, I would wait until he was asleep, then I would glue one of the paws to a large rock.  Then I would yell loudly and run.  What a sight to see him try to follow me.  Bear baiting at its best.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
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Sent: Sun, Jan 3, 2010 2:10 am
Subject: A Backpackers Best Friend....missing pictures


Hi gang,
Here are the missing pictures to back up my claim that "duct tape",  not "hiker babes",  is a backpackers best friend.
Don't get me wrong, hiker babes come in  handy....but not nearly as handy as duct tape.
Besides, you sleep much better with a roll of duct tape in your sleeping bag....it gives you peace of mind and a certain sense of security.

JMT Reinhold
Your duct tape loving trail companion




Clair Cunningham wrote: 





> Read the story and look at the pictures!

> 

> During a private "fly-in" fishing excursion in the Alaskan wilderness, 

> the chartered pilot and fishermen left a cooler and bait in the plane. 

> 

> And a bear smelled it. The pictures show what he did to the plane. 

> 

> The pilot used his radio and had another pilot bring him 2 new tires, 

> 3 cases of duct tape, and a supply of sheet plastic. 

> 

> He patched the plane together, and FLEW IT HOME! 





 

 

 


 








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