[pct-l] Solving Trail Problems

[Reinhold Metzger]

Switchback,
Don't forget the reflector lights, solar powered fan and compressor to 
blow up your 12" thick mattress.

BTW....Last year on San Gorgonio I ran into a group of guys and a couple 
gals.
One of the guys was carrying what appeared to be a large and unusual 
pack, which aroused my curiosity .
Turned out it was not a pack at all, but a 4" thick fold up mattress 
with pack-like shoulder straps that he carried on his back like a pack.
I could not believe what I was seeing......but, like I said, they had 
hiker babes with them.
It made a believer out of me.

JMT Reinhold
The believer
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hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
> Unsupported Snow Bunny Reinhold writes: You came up with a great 
> solution to a major problem.....BEARS. I think everybody will agree 
> that next to bears, SWITCHBACK, the trail pirate, is the greatest 
> problem facing hikers. So, if Power Bars work on bears, they should 
> work on Switchback. Just throw him a Power Bar.....it will shatter his 
> teeth and glue his jaws.....Problem solved. No sweat....hikers can 
> hike the trail without fear of bears or being raided and sacked by 
> that scoundrel Switchback. 
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> Switchback the Trail Pirate replies: Once again the PCT and hiker 
> friend has been maligned.  I will contact my attorneys, Dowey, 
> Cheatem, and Howe.
>  
> Say, I was thinking of the upcoming April Kickoff.  If they let me in 
> again this year, I was wondering what cool things I could do to, I 
> mean for the hikers.  I think the Pirate's Lair will provide 
> florescent shelter stake painting, gear weighing, Swithchback's World 
> Famous Hands-free One Ounce Umbrella Holder, and maybe a Super-Secret 
> gear seminar.  The holder device will cut down on your dehydration and 
> keep your hide protected from a lot of cancer causing radiation.  Once 
> again, Switchback will come through for the PCT backpacker community 
> to much accolades and praise.