[pct-l] Stressful Hawaii expedition

[Reinhold Metzger]

Hi gang,
Trouble is back in town.

After the JMT, a month in Hawaii really hit the spot.
The Hawaii expedition, however, turned out to be  more stressful than I 
anticipated....I mean I could not seem to slurp enough Mai Tais or keep 
my eyes of the bikini clad surfer girls or the hula girls.
Besides, my wife kept giving me that evil look because she did not seem 
to accept my reasoning that slurping all those Mai Tais was simply to 
keep fully hydrated and I was merely admiring the stylish bikinis and 
hula skirts, not what was in the hula skirts.
All this can be very stressful, especially for an older guy like me.

However, do to sheer willpower and determination, I survived this 
extremely stressful Hawaii expedition and as stressed out as I was I 
still managed to climb the two tallest mountains in the world....more on 
that later.

JMT Reinhold
Your stressed out trail companion