[pct-l] Early Mountain Men

[Reinhold Metzger]

NO, NO, NO,....Switchback,
You have it all wrong!!!
That was not me, that was "BIG  HUMMEL"  (Strider).
Big Hummel is almost seven feet tall and the Indians would pay a premium 
for him.
I'm just a little guy who would not fetch much....maybe one blanket.
Now  Big Hummel, he would fetch a dozen blankets and a couple horses.

JMT Reinhold
Your worthless trail companion
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hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
> Switchback replies: I remember in the early days of Sierra 
> backpacking, we just bit off the snake's head and spit it out.  No 
> problem.  This was back when the last ice age glaciers were 
> retreating.  Snake kabobs were always a treat at a deep wood's 
> campfire.  I think that is where I first met Hula-Snow Bunny Boy.  A 
> bunch of us gnarly mountainmen were discussing the Indians saying we 
> were just another wave of Illegal Aliens invading their lands.  And in 
> walks Bunny Boy all dressed up like he is a real mountainman.  We 
> could tell right away he was really a pilgrim from the low lands.  
> Before we could capture him and give him to the Indians as a peace 
> offering he took off into the woods.  I did not see him for years 
> afterwards until he showed up in the PCT community --- I rest my case.