[pct-l] Strange Wild Eyed Thrus

[Reinhold Metzger]

Switchback,.....the lost stare look I developed at the KO a few years 
ago admiring  ''Love Barge"....you do remember  "Love Barge", don't you?
I never had the foamy lips, running nose and burping problem until I met 
you at the KO a few years ago.
And what is wrong with wearing a baseball cap?....Most hikers do.

JMT Reinhold
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On 4/5/2011 5:44 AM, hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
> Moronic Unsupported Reinhold writes:  As far as seeing strange thrus 
> at Hood, you don't need to go as far as Hood...you need only go as far 
> as Lake Moreno....you will see some strange, wild eyed dudes right 
> here at the KO.  It seems that most of them suffer from some form of 
> hiking disorder....probably the result of to many nights at high 
> elevation resulting in oxygen deprivation, which in turn causes brain 
> cells to die, which in turn gives rise to a condition known in medical 
> circles as  Moronic Hiking Disorder  "MHD"  very frequently associated 
> with long distance hiking....can be fatal if left untreated.  It seems 
> that some of the KO organizers also suffer from this malady.  Take 
> Switchback for instance.....he thinks raiding and sacking innocent 
> hikers is normal......but we know better..... it's "MHD".
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> Switchback replies:  MHD or Major Hiking Disorder has been around for 
> centuries.  I remember it on the PCT back in the days when the last 
> Ice Age glaciers were retreating.  By the way, you can still get it 
> when you try to hike up to the largest permanent glacier in the 
> Sierras.  That would be the Palisades Glacier.  I get it every time I 
> go there.  Your head gets lite and fuzzy.  Of course, Unsupported 
> seems to be like that at the Kickoff just above sea level.  When you 
> see him down there just take a close look at him ---- the lost look, 
> the stare, the ball cap, the Jack Daniel's persona, the foam at the 
> mouth, the runny nose, and the burping.  What's up with this?  Cut him 
> some slack.  It is Unsupported's brand of MHD.