[pct-l] Sierra Snow Update...knowing how to deal with it

[Nathan Miller]

Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net> wrote:

> BTW....a small blow torch will not do you much good....you
> will run out 
> of fuel in no time.
> However,......a military "Flame Thrower"  will work
> wonders in the snowy 
> country.
> I hear them mountain boys up north use "Flame Throwers" all
> the time 
> when hiking in
> that  "nasty white stuff".
> 
> You could even use that snow shovel to smash a zillion
> mosquitos at a time.
> 

You could also hike with a Firewalker.  They could take point and melt canyons through the snow, revealing the trail, all WHILE you hike!  Tightening their control, they'll be human bug-zappers against all those mosquitoes!  In other areas, they can use their skills to scorch poison oak out of the way and toast ticks before you get close enough for them to drop upon you.  That could mean brisk business for Firewalkers:  earn a living AND hike the PCT!  What a deal!

-Nate the Trail Zombie