[pct-l] Chaos On The PCT

[Paul Robison]

Did she have to cut a lot of hiking days short?

Last year hiking with John he had a hammock and slept on the ground every night of the 6 in a row we camped together

Sent from my iPod

On 2011-03-02, at 11:41 AM, "James F. Miller" <jamesfmiller at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have a friend who used a hammock. she slept on the ground two nights on the entire trail.
>  
> > From: paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com
> > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 10:29:58 -0500
> > To: hikelite at gmail.com
> > CC: pct-l at backcountry.net; DTow at americanriverbank.com
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Chaos On The PCT
> > 
> > There are places you cannot hang a hammock....
> > 
> > ... But if you want to just cowboy camp those sections you can bring a hammock instead of a tent
> > 
> > Sent from my iPod
> > 
> > On 2011-03-02, at 1:56 AM, Kevin Cook <hikelite at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > If I choose NOT to sleep on the floor can I still be a thru hiker this year
> > > (I'm a hammocker after all and we don't do "the ground" if at all possible)?
> > > LOL
> > > 
> > > Loved this post too!
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Melanie Clarke <melaniekclarke at gmail.com>wrote:
> > > 
> > >> I enjoyed this as well! I've enjoyed the comedy and amused by the
> > >> personalities on the PCT-L.
> > >> 
> > >> This is my first Kick Off. How rowdy do these things get? I mean, this
> > >> will be a classier event than Burning Man right? I've never been to
> > >> Burning
> > >> Man but my neighbor has and I hear the stories...
> > >> 
> > >> Melanie
> > >> 
> > >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Tow, Doug <DTow at americanriverbank.com
> > >>> wrote:
> > >> 
> > >>> PCT PARTICIPANT PANIC OFFICIALLY SETS IN
> > >>> 
> > >>> Western United States - With the arrival of March, the low fever of a
> > >>> few has developed into a full-blown panic of hundreds, as hikers
> > >>> anticipate and prepare for their Pacific Crest Trail departure. Rumors
> > >>> abound of grown men and women sleeping on the floor, walking in the
> > >>> freezing rain, and packing and repacking their gear.
> > >>> 
> > >>> Homeland security has gone to alert Orange in response to email chatter
> > >>> about "resupply buckets," "bounce boxes," and, most alarming of all, the
> > >>> best way to "protect my pack" at airport check-in. In an attempt not to
> > >>> alert authorities, suspects are advising their adherents to avoid flying
> > >>> with Bic lighters, hexamine tablets, and isobutane. There appears to be
> > >>> an indecipherable code in use nicknamed
> > >>> ADZPCTKOMYGODMYPACKCANTWEIGHSEVENTEENFRIGGINPOUNDSOMGOMGOMG.
> > >>> 
> > >>> Paranormal activity is on the rise as well. Incredible stories of
> > >>> "angels" and "beautiful oases in the desert" and feet spontaneously
> > >>> growing as much as 2 1/2 sizes are rampant.
> > >>> 
> > >>> "I don't know what's going on," commented San Diego grocery store owner
> > >>> Sal Fishburn, "but I got these wild-eyed people asking how long my
> > >>> tortillas stay fresh. How should I know? Don't folks just buy them and
> > >>> eat them? Then, those loonies see how many of them they can stuff in
> > >>> this big blue plastic keg thingie. Geez!"
> > >>> 
> > >>> Shroomer, Steel-Eye, and Halfmile, whose real names are being withheld
> > >>> pending notification of next of kin, have made valiant attempts to calm
> > >>> raw nerves, to no avail.
> > >>> 
> > >>> byline Doug Tow
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