[pct-l] Sensitive PCT Hiker

[Reinhold Metzger]

Say Switchback,
Tell Grizzly not to worry about dropping Trail Dust off at the 
therapist's office....just have him give me his address,
I will stop by every day, if necessary, to take care of Trail Dust.

JMT Reinhold
The caretaker
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On 10/19/2012 8:30 AM, hiker97 at aol.com wrote:
> Our intrepid PCT hardcore hiker, Grizzly, and his lovely wife Trail 
> Dust go to seek marriage counseling.
> When asked what the problem was, Trail Dust, went into a passionate, 
> painful tirade listing every problem they had ever had in the 15 years 
> they had been married and on the trail.
>
> She went on and on and on: neglect lack of intimacy, emptiness, 
> loneliness, and feeling unloved and unlovable --- an entire laundry 
> list of unmet needs she had endured over the course of their marriage. 
> Especially, about Grizzly going off to go backpacking with his bros 
> and leaving her behind.
>
> Finally, after allowing this to go on for a sufficient length of time, 
> the therapist got up, walked around the desk and after asking Trail 
> Dust to stand. He then embraced and kissed her passionately. Trail 
> Dust quietly sat down as though in a daze.
>
> The therapist turned to her husband, Grizzly, and said, "This is what 
> your wife needs at least 3 times a week. Can you do this?"
> Grizzly thought for a moment and replied, "Well, I can drop her off 
> here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I go hiking."
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> I have the pleasure to be your most obedient servant and trail 
> rapscallion,
> Switchback the Trail Pirate