[pct-l] Pink 2010 pct bandana found

[Jane Boer]

Hello! I found a pink pct 2010 bandana on the hat creek rim. I believe it
belongs to a woman hiking north to etna? Let me know where to send it
please: janeann32 at gmail.com

On Sunday, September 15, 2013, wrote:

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>    1. Re: at the "edge" (Diane Soini)
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>    3. Re: at the "edge" (Diane Soini)
>    4.  at the "edge" (Reinhold Metzger)
>    5. WARNING...PCT Women Are Better Financial Planners
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>    6. Re: Isobutane Canister Performance (Brick Robbins)
>    7. Re: at the "edge" (Yoshihiro Murakami)
>    8. Re: Japanese Pocket Bidet (was "the edge") (Heather)
>    9. JMT bread (Marcia Powers)
>   10. Re: Water Report vs Water Plan (Eric Lee)
>   11. Re: JMT bread (Scott Williams)
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>   13. Old PCT Hiker Tombstone (hiker97 at aol.com)
>   14. Re: at the "edge" (Diane Soini)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:13:37 -0700
> From: Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] at the "edge"
> To: Betty Wheeler <bettywheeler at gmail.com>
> Cc: pct list serve <pct-l at backcountry.net>
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> Considering that Shroomer and I both made yogurt every day on the
> trail, I would think that natto is a very backpackable food. And
> Yoshihiro proved it by having it for dinner many nights.
>
> Diane
> On Sep 14, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Betty Wheeler wrote:
>
> > I'd be thrilled to have natto on the trail, but
> > I've never considered whether there is a version that doesn't need
> > refrigeration, and can't imagine that the live cultures that are
> > key to its
> > nutritional value would survive dehydration or freeze-drying.
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:26:22 -0700
> From: Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] at the "edge"
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> Yes, he had his bread. Like a brick. Quite tasty but both Shroomer
> and I don't eat bread so we didn't have any. TrailHacker eats bread
> and got 3 loaves as a gift at the end of the hike. It's very dense
> and mostly nuts. I do not know the details of how he makes it,
> whether it's quick bread or yeast bread, but I do know that after he
> bakes it he puts it into vacuum sealed plastic and then boils it
> inside the plastic. Somehow this keeps it fresh enough for
> backpacking, even if you have to leave some of it in the car during a
> long trip.
> On Sep 14, 2013, at 9:57 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
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> > From: "JPL" <jplynch at crosslink.net>
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] at the "edge"
> >
> > Did he have his JMT Bread?
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:45:11 -0700
> From: Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] at the "edge"
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> I do not know a source for packets of sesame oil. But perhaps you
> could reuse a small bottle such as from 5 hour energy (you can always
> throw out the product inside) and bring a small amount this way. I'm
> always on the lookout for interesting containers to re-use. You know
> you're a real backpacker when you go to the grocery store looking for
> containers, you don't care what's inside so long as whatever it is
> won't leave a residue and not cost too much.
>
> On Sep 14, 2013, at 9:57 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> > From: Maxine Weyant <weyantm at msn.com>
> > Subject: [pct-l]  at the "edge"
> >
> > I usually take small packets of olive oil from minimus.biz for
> > cooking.  But sometimes I really crave toasted sesame oil.
> > This year, I looked everywhere for packets of toasted sesame oil to
> > put in one of my favorite backpacking staples:
> > miso soup with nori, wakame, freeze dried veggies, and noodles, and
> > I couldn't find any.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest a source?
> >
> > By the way, seaweed is a super lightweight way of adding minerals.
> > Tastes "salty" but some types of seaweed are really full of
> > potassium and other minerals, not sodium.
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 04:25:14 -0700
> From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> Subject: [pct-l]  at the "edge"
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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> Diane,
> I'm proud of you....I think I'm beginning to love you.
>
> After years of criticizing and ridiculing "Heavy Truckers" you finally
> seem to
> have come to the conclusion that there really is nothing wrong with "Heavy
> Trucking".
> If "Heavy Truckers" like Yoshi want to carry all the extra luxuries for
> added
> comfort and convenience and are physically  able and willing to carry a
> heavy load, they are "Heavy Truckers" by choice, not because they do not
> know any better.
> I am a "Heavy Trucker" when I hike with my wife or the scouts, and have
> hauled packs weighing as much as 85 lb, and an extreme "UL" fast packer
> on my JMT speed hikes.
> I hike on both sides of the fence and get agrevated when "Heavy Truckers"
> are portrayed as fools who don't know what they are doing because they
> have not yet seen the light.
> I must agree that some "Heavy Truckers" are "Heavy Truckers" because
> they are fools and have not yet seen the light, but there are also "UL"
> fools.
>
> And yes, Yoshi is one of the nicest guys you could possibly meet on the
> trail.
> We met on the JMT a few years ago...I was heading North and Yoshi was
> heading South.
> He wooped out his stove and insisted we share a cup of coffee in the
> middle of the trail, and when he realized I was running low on food he
> insisted
> on giving me a loaf of his home baked JMT bread (best bread I ever ate).
>
> And yes, front pockets really distribute the weight and make the pack more
> comfortable.
> I put front pockets on my home made JMT pack years ago which usually hold
> everything I will need during the day, that day, which eliminates
> stopping and
> taking off your pack every time you need something (very important for
> speed hiking).
>
> Well, anyhow, yoshi is a great guy and I am glad Diane Finally got to meet
> him and realize there is nothing wrong with "Heavy Truckers".
>
> JMT Reinhold
> Your UL & Heavy Trucker trail companion
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Diane wrote:
> I have a rep for being "ultralight", but on my last trip I had a few
> luxuries, such as
> my 1lb musical instrument (a strumstick, look them up, they're really
> fun to play.)
> This summer I had the privilege of hiking with Yoshihiro, aka Low Gear.
> Man he's strong!
> He can power up those mountains with triple the weight on his back as mine.
> His pack is really comfortable for such a big heavy pack, too.
> The food he cooks is great! I learned a lot from him this summer.
> I've got all kinds of dried greens now for my "Yoshihiro soup" and I
> found some
> flattened rice similar to what he brings.
> I now even have a Japanese pocket bidet (thank you for sending it to me.)
> His pack had really cool front pockets.
> So big you could put a full-sized SLR camera with a big lens in one side
> and
> still have room for more, but it was not in your way.
> I want to try to attach something like that to my own
> pack......................
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:14:21 -0700
> From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] WARNING...PCT Women Are Better Financial Planners
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net, "Hiker97 at aol.com" <Hiker97 at aol.com>
> Message-ID: <5234C39D.7060901 at cox.net>
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> Yes Switchback,
> There is no question, women are far superior Financial Planers than men.
> Gorp was extremely lucky, for had she taken the other route she might now
> be Gorp's "widow".
>
> That is why I always advise my buddies not to carry a high Life Insurance
> Policy,.... to prevent being worth more dead than alive to their spouses.
>
> Of course folks like..."You and I"...are priceless (they just don't
> make'm like
> us anymore), and we don't have to worry about being over insured.
>
> But there are some folks, on this list, that are at risk because it
> would not
> take much for them to be over insured.
> I could name a few, but that would start a flame war.
>
> It would not take a lot of "rat poison" in a Mountain House freeze dry
> to do
> the trick.
> And, since "rat poison" is cheap, you can see why it would not take much
> for some folks on this list to be over insured.
>
> That is why I always advise my buddies to make sure that their life
> insurance
> policy has a "Second to Die" clause, in which case the policy will pay the
> death benefit only upon the death of the second spouse.
>
> This way my buddies don't have to worry about being over insured and their
> wives slipping "rat poison" into their Mountain House freeze dry.
>
>
> JMT Reinhold
> Financial Planer
> The Reinhold Institute of Financial Planing
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Switchback wrote:
> One day one of Grizzly?s single hiking buddies, Gorp, got good news and
> was explaining it to him down at the local PCT trail town saloon.
> His widowed father was sickly and elderly and Gorp was the only child.
> He worked for his father in the nearby city.
> Then a few days earlier his father told him he would inherit $65
> million, when
> he passed on.
> Gorp was beyond excitement.
> He decided he needed a wife to and a family to share his life and
> fortune with.
> Several days later while Grizzly, Gorp, and other hikers where at the
> saloon
> eating hot pizza and drinking cold brew.
> All at once in comes a group of female PCT thru-hikers.
> Gorp immediately spots one who is the most beautiful women he has ever
> seen.
> She has perfect hiker tan, figure, and long hair.
> Her natural beauty was breath-taking.
> The women sit down at a large table and order pizza.
> All at once the hiker Gorp is captivated by gets up to walk over to the
> bar.
> Gorp immediately sees his chance.
> He goes over to her and says, ?I may look like just an ordinary man, but
> in just a
> few years, my father will die, and I'll inherit $65 million dollars.?
> He then explains the story.
> He could tell she was very impressed as she asked lots of questions and he
> then gave her his business card.
>
> A week later she became his stepmother.
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 16:39:53 -0700
> From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Isobutane Canister Performance
> To: Alan Artman <alanartman at msn.com>
> Cc: PCT <pct-l at backcountry.net>
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> > Still, I'm with Brick, the last day I used my canister stove was the
> first
> > day I used my hi-tech, Yogi-endorsed, cat food can alcohol stove.  That
> way,
> > I always know exactly how much mouthwash I have left....
>
> I wrap duct tape around my fuel bottle, that way I can feel as well as
> see that it is NOT my water bottle, AND I have a source of duct tape
> for use on the trail.
>
> I am not a "big advocate" of alcohol. I am a big advocate of having
> accurate information, and making the right personal decision based on
> it.
>
> As I said earlier, one time while climbing I had a canister stove
> become a spinning flame thrower, which made quite a display as it flew
> down the side of Mt Cook after my partner kicked it away from us. It
> is probably still somewhere inside the Plateau Glacier. Thankfully we
> were on snow so we didn't start any wildfires, and we had a second
> stove with us, so we could still melt water. It left a hole in my
> pack, and in our tent. I have not been happy using canister stoves
> since then.
>
> "Burn ban" is to broad a term. There are several levels of restriction
> for open flame on the PCT depending on the location and the season.
> Most of the time, in most areas of the PCT, there are no restrictions.
> Some times and areas restrict stoves without a shutoff valve, other
> times and areas restrict ALL stoves, even canister stoves.
>
> Last time I went car camping, I had my dinner boiling on my alcohol
> stove before the person I was camping with set up  her jetboil, so I
> don't see where speed is that big a deal. But to each his own
>
> HYOH
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 09:14:45 +0900
> From: Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] at the "edge"
> To: Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com>
> Cc: PCT-L <pct-l at backcountry.net>
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> Dear Diane
>
> I love the Low Gear Song. It may be funny, but it contains much truth. My
> wife was about died with laughter when she read this song. I usually go
> slow anything, gradually my engine get warm, then nobody cannot stop me. I
> am not so strong. I know my strength and weakness, then I carry my backpack
> with my pelvis. I do not use shoulder muscles. My max load may be 80
> pounds, I do not care about the weight, when it is less than 55 pounds.
>
> My backpack system is  Altra 65+ Ribz Front pack.
>
> ribz frontpack | completewalkerequipment<https://sites.google.com/site/completewalkerequipment/home/2-backpack/ribz-frontpack>
>
> But, I think it is too huge. I bought Osprey Volt 75( light and comfortable
> pack) at REI in Seattle , and thinking about the combination of Volt 75 and
> Ribz
>
> Now, natto is a fermented soybeans.  There are three kind of natto:
>   1. normal natto. It is not dry, but seldom rot. I sometimes bring this
> natto to the mountain.
>   2. natural dry natto. I used this natto two years ago. It is expensive,
> smells very much, but tastes great.
>   3. frieze dry natto. I  used this summer. smells less, tastes less. I
>