[pct-l] PCT Vacation at Lake Tahoe

[hiker97 at aol.com]

Grizzly andTrailDust go to Lake Tahoe for some fun. They decide to go to the top of a very tall casino-hotel to have a drinkat the top floor lounge.  The view isfantastic with windows all around.  Thedistant Sierras are framed by blue skies and blue Lake Tahoe. They think aboutthe PCT winding its way through the trees and terrain.
Next to them aretwo men having a conversation at the bar. 
The first mansays, “You know, last week I discovered that if you jump from the top of thisbuilding, by the time you fall to the 10th floor, the wind around the buildingis so intense that it carries you around the building and back into the nearestwindow.” 
Grizzly and TrailDust notice the bartenderjust shaking his head in disapproval while wiping down the bar, but he saysnothing. 
The second man says,“You are nuts! There is no way that could happen. I never heard of that before.”
The first manreplies, “No, no… it's true and let me proveit to you.  Everyone come over here tothe balcony.” 
At the balconyhe jumps and plummets toward the street below. When he passes the 10th floor, hewhips around the building and back into a 10th floor window. He takes theelevator back up to the bar. He meets everyone to a big applause. The secondman is totally astonished. 
“Oh my God, Isaw that with my own eyes! But that must have been a one-time fluke. That wasscientifically impossible!” 
“No, I'll proveit again,” says the first man as he jumps over the balcony again. Just as hisbody hurtles towards the street and at the 10th floor he gently goes around thebuilding and into the window. Again he takes the elevator back up to the bar. 
Once upstairs,he successfully convinces his dubious fellow drinker to try it. “Well, I'veseen that it works, so I'll do it!” 
He immediatelyjumps over the balcony - plunging downward rapidly passing the 11th, 10th, 9th,8th floors...then his body hits the sidewalk.....splat!!!!! 
Back upstairs,the bartender who had been silent the whole time turns to the first drinker, andshaking his head says..... 
“You know,Superman, you're a real pain when you have been drinking.” 
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Your obedientservant and trail rapscallion,
Switchback theTrail Pirate