pct-l-digest V1 #1305

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> pct-l-digest        Saturday, November 4 2000        Volume 01 : Number
1305
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> In this issue:
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>     [pct-l] New Balance Shoes
>     [pct-l] Getting enough calories
>     [pct-l] Amigo's Garage sale
>     [pct-l] Thesis Survey  Is it safe for women to hike solo?
>     [pct-l] New Balance 803's
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> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 19:12:08 EST
> From: Montedodge@aol.com
> Subject: [pct-l] New Balance Shoes
>
>  The New Balance shoes used most often were 803's ,which will be
discontinued
> after December this year. Also 802's . The 803's will be replaced by the
new
> 804's. ( 803's can be now bought at close out prices at REI and even Big 5
> for around 65.00 ( reg. was over 80.00) I never heard anyone complain
about
> the New Balance shoes yet. ( some use a spenco insoles though for extra
cush)
> About 2 pair will do this trail. ( Don't forget a set of Seal Skin socks
for
> use in wet Washington and snow in the Sierras) Or at least bread sacks.
PS.
> Hey Luke, save me a T-shirt!!! I bring my money.
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> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 17:13:59 PST
> From: "Staggerin' Willie" <staggerinwillie@hotmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Getting enough calories
>
> This is something I learned from chef Squirrelfight on our long hike this
> year.  Every week, he would pack along an entire pound of butter.  Not
> margerine, but the real thing, packed with calories and fat.  He would
just
> cram all the sticks into a peanut putter container, and with every
dinner--
> whatever it was-- he would scoop out a heapin' spoonful of fatty, buttery
> goodness.  Even in the desert, he never seemed to have any problem with
the
> butter going bad, or at least the bacteria in the water we drank was able
to
> kill the bacteria in any spoiled butter we ate.  We also packed out lots
of
> cheese, which can be stirred into just about any meal to add real fatty
> cheezy goodness.  And anyone who ate with Squirrelfight this year knows
that
> no-one went hungry when he was cookin'  .
>
>
> Staggerin' Willie
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