[pct-l] Hello PCT-L

[kdpo@pacbell.net (Ken & Marcia Powers)]

Then there is a local scout leader that carries a full size Dutch Oven on
his back packing trips. His pack must weigh 50 lbs BEFORE he puts the Dutch
Oven up on top. Biggest pack I have ever seen.

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: <CharlieJones@aol.com>
To: <pct-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hello PCT-L


> In a message dated 2/13/02 12:15:35 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> cmkudija@earthlink.net writes:
>
> > for what it's worth, my husband Chuck earned the name "Igor" early on a
> > canoe trip for the loads he could carry, and would carry things like
> > cantaloupes to the tops of 14,000' Sierra peaks.
> >
>
> I was resting on top of San Gorgonio (elev. 11,502 feet) one day when a
Scout
> troop arrived. The Scoutmaster yelled, "OK, who's got the watermelon?"
Sure
> enough, one of the scouts opened his pack and produced one.
>
> Charlie
>
>