[pct-l] Followup Backpack Question (trail names)

[saskiadaru at xs4all.nl (Saskia Daru)]

Hey,
I did not pick mine. The people I met on the trail kept saying my name
wrong, so the wrong name stuck. My name is Saskia, or Sas, but people kept
calling me Sauce... The 'a' is actually pronounced more like the 'a' in hard
or in 'a-ha'.
Groetjes,
Saskia

> From: "dude" <dude@fastmail.ca>
> Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 21:14:35 +0000 (UTC)
> To: darkbodhi@yahoo.com, pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Followup Backpack Question (trail names)
> 
>> P.S.  Bonus fun question: How does one obtain a
>> trail name: are they given, earned, or do you
>> just come up with one and use it?
> 
> I think that most people pick theirs, but if you missed the
> conversation on this list about a week ago about "Captain Bivy", you
> missed a chance to see first-hand how nick-names can also be given by
> others.  In this case, the entire list was throwing out possible nick-
> names.  In the end, Captain Bivy did get a new trail name, but he still
> selected it on his own free will.
> 
> peace,
> dude
>