[pct-l] Beating a dead (and decomposing) horse

[randy_forsland at hotmail.com (Randy Forsland)]

Ahhh...nothing like "trail soup"...

Break a few crackers into it and you are all set..
----- Original Message ----- >
> Ron Moak <rmoak@fallingwater.com> wrote:
>
>>> Speaking of a decomposing horse . . . . .
>
> I saw one on the CDT in 2004.
> It's not a pretty site.
>
> I saw a decomposing moose, too. <<
>
> Got that one beat!
>
> In '77 while hiking southbound through Maine on our thru-hike one raining
> morning, we eventually tire of the endless stream crossing. After miles of
> slogging along a wet trail, we stop at one of the many creeks to take a
> break.
>
> Dipping our Sierra cups deep into the brown tannin rich fast flowing 
> creek,
> we savor the tea colored brew sprinkled with bits of floating fir nettles.
> We thought nothing about it as we drank deeply the tangy but delectable
> concoction.
>
> Refreshed and revived, we mounted or soggy laden packs and trudged onward
> into the wilds of Maine. Not 30 yards up the stream that meandered along 
> the
> trail, lay the rotted corpse of a Moose in the middle of the stream.
>
> We looked at the bones still covered with shreds of rotted meat and 
> smelled
> the pungent aroma that hung heavy in the air. All was silent, save for the
> gentle falling of rain on the vegetation and the rustle of creek flowing
> through the bones of that dead Moose.
>
> After a few moments pondering the situation that lay before us, we turned 
> to
> look at each other. Neither of us seemed to find words appropriate for the
> circumstance, so in silence we turned and kept walking.
>
> Fallingwater
>
> PS: Never did filter water that year.
>
>
>
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