[pct-l] What's your trail name? Is there a story behind it?

[chelin at teleport.com (Sharon & Chuck Chelin)]

Good morning, Cookie,

My trail name actually came from a 40 year-old movie, the lead character of
which has a last name pronounced the same as mine.  His is spelled
differently, but is pronounced the same.  Legend has it that the old-western
gunfighters had a grim, steely-eyed stare, so in the movie the dime-novels
of the time called this character "steel-eyed Kid Chelin" (my spelling not
his).  Friends and associates at the time picked up on that, and thus
evolved a name.  Even 40 years ago the name "Kid" did not seem appropriate,
so it became "Steel-Eye".

My skill at trail cooking is considerably more plebeian than yours.  In fact
I think more in terms of "on-loading fuel" than "dining".

Steel-Eye



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Weber"
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 12:05 PM
Subject: [pct-l] What's your trail name? Is there a story behind it?


> I'm seeing people using names that don't look like typical parent-given
names. I wanted to hear what your name was, and if there was a story behind
it.
>