[pct-l] celebrities on the trail

[wayneskraft at comcast.net (Wayne Kraft)]

I go to the trail to get away from celebrities.  That little tart  
Jennifer Aniston is constantly following me around like a love sick  
puppy.  I am daily required to advise Dick Cheney and Karl Rove about  
what the President should say about this or that.  It's exhausting.   
And then I have to clean up after Danny Glover's dog.  Don't get me  
started.  The PCT is famous enough.  Already we had Congressmen Greg  
Walden (R-OR) and Earl "The Pearl" Blumenauer (D-OR) hiking around  
Mt. Hood this summer in some kind of bipartisan lovefest and I  
suspect the only reason they were out there was that a newspaper  
reporter, Mark Larabee form the Boregonian, was out section hiking  
with a photographer.  What if the PCT becomes the Next Big Thing in  
Hollywood?  Can you imagine it?  Governor Schwarzenegger announcing  
his candidacy for president from atop Mt. Whitney?  NBA players  
arguing vociferously with Rangers about bear canisters?  American  
Idol filmed live at Agua Dulce?  OJ Simpson roaming the hills in  
search of the real killer? David Letterman replaced with a new show  
called "Squeaky Speaks?"  Where will it end?

Geraldo Rivera:  This is Geraldo Rivera reporting to you live from  
Kennedy Meadows where we have come to check out reports that actor  
Russell Crowe has bypassed Fuller Ridge thus invalidating his nobo  
thru-hike.  While we are waiting for Russell to "eat crow" on live  
television (har har) we have arranged an interview with PCT hiking  
guru, Yogi, live from Kansas City.  Good Morning, Yogi.
Yogi:  Good Morning, Geraldo.
GH:  Yogi, our investigators have uncovered secret information that  
Russell Crowe did not hike Fuller Ridge, but took an alternate  
route.  What does this do to Crowe's hopes of scoring a nobo thru- 
hike this year?
Y:  Well, Geraldo, this isn't exactly big news. Russell discussed  
this decision in his own online trail journal weeks ago.  It's really  
no big deal.  Fuller Ridge is icy, snowy and dangerous this year and  
until the snow melts it should only be attempted by experienced  
mountaineers with proper equipment.  There are no rules for a  
successful thru-hike.  Everybody should HYOH.
G:  Well, there you have if folks.  According to trail expert Yogi,  
Russell Crowe's nobo thru-hike attempt is no longer big news and is  
no big deal.  Crowe did not come properly equipped for the hike and  
lacked the skills necessary to negotiate crucial Fuller Ridge.  He is  
now hiking his own hike which cannot be characterized as a thru-hike.
Y: What????!!!!
G:  Thanks, Yogi, here comes Russell Crowe!  Mr. Crowe! Mr. Crowe!


On Dec 9, 2005, at 10:07 PM, Joseph Niemiec wrote:

> Just curious,
>
> Have any celebrities ever hiked the trail?  Or has anyone spotted  
> one while on the trail?
>
> Mouse
> www.trailjournals.com/joeniemiec
>
>
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