[pct-l] Charged up by Squeaky

[Lonetrail at aol.com (Lonetrail@aol.com)]

L-Rod
 
Thanks for the info on _http://www.locksoflove.org/_ 
(http://www.locksoflove.org/)   My wife  is a cancer survivor. We were at you house last spring I 
dropped of about 30  days of backpacking food since I got hurt on the AT in April 
and had  to have a knee operation also had a dislocated back and was not  able 
to backpack in 05. 
 Now! I will tell my story about an attractive girl with short hair  who I 
met at Vermillion Meadows and we finish the JMT together. The reason  she cut 
her hair was she did not want to look attractive on the trail and  she also wore 
a Gravel Girty wig (remember form Dick Tracy) (spelling may  be wrong) she 
looked awful and older then me with her wig. We were a  strange couple she was 
35 and I was 70. I had a 35 lb backpack and she had  a 70 lb pack. Her tent was 
12 lbs alone.
 
PS:  Do you have a Subaru???
 
Lonetrail
 
Depends on what pictures you're look at . . . . there's been a gradient  
change of hair color that has evolved and morphed over time, which explains a  lot 
;o) 

 
I'm really glad you brought up my hair, though.  I am cutting it all  off, 
and buzzing down to 1" for my hike next year..  In fact, I've  already declared 
to many hikers that I am going to paint war stripes on my  face, drink tequila 
shots, and get my buzz with hikers as witnesses next  Memorial Day weekend.  
I'm also thinking of going blue, at minimum, I'll  try the Kool-Aid dye thing 
to see if I can handle it.  
 
Why?  I was very inspired by Jessie, who hiked this year.   While staying at 
Hiker Heaven, she buzzed off her gorgeous waist long hair and  donated them to 
"Locks of  Love" to be used to make wigs for young cancer  victims who've 
lost their hair due to cancer treatments.  My hair is  probably not wig quality 
like Jessie's is/was, but they will sell short, gray,  or otherwise 
not-wig-quality hair for cash to get money to make the wigs and  run their program.  So, 
rather than seeing all that hair get swept into  the trash bin, it might 
actually help somebody. 
 
For any of you out there (men or women) contemplating an extreme buzz for  
your hike, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE visit this website and follow the steps to  
donate your hair.  If you look in the photo gallery of wig recipient  before and 
afters, be prepared.  Puts many things into perspective.  Seeing those photos 
motivated me to actually grow my hair longer so that I  would have more to 
donate.
 
_http://www.locksoflove.org/_ (http://www.locksoflove.org/) 
 
L-Rod  


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