[pct-l] Beer for the Trail

[stewjohns at comcast.net (stewjohns@comcast.net)]

OK, now I am totally bummed out.  I had this vision of switchback the trail pirate in my head, and he has totally ruined it.  I had this whole fantasy of meeting him on the trail someday and genuflecting in his presence.  I would have asked him if he wanted to go to town and get a couple of brews, and he would say of course son... just make sure your buying.  I would of course.  Than I would ask for his autograph on my pack, and he would say... well maybe grass-hopper... lets see how many beers you can buy me first.  Than off we would go to the nearest pub to party.  Now its all ruined... damm I feel like I did when I learned as a kid that super-man wasn't really real.  Totally bummed.
Doc Holiday


> --------------------------------------------------- 
> This is what we need more of on this List. Real he-man, trail pirate 
> backpackers and thinking out of the box creators. Outstanding. Superb. Gold 
> star for you. 
> 
> Now I have to come clean with you. I have never drank beer (may be 2-3 cans in 
> my whole 59 year life). What an embarrassing trail pirate I am. I am a phony. 
> I am ashamed. I am disgraced. I am a trail pirate thru hiker want-a-be. I am 
> a trail town sacker want-a-be. I wish I could be like all the other backpackers 
> on this List and be brave and courageous and tough. I am none of those things. 
> I am weak, scared, and a wimp. Oh, well. I would rather be a live wimp, 
> instead of a potentially dead too brave hiker. 
> 
> I can see them stripping me of my backpack at the April Kickoff in a ceremony in 
> front of all the other hikers. Probably take my hiking poles and break them in 
> half too and throw them on the ground for everyone to stomp on. 
> 
> Your prohibition hiking buddy, Switchback 
> Ducking for Cover & Under the Blankets for Protection PCT Corridor Hiker 
> 
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From: swiftpause at gmail.com (Swift)
Date: Tue Feb 14 18:44:18 2006
Subject: [pct-l] When to start a southbound?
Message-ID: <74abd1f40602141635o1d05992h96e72306f68e7215@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all. My trail name's SpaceJaggy and I've been wanting to hike the PCT
since I found my dad's books and heard his tale of woe. He wanted to do it,
collected all the lit, never did more than section hikes, mostly in Oregon
and Washington. I'm from Oregon, myself. Anywa, this year I'm finally past
some feet injuries and I assumed I'd nobo a thru-hike. But here's the catch
- I don't get out of the military until the end of July. So even if I take a
month and a half terminal (dunno if I can save up that much leave - I pretty
much have to get /away/ now and again) that'd still put me starting in
mid-June. That's too late for my comfort zone... so I figure, I'll sobo it.
But how late to start?

When does snow start falling in the Sierras? I'm in the Marines so I'll be
physically fit.. I don't really have an average hiking pace figured out but
twenty miles a day sounds good. I figure I'll get a better idea as I start
doing long weekends for training. What's the latest anybody's started in
Manning and pulled it off? What's a bad year for snow in the Sierras? I've
been reading a lot of sites and they're all northbound, which is great for
motivation and those picky trail details, but is there a Sanctuary of
Southbound Secrets I've overlooked? Anybody done a southbound hike I can
bother?

Thanks in advance. You guys rock, section hikers and thru-hikers alike.
SpaceJaggy