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[pct-l] NEW REVOLUTIONARY ULTRA LIGHT CONCEPT
ARIANNA Wrote...as a concerned investor I wish to point out a few problems
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ARIANNA, let me assure you there will be no environmental impact. The
chickens will not be doing anything that a million other birds in the
wilderness
are not already doing. Furthermore these will not be out of control
squawking
chickens these will be disciplined Ground Pounder Bill trained chickens.
Your suggestion to use Long Tailed Weasels sounds interesting, meat is meat
as long as it walks. I assume weasels lay eggs otherwise this will not
work.
Where would we get our eggs from?
JMT REINHOLD
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CHRISTINE, Interesting point about the gees and the biofuel.
They would not work out as a food source.........to big......... we would
need
oil barrels to cook them but, we could bring one or two along as a fuel
source.
They could be our walking fuel tankers. THIS IS GETTING BETTER ALL THE
TIME. If this keeps up there won't be anything left for us to carry.
JMT REINHOLD
Your chicken loving and gees friendly trail companion
----- Original Message -----
From: <cmkudija@earthlink.net>
To: "Ken Powers" <kdpo@gottawalk.com>; "Reinhold Metzger"
<reinholdmetzger@cox.net>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Cc: <Hiker97@aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:08 PM
Subject: RE: [pct-l] NEW REVOLUTIONARY ULTRA LIGHT CONCEPT
> I live for posts like this. Thanks for the end-of-day humor.
>
> Um, it WAS humor, right ;-)
>
> Geese do make better "watchdogs" - but I think for protein density, on the
> hoof/claw, whatever, chickens probably are a better choice. Geese have
lots
> of fat, with not as much meat as you might think (have you ever cooked a
> goose?). But the goose fat might work well in alcohol stoves.
Hmmmnnnn.
> Biofuels, y'know?
>
> I'm reminded of a three-legged pig story I heard once....
>
> Hoping not to have my goose over-cooked,
>
> Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
> PCT partially '94
>
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>
> Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached its top.
Then
> you will know how low it was.
> Dag
> Hammarskjold
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
> [mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net]On Behalf Of Ken Powers
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:04 PM
> To: Reinhold Metzger; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Cc: Hiker97@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] NEW REVOLUTIONARY ULTRA LIGHT CONCEPT
>
> Have you ever cleaned a chicken coop?
>
> It was one of the nastiest jobs I ever had! And I don't need that in my
> sleeping bag!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger@cox.net>
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Cc: <Hiker97@aol.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 6:54 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] NEW REVOLUTIONARY ULTRA LIGHT CONCEPT
>
>
> I am so excited to learn that Switchback will be demonstrating sub-extreme
> ultra light gear including dehydrated water at the upcoming PCTA trail
fest.
> I have been talking about dehydrated water for years but my backpacking
> friends have always poo-pooed the idea.
> I may join Switchback and demonstrate my revolutionary ultra light concept
> that I have dreaming about for years. Yes, Switchback and I, side by
> side, revolutionizing ultra light backpacking
> We will be the hit of the show............ We will be the heroes of
> the ultra light movement.
> On extended hikes the heaviest items in the pack are food and water. If
> there was only a way to eliminate that
> weight...............................HOW???.............................
> ..............CHICKENS ON A LEASH.........................THAT'S
> HOW!!!...............
> I hear some snickering in the background..........Hey, you guys, think
about
> it.............Seriously,
> food that walks, what's wrong with that? Chickens lay eggs, right?
> So every morning, you have fresh eggs. Every evening, you stick a
chicken
> in the pot.
> EGGS & MEAT - high in protein - just what a weary hiker needs.
> Are you guys starting to see the picture? ................There is
> more...........
> At night, you tie the chickens to a tree and if a bear invades your
> campsite, the chickens clucking will awaken you so that you can scare off
> the bear.
> You will not need a bear canister because your food walks on its own. (
> Besides, chickens don't do so well in a bear
> canister.)....................There is more yet.........If you get caught
in
> a blizzard, you stick the chickens in the sleeping bag with you to keep
you
> warm......Chickens generate lots of heat. Are you guys finally
getting
> the picture?
> Food that walks, bear alarm, insulation and it all walks. What's
wrong
> with that?
> Can you imagine how light the pack will be especially if used in
conjunction
> with Switchback's dehydrated water.
> With an ultra light system like that, you guys could break every record on
> the books.
> THIS IS DYNAMITE. I bet this will sell like hot cakes. Hmmmmm, let
me
> see, maybe I should market this concept. I bet investors will line up
> around the block to get in on the ground floor. Or maybe, if investor
> response is slow, I should call Merrill Lynch about floating an IPO.
> I can see it already - SWITCHBACK & REINHOLD (ultra light systems for
all
> your backpacking needs) Symbol SR lighting up the NY stock exchange.
> This has to be planned just right so that all the pieces are in place when
> this hits the market.
> Let me see now......the chickens need to be trained to walk in a single
> file, you know, military style. You can't have a bunch of undisciplined
> chickens running all over the place.
> Maybe that's where GROUND POUNDER BILL can come in. He is an ex- Marine.
> He can train the chickens.......Marines are known for their strict
> discipline.
> GOOD.........I think I have the management team in place.
> I will be the chief executive officer.
> Switchback will be the marketing director. ( He's widely known in the
> backpacker community.
> Ground Pounder Bill will be in charge of training and product quality
> control.
> Yes..........This will be a huge success because the secret to happy
> backpacker is a light pack and a full belly........We must move forward
> swiftly so the first platoon of Ground Pounder Bill trained chickens will
> be available in time for the class of 2006
>
> I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS......I CAN'T SLEEP........I'M LIKE A KID IN A
> CANDY STORE
>
> See all you chicken pluckers at the kick
> off.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> Your chicken loving, gram counting trail companion & venture capitalist
>
>
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