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[pct-l] NEW REVOLUTIONARY ULTRA LIGHT CONCEPT
Hi All one comment , about the mentioned "EX-Marine" ??? I'm not dead
JMT R. The only EX-Marine is a dead Marine. "ONCE, ALWAYS" you must
have forgotten. I'll be looking for those chickens come Saturday.
Remember
"Be Prepared" Ground Pounder Bill "Semper Fi"
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Mountain Goat" <themtgoat@yahoo.com>
To: <reinholdmetzger@cox.net>; "pct mailing list"
<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:20 AM
Subject: [pct-l] NEW REVOLUTIONARY ULTRA LIGHT CONCEPT
> Reinhold;
>
> Yu half outdone yourself!
> When you have an IPO, Let me know, I can sell eggs to make my initial
> investment
>
> Maybe I should buy some chicken wire for my backyard, in anticipation for
> training camp for the chickens to walk in single file!
>
> How many chickens should one take on the trail, can we mail chickens thru
> the USPS... Ok Mom, send 2 chickens in the flate rate box so I can make it
> to Stehekin!
>
> p.s. do you put chicken feed on the trail to get them to walk down it?
>
> -Mountain Goat-
> Chicken Soup, Chicken soufley, chicken chowder, chicken all a king,
> chicken and eggs, scrambled chicken and poached eggs, ect...
> Reinhold Metzger reinholdmetzger at cox.net
> Tue Mar 21 20:54:11 CST 2009
> ---------------------------------
>
> 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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