[pct-l] Re: Wearing Your Sleeping System, Campy Fashions, & Trail Fest

[dkwoods33 at yahoo.com (david woods)]

Who says "HARD CORE BACKPACKERS & MT. MEN" cannot look and feel "FABULOUS"? 
 
Sunday last I walked the LA Marathon in my new Macabi for Men hiking skirt and felt "FABULOUS" all the way. 
 
I wish I had seen Switchback's info on the Mission Inn a week ago though. Just think how WONDERFUL I would have felt and looked after a "Heated Stone Therapy massage, a Roman Rosemary Scrub, and a Gentleman's Nail Grooming treatment".
 
This is a very comfortable garment and I will use it on the trail. Real "HARD CORE BACKPACKERS & MT. MEN" are not afraid of bearded old, balding fat guys in a skirt. Are they?

I also wore a new from the box pair of NB 809's which was not the smartest move. They seem heavier than last years 808's and needed about 26 miles of breaking in which they now have. I replaced the stock insoles with my well used Super Feet at about 8 miles. I have read comments here before to the effect that NB shoes lack adequate support for hiking and I agree that this is so with the stock insoles. They work well for me with aftermarket insoles and my feet LOVE the 4E width.
 
Between the moderately stiff shoes and using trekking poles I added an hour to last years time but I plodded on through and it was a fun outing as always. It is a bit different experience than a solo trail walk (that could be an understatement).
 
This event transpired prior to Switchback and GPB's ultra-lightweight trail food revolution which was just as well.  I cannot imagine trying to herd a bevy of even well trained and trail hardened chickens in a crowd of 25,000 even though the almonds and stuff I carried to snack on did get heavy over time.
 
This will be a fashion watershed year. Trail towns will experience a surge in demand for men's beauty treatments and outfitters will not be able to keep silk garments and men's skirts in stock. Humm..... Maybe this is the year to invent the portable hiker's spa and apparel shop. Maybe I can lease a trail helium balloon from Switchback to float it from camp to camp. I wonder if chickens are afraid of heights or are prone to altitude sickness? It would be tragic to have to bail at Whitney Portal because of neurotic or edematous foul.
 
Dave Woods
Camp Pedicurist & Trail Apparel Peddler

"What me Worry" - Alfred E. Newman
 
 
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:02:15 -0800
From: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger@cox.net>
Subject: [pct-l] Re: Wearing Your Sleeping System, Campy Fashions,    &
    Trail Fest
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stillroaming wrote.....getting out of my bag on a cold mornings the worst
part of my hiking experience.....to that end I've envisioned an ankle length
' overcoat'..........

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.........

I CANT BELIEVE WHAT I'M HEARING HERE.
I THOUGH I WOULD BE CONVERSING WITH HARD CORE BACKPACKERS & MT. MEN ROUGHING
IT IN THE WILDERNESS WHEN I POST ON THIS SITE.
INSTEAD WHAT DO I HEAR?.....stillroaming longs for a ANKLE LENGTH
OVERCOAT......
Switchback longs for a ROMAN ROSEMARY SCRUB & GENTLEMAN'S NAIL GROOMING AND
PINK FLUFFY DUCKY SLIPPERS SO HE WILL LOOK FABULOUS.
I CANT WAIT TO MEET YOU GUYS ON THE TRAIL WITH THE ANKLE LENGTH OVERCOATS
AND ALL.
KEEP ME POSTED WHEN & WHERE YOU GUYS WILL BE HIKING SO I CAN TAKE YOUR
PICTURES & GET YOUR AUTOGRAPHS.

JMT REINHOLD
Your scruffy, unkempt, dirty rat trail companion

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Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:29 PM
Subject: Wearing Your Sleeping System, Campy Fashions, & Trail Fest


I got a light down sweater made at Nunatakusa.com, but designed as parka
with full zipper in front, hood, and parka length.  It is very nice.  The
outer fabric I had done in black Epic.  I also had super deep pockets put in
front.  It cost just under $480.  Not for the weak of heart this custom made
gear.  But I love it.  Something made just for me and the way I like it.  No
compromises.  Save your coins.

A half bag would fit up under this jacket easily.  No cold drafts.  I also
just got from WinterSilks.com a balaclava and long johns in black.

SILK and DOWN!  What a combination for the 2006 campaign.  Light and strong
and warm.

I must admit I will look cute prancing around camp in my black silk jammies.
I might add some pink fluffy ducky slippers too for contrast.  Its all about
me, the camp fashion plate.

By the way, I stopped by the Mission Inn in Riverside CA today to check it
out for the PCTA Trail Fest next week.  What a neat place.  Small shops all
around it and lots of history.  The room where we are to give our gear
presentation, Spanish Art Gallery, is fantastic.  High walls, very old, and
lots of old paintings high up on the walls.  What a place to talk about gear
and have a show.  It was neat just to be in it empty.

I stopped by the Mission Inn spa to see about getting a Heated Stone Therapy
massage, a Roman Rosemary Scrub, and a Gentleman's Nail Grooming treatment.
I think mountainmen and harden veteran trail pirates like me need to keep up
our appearances.  I guess I should do this before the gear presentation, so
I will look fabulous.  May be I should hit the tanning salon so I can cook
up a good complexion too.  Like I just completed a Yo-Yo of the PCT.

Your hiking buddy, Switchback
Camp Dandy & PCT Section Hiker 1970

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