[pct-l] Safety Concerns at Gear Presentation

[Hiker97 at aol.com (Hiker97@aol.com)]

I was thinking (again) that may be  we should have a safety warning for the 
PCTA Trail Fest gear presentation  Saturday.  There are some pretty astounding 
things that are going to happen  there.
 
May be some people cannot handle  it.  May be we should be a little more 
safety oriented.  May be there  should be a screening process on who is allowed 
in.  Perhaps only hard core  mountainmen and mountainwomen.  Folks we think can 
handle it.  We  could stamp people's wrist with pair of old hiking boots 
symbol to show they are  okay to be there.
 
We could also have a sign over the  double door to the presentation room that 
says, "Warning.  Only hard core  gear heads/weenies and those without any 
heart or other medically inhibiting  conditions allowed in."
 
I do not want to be discriminatory,  but I also want to be responsible too.  
I do not want anyone to start to CD  on us during our presentation.  (CD = 
Circling the Drain or when you start  to checkout to the big trail in the sky.)
 
Your hiking buddy,  Switchback
Always Putting Your  Safety and and Your Trail Happiness  First