[at-l] Re: Strange gear

[lwbooher@halifax.com (Leslie Booher)]

On my first backpacking trip, I had misunderstood what one of the books
telling me what to bring had said about laundry money, and I carried most of
a roll of quarters so that I'd be prepared to do my wash.  My partner, the
one standing there in her bikini while she washed her hiking clothes, nearly
fell down laughing at me.  Leslie (anklebear)

-----Original Message-----
From: Victor Hoyt <vhoyt@mediaone.net>
To: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Date: Thursday, February 01, 2001 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Re: Strange gear


>> And of course, we all have the funny, "When I started
>> backpacking" stories.
>
>My first "backpacking" trip I was 15 (now 43) and I carried a  rucksack I
>bought in Europe when I lived there the year before. I carried no canteen,
>but I had a Sierra cup and envisioned myself squatting by a babbling brook
>dipping the cup and swigging with gusto.
>
>Of course, the entire section between Hazen's Notch and Jay Camp on the
Long
>Trail was dry in mid July, and by the time I got to Rt 242, I was spitting
>dirt. I thumbed down the hill and called my Mom.
>
>wic
>
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