[at-l] Trip Report, pt 2 (long)

[garyticknor@starpower.net (Gary Ticknor)]

ROTF,LMAO

- Gary from Fairfax, confirmed poncho wearer

"cosmo catalano, jr." wrote:

> ...should I put
> on my poncho?...yes!  Suddenly it's pouring.  I scramble off the
> trail.  Cleverly I've packed my poncho on top of everything else in
> my pack so it will be easy to get to.  Of course it means undoing the
> pack cover, unbuckling the pack lid, undoing the draw cord.  And
> that's AFTER I get the 87 buckles on the pack suspension loosened so
> I can get the #$%*&! thing off in the first place.
>
> I finally get the poncho out after exposing my pack to the deluge.
> My back is soaked, the poncho seems kind of pointless now, but I
> stubbornly continue.  I get the pack on, it squeezes water out of my
> shirt and down my back sending cold streams of liquid running down my
> butt.  A moment to remember--later.  Now the fun of getting the
> poncho on.  I tried it the day I bought it, folded it up and put it
> on the shelf.  Too bad I didn't try it with the pack on.  I get my
> head into the hood, but it is facing the wrong way, and all I can see
> is nylon.  I spin it around and my vision returns.  Not that I can
> see much, my glasses were completely wet.  Where are those #$%%&!
> snaps to make arm holes? I feverishly search the edges of the poncho
> to find mating hardware.  Succeeding finally, I look back to see if
> the pack was covered.  The poncho is bunched up on top of the pack,
> and I limbo around the woods flailing my arms trying to get the wind
> to help flip the back side of the poncho off the top of the pack.
> About the time I succeed, the rain has pretty much stopped.  At least
> I had no audience for that little demonstration of woodcraft.