[at-l] dumbest things

[nealb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (William Neal)]

I have heard that bears L*O*V*E or H!A!T!E scents.  I met one young
fastidious lady who wore tons of perfume.  Someone told her that bit of
trail lore and she almost broke her neck and ankles turning around and
around.  At the first waterfall (ice cold) she stayed under it for a good
long while.

Then there was the guy who brought a TV so he could watch Wheel of Fortune.

Or me trying to dial a pizza delivery place from a shelter (the one where
the guy put up a lightbulb and a phone).  It took me awhile to realize why I
was not getting a dial tone.  Talk about MAD!  Of course when I calmed down,
I had a good belly laugh.

Some of us are totally clueless and some of us are clueless when we get
hungry.

William The Turtle.

-----Original Message-----
From: Datto [mailto:datto_atl2@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:04 PM
To: at-l@backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [at-l] dumbest things


Well Kelly, don't feel so bad about bringing a curling
iron.

In 1998 I was section hiking north of Mt. Rogers and two
thru-hikers passed me on the Trail like I was standing
still. As I was huffing and puffing after them I remember
thinking to myself "how in the world do those people go so
fast on these dang uphills??"

When I got to the shelter (Lost Mountain Shelter) I hung
out with some of the thru-hikers. One of the people who
passed me so fast on the Trail a ways back was a very
pretty girl who was in the shelter that night applying
deoderant and makeup. Of course the other thru-hikers were
kidding her about it. She told them she didn't want to
stink like they did. Ha.

Man, with all the bugs and varments I can't imagine a woman
wearing makeup along the Trail but some do. I had a skunk
fall out of the shelter rafters one night and onto my head
while I was in my sleeping bag, then sit on my hip looking
at me in the face. I can't imagine what would have happened
if I'd had something whiffy on me. A black and white buddy
licking me probably. Real quiet-like: "Shoe! Go Away!"

Datto

PS: You know, for dual use purposes you could take a
battery operated curling iron and sometimes use it to cook
bacon up at the shelter. Just trying to help out...


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