[pct-l] Eric Ryback

[tahoe.cat at verizon.net (Bill & Cathy)]

Don't forget the capital "P" on Prepared           LOL
   "Be Prepared"      Ground Pounder Bill          "Semper Fi"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Trekker4@aol.com>
To: <pct-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Eric Ryback


> I did say his book is still on my shelf; he was  obviously a tough kid (I
> only started out with 60 pounds on Mt Katahdin in 1979,  now down to about
45
> with 10 days food and a quart of water.). Many of us have  our youthful
and not
> so youthful indiscretions.
>     If he kept his fund customers out of the market  crash of a few years
> ago, even just partly, then he's one fund manager in  thousands; most of
them
> have "hiked" blithely on, ignoring all the billions of  lost $, ruined
> retirements, and even ruined lives in their wake. Caveat emptor  comes to
mind -
> regarding books, investment advisors, and heavy packs;  as Ground Pounder
says, "Be
> prepared.".
>
> Bob "Trekker"
> Big Bend Desert Denizen
> (Naturalized Citizen, Republic of  Texas)
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