Post #393490 by Cammo on Sat, Jul 12, 2008 5:06 PM

Hey Buzzy -

Here's the guy I was telling you about.

I know this Dave Paltrone because he used to do sing Sinatra Nights downtown at Martini Ranch, here in San Diego.

So - Dave gets it in his head last year to hike the entire Arirondack Trail, bottom to top, (called "through-hiking") and get donations for the miles he makes. Donations go to a big brother charity. Yay. But he decides to hike it 21st century he-man blues singer style, meaning that he takes with him;

a guitar
two pals for company
a laptop
a celphone to uplink photos and blog entries
one of those GPS dial-up devices to plot location
state of the art clothing, boots, etc
dried NASA food
you name it, he's packing it

So - I knew it was all over when I heard about his pack list. The Adirondack is a massive trail, almost nobody has EVER hiked it all in one summer, those who try have to start in early April, or end in October and risk hiking in fresh wet snow.

And you don't bring a guitar.

So I knew he was in for trouble, and have been searching around for his blog entries, and finally found them. Turns out his buddies left him a few weeks ago, his dad was going to hike for a while with him but bailed, Paltrone's feet are swelling up every day (20 miles hikes EVERY DAY will do that) and he seems to be going ever so slowly crazy. He's hiking in his underpants now, sleeps naked, has prickly heat rash, and has been using up all his money by eating in cheesy diners the whole way. NASA food is even more expensive.

So I don't want to hear any griping about not getting the right sort of Barbados Rum this summer, cause here's a guy with REAL problems -

http://brotherproof.blogspot.com/

[ Edited by: Cammo 2008-07-12 17:23 ]