Sierrapaloosa 2003

“I ordered 2 cups.”

“I want a Tee Shirt :~ )”

“My son has a T-shirt design. I'll have him put it up and you can see if you like it.”

“Shirts have been added to the shop!. Several types of shirts are available. Enjoy!”

“Naviguesser - This t-shirt was designed a while back with you in mind!”

“Hey Phil I likes that last one, the one you put up for Nav. It needs "thebackpacker.com" in small black lowercase letters on the front left chest tho, to perfect if out. I'd buy one'a those w/ my mug order! Whuchyathank?”

“I like Navi's Tee shirt too.Could you add Sierrapalooza 2003 on the front also with naked ape's suggestion.I would love one then.:~ )”

“I have that, only with a picture of a pack and boots.

Thanks for thinking 'bout me.”

“So, the shirt suggestion is to put:

Sierrapalooza
thebackpacker.com

on the front?

We can do that.

I'll get going on it.”

“Perfect Phil! And the shirt ain't half bad either! hehe Im'a gonna get one.

Minor detail thing: looks like the shirt begins with a lowercase letter, but it ends with a period. As an overall design strategy, ya need to have either an uppercase with it's period, or just an all-lowercase phrase with no punctuation ........... no?”

“do we have a frustrated english teacher in the house??”

“naked - I think it is a generational thing. People in chat rooms often don't capitalize anything. Sometimes my students write me email messages like that and it drives me crazy.

I will leave it up to my son to decide whether to change it or not.

FYI. Rules for message writers. (How soon we forget!)”

“actually, i was thinking it needed to read:

"backpacking is life; everything else is just details"

since "everything else is just details" can be an independent sentence, shouldn't the comma be replaced, as cited above?

(and yes, i rarely capitalize in informal communication.)”

“Hehe, perhaps pepper. Tar the comma is better aesthetically, it just looks like a 2nd grader wrote the quote on the shirt, as it looks now.”

“Ok, I signed on as a maybe only because I have to check out all the details and the terrain. I have to get in better shape for sure because it looks like there are several steep hills to climb.

I'm soooo ready mentally but not physically. Thank God I have some time! This should be a great trip! Can't wait!”

“Don't worry about the steep stretches. The days are short enough that it doesn't matter if you take an hour break every mile.”

“hikerchic - The 5-day trip! That's a couple extra miles/day than the 7-day trip. You have plenty of time to get in shape! (At least I always tell myself that).”

“I got my cups! Pretty Ding Dang Cool!

hikerchic, if your worried about being in shape come with us on the 7 day trip. It's going to be a lot more fun than going with those extremists, those fitness nazis, on the 5 dayer.”

“Hey...I don't resemble that!”

“Glad you like the mugs!

We need a 7-day trip song, haiku, or...or something.”

“LOL Nav, yaknow when them Nazis saluted, perhaps they were saying "HIKE!".”

“Did the additional permit for the 5 day trip come thru?”

“"Hike Hitler?"”

“Wind, maybe you should come over to the "longer" side.

Phil, I'm not singing, and you can't make me! Well, ok, 100 bottles of beer.

ldhiker, haven't got any permits yet.”

“Ok, let me check the details on that one...where you're starting and all that jazz. I'll get back to ya!”

“Oh I'm a sevener...I'm a sevener...don't mind the limp its realy nothing....I'm a sevener....Needs a little more work but I just thought I'd start something.”

“Hey jvz! You're my neighbor. "oh, won't you be "my neighbor"? You are supposed to sing it like the late Mr. Roberts. Ahh! Anyway, I'm in Stockton!”

“Actually hc5, I'm just out Hwy 12 in Fairfield, and Freedom is right there with you somewhere.”

“OK. Forget the song. Maybe just a slogan or motto.”

“my proposition:

"Seven Days - if it's good enough for God, it's good enough for me."”

“I object on that grounds that God actually wanted 12 days, but his funding ran out. ;)”

“...or Her funding, if you're so inclined.”

“I”

“I”

“That wasn't supposed to happen!”

“This is what was supposed to happen:
I GOT THE PERMIT!!!YUOOOWHOOO!!!
THE SEVEN DAYERS ARE GOING!! YOOOHOOO!!!YEEHAWW!!I GOT THE PERMIT!!!”

“I hope to go on this trip. It sounds like it will be a blast. I do not know for sure at this point, but I think I can get the days off.”

“YAHOO for Nav!

...and I like tar's slogan.”

“Where's my permit?”

“Is there a max allowed of people on that permit? I think this trip is going to grow.”

“Glad to hear we're neighbors(to Mr.Rogers music). I'm a native Stocktonian born around the Dameron Hospital area. Good to know you're close for carpool and hiking times. Must get together for a beer!”

“From the trip sign-ups, it looks like we'll be fine for permits. There are some people signed up for both the 5-day and the 7-day and there are lots of maybe people. If you're planning on going, sign-up on the trip page.”

“Navi-Where is the TH for this hike and what towns can I fly-in to? Thanks jerbear@backpacker.com”

“Navi, are you taking donations for the permit? I'll send it over to you even though I'm a almost sure/maybe.

jvz-sounds great for a beer! I know exactly where Dameron is. Write to me anytime you'd like to go for a hike/beer. Hey, a beer- hike! ha ha Yes, freedom I believe is in Sac....actually there are quite a few tt'rs in Sac. Who all is in Sac? Raise your hands...or write.”

“Got my confirmation on my reservation today!! Hot Diggity Dog!! :~ )”

“Yo BEAR!! Looks like most flyers are coming into Sactown and Fresno. And there might be someone flying into LA and carpooling north, but don't know if that came thru. Heard from T, she OK!”

“I just poured a nice Starbucks brew into my new Sierrapalooza mug.

Thanks Phil !!”

“I am in. I just got my ticket. Arrive Sac on Thursday 8:30 PM. I guess I should think about where I am going to stay Thursday night. Any suggestions?”

“Hey Pop - What did you end up getting for the return flight time?”