Happy Birthday!!

[Dan Caviness]

I'll have to give that a shot...(drum roll please)...(cymbal clash)

We used to carry Everclear in our backpack trips...it was basically pure alcohol...190 proof...tasted like crap...but got you hammered fast and we didn't need the extra weight humping around Crown Royal and/or other good liquors.
After a shot of that...conversation ceases for a bit...lots of throat clearing and strangled vocal cords...no conversation...

Then...being an engineer...I knew I could do better (for you younger readers...that is irony)...and after chatting with some of the Radio Chemists at Livermore Labs we started purchasing 200 proof pure alcohol from a pharmaceutical laboratory.

Funny as hell...a pint was 99 cents...with a $6 federal excise tax...Uncle Sam knows what is UP...;)
Talk about tasting bad...lol...thank god it saved the weight...the best way to slam it down was either packing snow into the poly bottle and letting it melt...or mixing it with whatever crap we had along...everything from Kool Aid to Tang...

Don't judge men...after 10-12 miles at altitude...you need a little help getting into bed...everything hurts...