Re: [at-l] Newbie

[Owen <jim_ginny_o@attglobal.net>]

goinggoinggone@webtv.net wrote:
> 
> AThiker@smithville.net (Felix) wrote:
> >I look forward to reading your journal, though<  Oddly enough, there
> still exists a published journal from that summer: a fellow named Ed
> Kuni wrote a book after he became the first person to walk the entire AT
> in each of two consecutive years, '72 and '73. He was about 50 years
> older than Felix that first summer, and the most amazing part was, he
> never took a  zero-mile day and he never stayed in a motel or private
> home for the entire 4,000  miles. I didn't meet him until he caught up
> to me in VT, but I remember how awesome it seemed that someone so old
> could be such a strong hiker, and he looked even older than he actually
> was, probably because he never took a day off...
> 
> Al Gomez
> GA->ME '72
> ME->MA '73


Al - 
I met Ed Kuni when I was ----- well, a lot younger.  He was a friend of
several of my uncles and I was raised in the same town that he lived
in.  He was probably part of the inspiration for my first thruhike. 
Most people don't know about him, but he did at least 4 AT hikes and
then went on to the CDT.  We ran across his entry in a register in
Lincoln, MT last summer. He may also have done the PCT although I have
no direct evidence for that - only stories by way of my uncles (who are
in their late 80's).  It's nice to hear from someone else who knew him.  

Walk softly,
Jim
Bald Eagle, AT-92 
Spirit Eagle, CDT-99
Spirit Bear, PCT-00


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