Re: [at-l] Cheerio in the Smokies

["Coosa" <coosa@fox21.net>]

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From: WHHAWKINS@aol.com <WHHAWKINS@aol.com>


>In a message dated 05/02/2000 10:18:01 PM EDT, coosa@fox21.net writes:
>
><< Why am I asking this?   In a recent poll over on TP, the majority of
people
> posted that anyone who hiked at least 1000 miles of the AT is a Thru
Hiker.
>  >>
>
>IMO
>
>That's all hog wash. A thru-hiker is someone who is attempting to hike from
>one end to the other end of a trail (AT, CDT, PCT ......).
>
>If someone hikes 1000 miles then their a thousand miler.


And isn't that just the point?  Hike Yer Own Hike and Name Yer Own Game.  If
I walked on US Hwy One from Key West, FL, to Kent, ME, would I be a
Thru(way)Hiker?

C

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