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Re: [at-l] GSMNP Proposed Itenerary redux
- Subject: Re: [at-l] GSMNP Proposed Itenerary redux
- From: "Coosa" <coosa@fox21.net>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:27:13 -0400
Sloey, say what you will, I'm filtering.
Little story. I was hiking the AT in Va many moons ago (like I weighed what
the Insurance Co's said I should) and met a backpacker who was sitting
beside a stream heating water on his stove (Svea, I think). He got it warm
enough for his drink, but not nearly boiling, and sat and talked to me for a
few. Then he went on, as did I. Up around the next switchback, which
crossed the same stream, we found a dead slightly bloated deer laying in the
stream -- upstream from where he had warmed his water. The backpacker lost
his lunch in short order, and I left him quickly, so that he could regain
his dignity.
I'm filtering, Toedie, I'm filtering and remembering that dead deer,
I can still recall the odor, Coosa
-----Original Message-----
>Now where does all that leave the unfiltered water consumed on the AT
before
>say 1990, to where we are now? You're safer now than you've ever been.
>Doesn't mean you won't get sick. It DOES mean it's less likely than before,
>when nobody "knew better."
>
>In health,
>
>=====
>Sloetoe
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