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at-l-digest Tuesday, August 8 2000 Volume 01 : Number 1740
In this issue:
[at-l] latin? help
[at-l] fast Stephenson poncho report
Re: [at-l] latin? help
Re: [at-l] latin? help
Re: [at-l] tuba-man...
[at-l] Wurfel & Setzer
Re: [at-l] latin? help
Re: [at-l] Wurfel & Setzer
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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 15:53:47 -0500
From: Felix <AThiker@smithville.net>
Subject: [at-l] latin? help
Hey, I'm needin' some help with a latin fraze. anybody?
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Felix J. McGillicuddy
ME-->GA '98
"Your Move"
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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 17:12:17 -0400
From: "Kenneth R. Knight" <krk@home.msen.com>
Subject: [at-l] fast Stephenson poncho report
I've finally used the Stephenson poncho. I wore it one day while day
hiking on the North York Moors in England. The day was cool, maybe 60
degrees, with plenty of wind and hours of steady generally soft (spurts
of harder) rain. With the wind the rain came in usually at an angle
though it never got quite horizontal. Underneath the poncho I was wearing
a silkweight capalene t-shirt and longsleeve flannel (yah, I know, but it
is what I had) button down - not fully buttoned - shirt on top; the
bottoms were covered with REI Supplex zip-off pants though I was wearing
htem as full pants. I was also wearing my anceint day pack that has
served me well for some 12 years now (I wish it had some other pockets).
For part of the day I did wear my OR Sonora Sombrero.
The poncho kept the rain and wind at bay with flying colors. My legs got
wet, but that doesn't really bother me. My arms did get a bit wet when
using my hiking sticks since, naturally, they stuck out of the expansive
sleeves a bit. But, since many time I choose not to use the stick I just
pulled my arms into the poncho and let the collapsed sticks dangle off my
wrists (sometimes I just pulled them into the poncho too. There is ample
room in there). At lunch I was able to keep the poncho on and keep
everything dry since it is spacious. You really can use it as a shelter
of sorts. The wind did blow it around quite a bit and that means this is
not a quiet garment, but that doesn't bother me. The hood also worked
well and I never felt my vision was obstructed.
I did notice one weakness though. If the wind is blowing the poncho out
and you're descending muddy slopes as we generally were it becomes very
hard to see where you are placing your feet. I may well have slipped and
slid just as much if I'd not been wearing the poncho (the soles on my
Vasque Exodus are a bit flat; and yes I did have puddles in my shoes -
gotta wear Sealskinz next time I'm out in weather like that or get a
waterproof version of the Exodus which I really like), but I do think the
poncho made things a bit tougher.
By the way, the poncho weighs in at 206 grams (about 7.25oz) which is 46
grams less than the Frogg Togg jacket which is about 8.89oz. Nice savings
of weight.
Also, although I did not use the Equinox daypack sized pack covers (the
ones Paddy sells and they're actually big enough for small backpacks -
maybe a couple thousand ci.) since the poncho served as my rain cover my
parents were both very pleased with theirs. They had more rainy days than
I did as they walked Saint Cuthbert's Way in the Borders distict between
Scotland and England.
** Kenneth Knight Web Design, IT Consultant, Software Engineer **
** krk@home.msen.com http://home.msen.com/~krk **
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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 17:14:42 -0400
From: "David" <dfaddleton@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [at-l] latin? help
and how does the phrase read?
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On 8/8/00 at 3:53 PM Felix wrote:
>Hey, I'm needin' some help with a latin fraze. anybody?
>
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>Felix J. McGillicuddy
>ME-->GA '98
>"Your Move"
>http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/
>
>
>
>
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David Addleton
http://dfaddleton.50megs.com
vocate atque nonvocate deus aderit
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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 16:22:01 -0500 (CDT)
From: goinggoinggone@webtv.net
Subject: Re: [at-l] latin? help
"ecce crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversei!"
That'll fraze most Latins you exorcize wit....
Alejandro
" When I was a boy, I was told that anyone could become President; I'm
beginning to believe it." - Clarence Darrow
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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 17:26:22 -0400
From: "David" <dfaddleton@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [at-l] tuba-man...
I think he'll carry it all the way to springer and I'm betting there'll be a
band there, sans tuba, for him to join!!
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On 8/8/00 at 1:19 PM ARTCLOUTMN@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 8/7/00 2:15:02 PM, hike-usa@email.msn.com writes:
>
><< Okay - everyone throw in a cyber-buck and pick a number from the mileage
>
>pool - I predict his tuba will play it's last oom-pah-pah atop Moosilauke -
>
>milepost 392.8... >>
>
>He seems pretty tough. I think he'll make it through CT.
>
> Art
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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 17:26:23 -0400
From: "David" <dfaddleton@mindspring.com>
Subject: [at-l] Wurfel & Setzer
> When hikers experience this state, "they have little awareness of
hills
>or obstacles," Dr. Thorneloe says. "They become transfixed in thought,
>emotion, or a sense of simply 'being there.'"
> So the next time life gets you all worked up, head for the hills.
It's
>just what the doctor ordered.
>
>by Marlene Wurfel and Lynn Setzer
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I've read Setzer's fine book about the AT; I enjoyed it; and he shows upon
on this list now and again ...
Can any one tell me about Ms. Wurfel??? does she lurk here too? Under a
trail nic?
David Addleton
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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 16:36:48 -0500
From: Felix <AThiker@smithville.net>
Subject: Re: [at-l] latin? help
David wrote:
> and how does the phrase read?
>From left to right, I guess. (I hope there ain't something dirty in
this...):
Te audire non possum. Musa
supientum fixa
in aure est.
(My guess is: I have a possum named Audrey. She has a good personality,
but lays around a lot.)
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Felix J. McGillicuddy
ME-->GA '98
"Your Move"
http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/
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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 16:39:03 -0500
From: Felix <AThiker@smithville.net>
Subject: Re: [at-l] Wurfel & Setzer
David wrote:
> I've read Setzer's fine book about the AT; I enjoyed it; and he shows upon
on this list now and again ...
>
I love when other folks do this. Makes me not feel so bad for not knowing
Lynn is a woman. :-)
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Felix J. McGillicuddy
ME-->GA '98
"Your Move"
http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/
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