[at-l] Final word on Gore-Tex Boots

[lwbooher@halifax.com (Leslie Booher)]

So, is somebody going to tell us this deer story?  I've got a good deer
story that I can share in exchange.  Well, mine is really what my husband
calls a "white tailed dear story".  <G>  Leslie (anklebear)

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Hewitt <Tim.Hewitt@fairchildsemi.com>
To: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Final word on Gore-Tex Boots


>Pilgrim - who did not get hit by a car - wrote:
>>
>> The only time you will have dry feet while thru hiking with a heavy pack
>> is on the flat parts of the trail.  Paddler will be happy to tell anyone
>> exactly where the flat parts of the AT are located.  Or maybe he was
>> always happy to tell anyone who mentioned the flat parts where he would
>> like them to be . . .
>
>...and that guy who drew the profiles, what was his name... he should be
>flogged to within an inch of something anyway! "Looks fairly flat up ahead.
>Where the #$!! did this 3000-footer come from!"
>
>[clip]
>> isn't ever really dry.  Take the extra $$$ that you would have spent on
>> Gore-Tex for your boots and buy a few extra pair of good socks.  You'll
>> be just as happy and you never know when you'll end up feeding the deer
>> (you had to be there).
>
>I have to find Jilebi and get her to illustrate that story for my book. I
>tell the story so often that I laugh myself silly now just thinking about
>it.
>
>Shenandoah National Park will always be a magical place for me, I take
along
>my "deer shirt" when I do slide shows, and of course, I tell the story at
>that point in my presentation. I really need a Jilebi slide to add to my
>presentation.
>
>It gets it's own section in my book :).
>
>-p
>--
>Paddler
>GA>ME Class of 99
>http://paddler99.trailstories.com
>
>
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