[at-l] ATCk thru-hikers

[kahley7@ptd.net (kahley7)]

At 10:11 PM 3/22/01 -0500, David Hicks wrote:

>If it were true, were is the 1936 recognition by the Scouting movement,
>itself?  After all this "hike" was allegedly a formal Scout activity.
>  snip
>  Had it happened,
>that recognition would be part of Scouting lore -- along with all the other
>list of men of accomplishment who were Scouts.
>
>Chainsaw

This is a really good point.....I mean this would be legend.....why didn't
they ever promote it and as Chainsaw says, why wouldn't they hollar
when Earl's hike was recognized as the first.....does something smell?

In any case..Earl is/was first in my mind.