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[at-l] Starting to Worry
- Subject: [at-l] Starting to Worry
- From: dachsnj@hotmail.com (Trail Dude)
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:32:10 -0000
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Can I borrow you for my hike next year?!
>From: Bluetrail@aol.com
>To:
>Subject: [at-l] Starting to Worry
>Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:22:42 EST
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>Those people worrying about the last minute details of their hikes are starting to worry me. I'm going to be doing trail support for Jon "Wanchor" Phipps again this year; he leaves for his third AT thru on April 15.
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>He has his gear. He has the ATC guidebook. He has a promise form Backpacker to send him some gear to test. He's decided that this trip he'll buy less and rely on maildrops more. He's decided to hike "cold;" he's not taking a stove. Other than the gear and the guidebook,there's nothing in the house. No food stockpiled. No boxes, not even empty boxes. Not even a list of maildrop addresses in sight.
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>I have a sneaking suspicion that on April 14 I'm gonna get a repeat of the start of his PCT thru. "Here's a list of places to send the maildrops. I marked the ones where I'll need food. Here's a stack of signed blank checks; you know what I like to eat. Here's my ice axe; I'll let you know when I need it. Oh, yeah, send me the guidebook pages and the maps as I need them." And he was out the door.
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>Just for the record, does anyone know of ANYBODY with such faith in their support person?
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>Maybe I'll post a journal of what it's like to be the one at home.
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>With a deep sigh and a wry grin and proud that to date EVERY maildrop was where it was supposed to be, when it was supposed to be there,
>Joan
>bluetrail@aol.com
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