[at-l] Newbie Intro

[garyticknor@starpower.net (Gary Ticknor)]

Mark Lambert wrote:

> ... I naturally was drawn to the Shenandoah National Park
> to revive some old backpacking memories from my youth.

A honorary fellow Washingtonian, I see. Welcome, have a seat, grab a
smashmallow, etc...

> ...It would be nice to finish at the southern terminus of the
> trail on Springer and the weather would be better sobo. OTOH, finishing
> in Harpers Ferry would mean the final stretch of the hike would be
> through SNP, where I first caught the backpacking bug...

Sort of a no lose proposition, then. Decide at HF.

> not the hard part, The hardest part is the mortgage,...
> (Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket tonight...)

Tried, that didn't work. Tried again, still didn't work. Had to give up on
account of the expense. Dang!

> There's magic in my
> daughter's eyes in the woods. They see things I don't and I enjoy their
> discoveries.

Right, you have to catch them when their young, I think. I have given up on
my wife (hiking wise, only ;).

> I was a bit unsure of the list during that
> "elitist" thread a while back.

When we don't have gear lists to critique we get fractious. So send us a
gear list - with weights to the ounce.

Again, welcome - Gary from Fairfax