[at-l] Klipspringer, 6 String Hillbilly sightings

[gaudet@mediaone.net (Arthur Gaudet)]

In my last post I forgot to add that I spent the night of 8/31 with 
Klipspringer at Story Spring Shelter, just South of Stratton Mtn in 
Vermont.

What a  pleasant surprise for me! I hiked with K. in 1997 and enjoyed 
this gentleman's company immensely, from Killington to Hanover. I 
later saw him, and his son "Groper", as they arrived in Monson during 
their flipflop that year.

This will be K's second complete hike of the AT, I hope to catch up 
to him sometime. He looked a bit worn and tired, but was optimistic 
about at least reaching the Maine border. If he does that then he's 
completed his second trip (he repeated Maine in '99).

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6 String Hillbilly (sans Luna) was sighted on 8/27 as I headed to 
Gov. Clement Shelter. He was Northbound on the AT to Hanover, just a 
short stretch with his sister and brother-in-law. He had a nice chat 
trailside but couldn't spend the night, he was heading for Pico.



-- 
Arthur D. Gaudet         	"Is walking down called hiking, too?"
(RockDancer)  	                 -heard at the top of Mt Washington, NH