[at-l] Hitting the trail

[halflifelost6@hotmail.com (Rich Bowyer)]

Good Luck Pete.  I'll be interested in hearing how you make out.  I just 
started sectioning last year and havent got a lot of miles done either.  I 
have been wanting to get out for more then one night myself and will be off 
all of next week in hopes of hitting the trail for a few days.  Today I 
think my wife broke her toe and now I have to wait and see what the doc says 
(I am making her call tomorrow morning).
Let us all know,
Rich "Bowyer"


Charter Member RAS



>From: CWells4638@aol.com
>To: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: [at-l] Hitting the trail
>Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:45:35 EDT
>
>I'll be signing off the list for a few days as I head into the woods.
>Although I have been hanging around the mailing list and the Hanover
>Gatherings since mid 1999, my AT mileage to date is a grand total of 3 -
>that's right three.  Talk about wannabes.  If I were to respond to that 
>post
>on my hardest hike, it would be those 3 miles of the AT climbing out of
>Franconia Notch up to Franconia Ridge.
>
>Well, for the first time since my Boy Scout days, over 35 years ago, I will
>be going into the woods for more than a single night.  My plan calls for 4
>days and 3 nights.  I will be climbing Franconia Ridge again, only this 
>time
>from the south.  At that point, I stand to triple my AT mileage as I
>ridgewalk the AT north and then east, before descending south through the
>middle of the Pemigewasset Wilderness.
>
>Two years ago, I was carrying a 48 pound pack, without food or water.  On
>this trip, with clothing sufficient for 10 to 15 degrees F., 2 liters of
>water, and 6 days worth of food, I weigh in at a svelte 42 pounds.  I'm
>really going to have to do something about that cast iron fry pan. <G>  I'm
>only planning 4 days for this 26 mile trek, but I am a realist and know how
>my back can suddenly decide to quit, thus the extra rations.
>
>This should be a real test of whether I will ever be able to succeed in a
>through hike.  I actually don't anticipate problems with the walking, but 
>the
>bending involved in cooking, eating and living at ground level could create
>problems.  For those interested, I just received my new hammock a full 
>pound
>and a half lighter than the one I sleep in at home, and will be using it on
>this trip.   Wish me luck.
>
>Snail Male  (Pete Wells)
>
>Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention
>of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece,
>but to skid broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out,
>shouting "GERONIMO".
>
>
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