[at-l] 17 mile days (was something else)

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

About those girls - I was too tired [not to mention happily married!] to
even think about girls! :)  Well, almost, anyway! :)

thru-thinker

Felix wrote:
> 
> rafeb@adelphia.net wrote:
> 
> > 17 miles per day, average, from Hanover to Gorham??
> > In Shenandoah, no problem (from what I read.)
> > Dunno bout you but I was 38 yrs old on my thru'
> > attempt in '90.  If I were half that age, 17 mpd might
> > not seem so outrageous.
> >
> > rafe b.
> 
> I turned 36 on the trail. (Wildcat Shelter...10/12) I averaged 14
> miles a day and am pretty sure that if it weren't for girls, I would
> have done it in closer to 16 to 18 mile days. (I had to slow down a
> lot for Pokey. And, I didn't really have to take three days off in
> Adkins.) I think hiking 17 mile days ain't that tough if that's what
> you want to do. There really isn't a whole helluva lot to do other
> than hike or sleep.
> 
> --
> Felix J. McGillicuddy
> ME-->GA '98
> "Your Move"
> http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/
> 
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