> BTW. A careful reading of the posts on this list > will reveal that quite a few > are not members of ATC. I joined last week. Easy as pie. Here's the link for those interested: http://www.appalachiantrail.org/support/index.html I joined and I don't even intend to hike the trail until 2006, unless I hike Maine with Bob. $30.00 isn't going to break anybody... Shane