[at-l] ATN article, 1936 Scout Hike

[saunterer@jimbullard.org (saunterer@jimbullard.org)]

At 05:54 PM 06/12/2002 -0400, Raphael Bustin wrote:
>At 03:44 PM 6/12/2002 -0400, Chainsaw quoted:
>
>> > Often he was back on the A.T. Later, when he was in his 30s, his
>> > Explorer Troop challenged him to a 72-mile A.T. hike southward from
>> > Kent, Conn. Fourteen started the marathon hike, and, 18 hours later,
>> > Mr. Gordon and three Scouts completed the trek.
>
>Say what?  72 miles on the AT, in 18 hours?
>
>The mind reels.  Well, mine does, anyway.
>
>rafe b.

Mine too.  That's an average of 4 miles/hour non-stop for 18 hours some of 
which must have been in the dark.  I know that's not one of the more rugged 
sections but wow.  Kind of incredible to my mind.

sAunTerer