[at-l] LD hiker

[kahley@ptd.net (kahley)]

Someone wrote and said ALDHA has established 50 miles so
50 miles it is <g>.  After all, they are the publisher!


At 01:52 PM 8/14/02 -0600, you wrote:
>ARTCLOUTMN@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 8/14/02 7:34:29 AM, kahley@ptd.net writes:
> >
> > << What would you consider the minimum distance of a long distance hike? >>
> >
> > Experienced hikers in a chat session defined a Long Distance Hike as
> any hike
> > that required at least one resupply stop.
>
>         Hmmm. 'Required'. Slippery. I could easily start out at one point
> with
>just a day's worth of trail food, hike over a mountain to a town,
>'resupply', then hike another day to a road crossing.
>
>         On the other hand, I could easily stuff my pack with a month's
> worth of
>food, and need no resupply. (Okay, I'll might be tying a lot of stuff on
>the outside...)
>
>         I don't think this definition works.
>
>         Ron
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