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[at-l] LOTR

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In a message dated 09/19/02 12:38:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
rafe.bustin@verizon.net writes:


> It occurs to me also (er, how could I have overlooked it?)
> that the journey took a severe toll on Frodo -- and left him
> somewhat of a wreck on his return to the Shire -- so much
> so that he departed for the Gray Havens not long afterwards.
> And while he was well-celebrated at Aragorn's coronation,
> his great deeds were scarcely known or appreciated by his
> neighbors back in the Shire.
>

The parallels to hiking are many, no?  And the "do-or-die" thought process
seems to be a recurring theme in many journals I have read.

Of course, they did have a pack pony for a while.  <VBG>

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