[at-l] completed thru hikes??

[papa_bear_nyc@yahoo.com (Papa Bear)]

Jan

I met a couple (looked to be in their 50s or 60s) who introduced themselves
as Sunrise and Sunset (as in the song) at the summit of Norh Crocker
(Stratton Maine) on Sept 20th. They looked good and seemed to be in good
spirits.  Maybe that's the couple you mentioned.  We were just starting our
Redington side trip.

They were slackpacking and someone else told me later that Sunrise had hurt
herself.  I think they were doing the logistics of slackpacking with a guy
named Big Red who we met two days earlier near Saddleback Junior.  We never
saw him with them but some other thrus said they were somehow working the
car placing, logistics, etc. together.

Hope this helps.
Pb

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Leitschuh" <janl2@mindspring.com>
To: <Snodrog5@aol.com>; "AT-List" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] completed thru hikes??


>
> TJ,
>
> I am still running behind on most everything, but thanks so much for
> reposting this AT update.
>
> I hiked with several of these thrus in early August, where the Long Trail
> and the AT run together for 100 miles - Cupcake, Spider, B. Free., Budda.
> This gives me perspective for next year's thru - once in that area of
> Vermont, it looks to take about five to six weeks to Katahdin.
>
> I look forward to a further accounting. In particular, I am watching for
> Sunny of this list, and her significant other, Sunset. Sunny broke her
hand
> en route, but kept on hiking.
>
> I am starting to feel that growing excitement again, the anticipation of
> next year's trek. Hiking the Long Trail helped assuage the worst of my
> nerves.
>
> But in a trek of this magnitude, there will be a huge element of the
unknown
> that I realize will be impossible to prepare for. Impossible, before the
> fact, to feel fully at ease with. At some point, all that remains is to
take
> a deep breath, and to ... leap!
> Poised on the springboard, yoicks,
> jan
>
>
> > As of 9/15 279 northbound thruhikers had summited Katahdin.
> > I posted this back on 9/16:
> > "Rather wet weekend at Baxter. Some pretty soggy thruhikers in the Park
> > recently, including Hayze, El Torro, CZ-Burger, Milkshake, Happy
Pancake,
> > Lady Bug, Snowbird, WDSTK, SemiPro, Geek, Budda, Santiago, Walking
> > Wounded,
> > Weeper, Serendipity, Spider, B.Free, Buckshot, Space Monke, Disco, Sunny
> > D,
> > Gear Girl, Lambkin, Sobo the Northbounder, Just Do It Ray, and Sunshine.
> > Cupcake and Trippin' Ant were the 278th and 279th northbound thruhikers
to
> > climb Katahdin this year.
>
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