[at-l] Re: shuttles in Jan?

[rrodiii@hotmail.com (R Rod)]

Hey everyone-

    Thanks for such a warm welcome to the list!  I recieved many email abou=
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the shuttle deal and I think I have arranged one with NightHawk (who I had
corresponded with before outside of this list- its a small world).  As for
my gear list, soon I will type out an updated one and post it.  Right now i=
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is an old excel sheet with many items that I changed, scratched out and
edited.  I will try to get it up here by the weekend.  To let you in on a
little hint, I make a lot of my gear so that is how I was able to get my
pack weight down for a very reasonable cost. No expensive sleeping bags or
tents for me! :) Just a little more background about me:  As I said before,
plan to start my hike on January 2nd, 2003!  I was originally planning on
staying atop Springer for New Years, but I am traveling back to
Houston(where I live) from Wisconsin(grandparents) on the 31st.  I am
eighteen and I am currently finishing up my last eight weeks of my senoir
year in high school(WOOOHOOO!).  When I was a sophomore I found out that I
could graduate a semester early and I decided it would be the perfect time
for a thruhike attempt.  Some of you may be thinking "why in the world is h=
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starting so early!?!"  Well, last summer I spent two months volunteering
with the Maine Trail Crew.  I enjoyed it so much that I want to go back for
an assistant crew leader position.  That position starts on ~May 18, hence
the early start date. By the way did anyone on this list volunteer for them
this summer? When that is done in August, I will head off to college. Well
that probably more information than you really wanted... Thanks again for
the warm welcome

Peace,

Ron

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