[at-l] Another Challenge by JFK

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark)]

I think if he'd done the AT, his liver would have failed the next year
due to "Vitamin I" [i.e., Ibuprophen] overdosing! :)

thru-thinker

ATGonnaBe03@aol.com wrote:

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> I spent the day in Boulder and spent much money at Boulder's new REI.
> Between spending binges, I binged on Chinese at the nearby, wonderful Jin
> Chan Restaurant, reading the article in this month's ATLANTIC MONTHLY about
> Kennedy's many physical ailments.
>
> If he'd been on the trail, we would have just said to take lots of Vit I and
> Flagil and to put some Neosporin on that abscess until he could get into
> town.  His response would have been to march on at a 4mph pace, to drop in to
> see a doc in a nearby town (but to keep it hush-hush), and to hike on out of
> town without so much as an acknowledgement that he was in agony with every
> step.
>
> Actually, he may have just taken OB along with him to attend to all his
> medical problems.  Ooops.  Maybe OB wasn't one of his supporters.  Well, some
> superdoc, anyhow.
>
> Kinnickinic
>
> What an amazing performance he gave us!  And his determination to make a life
> for himself in spite of his many ailments (even though this involved deceit)
> is both a challenge and an inspiration.
>
> Kinnickinic
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