[at-l] 2,000 + 167 + what?

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark)]

ah, yet another debate to start:  since the Trail is growing, does
everyone who hiked in years past have to get back out there to retain
their "genuine thru-hiker" status?

thru-thinker [ducking and running!]

DataBook97@aol.com wrote:

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> In a message dated 12/11/02 6:06:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> gbenkert@fuse.net writes:
>
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>
>>The new official mileage is ...(drum roll)... 2,172.6.  The 2003 data book
>>lists it at 2,171, but they had to estimate the mileage of a relo when they
>>went to print.
>>
>
>        Very impressive!  Yes, as the editor of the Data Book, I'm aware of
> this glitch, and I'm quite impressed that the corrected information was
> promptly posted on the website.
>
>        It seems that the Trail is getting longer, year-by-year.  My 1983 Data
> Book (the first one for which I served as editor) shows the length of the
> Trail as 2133.9 miles.  That's an increase of nearly 40 miles in the
> intervening 19 years, which is not insignificant, even when spread over 2,100
> miles!
>
>                    Daniel Chazin
>                    Teaneck, NJ
>
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