[at-l] So here is the deal

[bullard@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Jim Bullard)]

At 08:13 AM 4/8/2003 -0400, Rich, Timothy D. wrote:
>I've sectioned sequentially from south to north since 1989, now up to
>Gorham, NH.  Logistically, it worked well for me since I'm down South
>(except a short stretch living up north in Knoxville, TN).  We agreed
>initially that we'd do it sequentially so as not to cherry pick the "best"
>sections.  Of course, I've now found out that every section is beautiful and
>merits hiking.  A patchwork approach requires more planning to make sure you
>leave reasonable trip lengths in between.  If I were going to hop around a
>bit, I'd mix in some south and north.

I'd thought about the problem of hopping around too much which is one
reason I was going to do sections sequentially S ==> N. The only real
change in my plans now are that I'm thinking of doing alternating
sequential sections S => <= N and ending in the middle.