[at-l] First Celebrated Trekker/famous backpackers and hikers

[quoleldil@xxxxxxxxx (Quoleldil)]

there might have been a bunch of boy scouts from new york whose vague memories lay an earlier
claim than Gilgamesh's, but I put my money on Gilgamesh as the First Celebrated Trekker ...


--- JAMES CRAIG <jcraig5@comcast.net> wrote:
> There could be significant additions to your list. Moses, et.al, were
> famous trekkers (hard on the landscape, I expect), and of course, Jesus
> Christ and His crew were among the first LNT hikers/backpackers.
>
> OBG
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Quoleldil <quoleldil@yahoo.com>
> Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 11:55 am
> Subject: [at-l] First Celebrated Trekker
>
> > was Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, Was his tomb found? See:
> > <" target="l">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2982891.stm>
> > The Epic of Gilgamesh describes two long treks, the second of
> > which was a quest for understanding
> > "Life" after the death of a dear friend. The Epic was THE
> > "scripture" for mellinia in the cradle
> > of civilization and THE paradigm for all subsequent "quest"
> > narratives, including LOTR. Gilgamesh
> > has my vote as the patron saint of hikers everywhere.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > =====
> > David Addleton
> > vocate atque non vocate deus aderit
> > http://dfaddleton.home.att.net/
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David Addleton
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