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

[Jim Bullard" <jbullar1@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Jim Bullard)]

Low blow, but a good one.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Quoleldil" <quoleldil@yahoo.com>
To: "JAMES CRAIG" <jcraig5@comcast.net>
Cc: "AT-L" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] First Celebrated Trekker/famous backpackers and hikers


> 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/