[at-l] Charlie Ferry

[Trailwife at aol.com (Trailwife@xxxxxxx)]

Someone mentioned crossing the Kennebec with Charlie. I forwarded him the 
message and he replied:


From:   <A HREF="mailto:Charles.Ferry@state.vt.us";>Charles.Ferry@state.vt.us</A>   
To: <A HREF="mailto:Trailwife@aol.com";>Trailwife@aol.com</A>   
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I remember that well. And I bet that I have a similar picture of Al Gomez and 
Gene Allen boarding the canoe also. The season had closed, but we were 
determined through hikers with damp cash in hand, and we persuaded John the Ferryman 
to take out his canoe for one last mission. The Kennebec River was wide and 
fast as I recall. Cold too. We were all bundled up, I was wearing an LL Bean 
olive drab anorak. If we capsized we would have sunk like stones. We were 
seasoned woodsmen and we knew how to handle ourselves in a canoe, and it was another 
part of our life transforming adventure on the AT.

Charles Ferry AT Through hiker 1972



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