[at-l] (Guest Post) Re-entry, etc.

[spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

baltimorejack wrote:
>In re. to re-entry, Jim said "A few of us never recover--we hike the AT 8 
>times like Baltimore Jack or go on to hike other trails, to explore new 
>places..."
>
>True enough, and some day I expect to, however Jim forgets that one of the 
>great pleasures of returning to the Trail is in discovering and exploring 
>new places on and near the A.T., which I always do; on this past trip, 
>close to 1/3 of my campsites were (by design) at places I'd never stayed at 
>before.  I also walked over 100 miles of additional side trips, blue-blazes 
>in addition to all of the white ones, etc.

Jack -
Welcome.  And I'm happy to have you clarify that - and that you're thinking 
about other places.  But I didn't forget anything - your clarification has 
nothing to do with what I wrote, my friend.  .

>Hiking the same Trail doesn't necessarily mean hiking the same trip; I 
>explore new places every year, and it's one of the main reasons I keep 
>going back.

Nor did I say the AT was always the same.  I know as well as you that every 
hike  - even over the same ground in the same weather, etc  - is different.

What I DID say - and the ONLY thing I said was that, like me, you're an 
addict.  We may express it in different ways and different places - we may 
even sometimes disagree about some things - but basically we're "brothers 
under the skin."  Go read Mags' post - and consider - does that Robert 
Service poetry fit you?  Of course it does - just as it fits me.  <G>

As for "other trails", you'll do them in your own time, in your own way - 
and I'll applaud you when you do.  In fact, if you're on the CDT 900 days 
from now, we'll see you out there.  And I'll buy you a beer.

Walk softly,
Jim

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