[at-l] Tomorrow...

[atrailhiker at adelphia.net (Marsha)]

You'll be right behind Hoplite and Tim T. They're hiking up Springer at this
moment.
Marsha

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Looper" <mapster@charter.net>
To: "at-l" <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 6:52 AM
Subject: [at-l] Tomorrow...


> ...I'll be heading out on the trail. I'll probably check in a few more
times
> today, in my own strange way, but it's time for short-term goodbyes.
>
> I've been a member of many lists, but this one seems to draw me in more,
and
> take up more of my time. It's the people. Mostly "real" hikers; not
without
> B.S. altogether, but with a different kind of honesty that goes past that.
>
> I've unpacked and repacked too many times in the last few months,
lightening
> as I go, but today, it's for real. Lost ounces have sometimes been easy to
> find, and sometimes expensive, but I'll find that it's worth it when I'm
> carrying my house for six months, I'm almost certain.
>
> Between the SORUCK and this list, I've made some really good friends. Some
> of you, I may see on the trail. Some of you, I may never meet. Either way,
> thanks. Thanks for being there, thanks for lots of things that I just
can't
> put into words, but really, thanks for just accepting me.
>
> About a week ago, I started getting very calm. Before that, I was turning
> into a bundle of tics, but last Saturday, I realized that I'd done
> everything that I could, and that it was just a matter of going to bed a
few
> more times and then letting the rubber hit the road, so to speak. I've
felt
> really good this week. I've been working on the 2004 version of my
> shelters-and-towns list. Sometime today, it'll be ready, at least in text
> form, and I'll give it to the webmasters who've used it before, and post a
> link here to "my" version of it.
>
> Anyway, no sad goodbyes, really, just wistful, and I hope to see y'all
soon
> (but not too soon!).
>
> Frank
>
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