[at-l] 2005 thru-hike soapbox...

[mapster at charter.net (Frank Looper)]

Gee crap. Bald Eagle. Sly: Blow me a big fat kiss, okay?

PPPPHHHHHHHHHHHHHT
Frank

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Looper" <mapster@charter.net>
To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] 2005 thru-hike soapbox...


> And thanks to Jim Owen for writing them. (War Eagle, Graduate - Class of
92)
> http://trailwise.circumtech.com/thruhikingpapers/
>
>
>
> War Eagle?  I didn't know that.  One way to hike in solitude
>
> Sly
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Hey, don't be so sly. Oh wait. Never mind. Anyway, I was gonna say
something
> about trailnames and how we often pick 'em before we leave and all, but I
> couldn't resist the mini-pun/dig/whatever.
>
> I saw a pic of a guy a couple of years ago at the end of his thru-hike. He
> looked beat up on pretty bad. Not bruised, just kinda exhausted and
> obviously away from society for awhile. He was in a bell tower or open
room
> or something with no glass in the windows, and it looked like you. That
> picture sticks with me as a "you don't jump right back into the social
> circle" picture of post-thru life.
>
> Does that pic description ring any bells, or do you have a doppleganger
out
> there? What year was your hike?
>
> Frank/Nightwalker, who is so glad that he was given a name he likes
instead
> of buttbreath or something equally interesting!
>