[at-l] Not Meaning to Start Something--

[rhymworm at gmail.com (Robert Rubin)]

Which just goes to show you that one is often a better person while on
the Trail than off it. Apparently, I fooled RockDancer. <g>

--Rhymin' Worm


On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:36:09 -0500 (EST), agaudet@theworld.com
<agaudet@theworld.com> wrote:
> I'm one who hiked with The Worm in '97. We knew he was planning a book and
> we might be part of his material as we hiked (we also knew it was very
> likely the book would be published). But I seem to remember just thinking
> that he was a hiker and a friend first, and the writing-thing was
> something he did in the other world. Similar to the high-tech stuff I did
> back there as well.
> 
> I was delighted to know both Rhymin' Worm and Kilgore Trout on the trail
> in '97. We were about the same age (in our 40's) older enough to set us
> apart from all the youngsters. These two had a wonderful literary outlook
> on the world that added so much to my trip. I'll always remember one
> outburst from Kilgore Trout, paraphrasing Dorothy Parker at a moment when
> something went awry in his hike (I think his filter was clogging up near
> Snowbird Mountain): "What fresh new hell is this!" --RockDancer
>