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[at-l] Turbo Joe, Heat on the Trail

Coming from you, shouldn't that be the DAWG days of Summer?
-"Camo"

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> I feel for those people on up the trail. Here in South Carolina, it has been 
> hot. I can take a lot, and even I have been uncomfortable. Today, we walked 
> downtown to lunch at work, and you could just feel the sir on your skin. 
> 110% humidity. Off the scale. And that is from someone that loves the heat. 
> My air conditioning just keeps coming on because it is so humid and hot. Dog 
> days of summer are HERE!!! 
> Dawg 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Bullard" 
> To: "Raphael Bustin" ; 
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 8:52 AM 
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Turbo Joe, Heat on the Trail 
> 
> 
> > At 08:46 AM 7/11/2005 -0400, Raphael Bustin wrote: 
> > >At 07:16 AM 7/11/2005 -0400, Tin Man wrote: 
> > > 
> > >>Joe Loruso, aka Turbo Joe left the trail in PA and came home to 
> > >>Hampstead, NC. He plans to return next year to finish. I think the 
> heat 
> > >>did him in. Joe was one of my Boy Scouts years ago. 
> > >>Tin Man 
> > > 
> > >It sure did me in, exactly two weeks ago near 
> > >Great Barrington MA. And today promises to 
> > >be another scorcher, mid-nineties near Boston. 
> > > 
> > >Yet mid-late last week we had a cool snap and 
> > >days of rain. 
> > > 
> > >rafe b. 
> > 
> > In the last 2-3 weeks here (North of the Adirondacks) the daytime high 
> > temperature has fluctuated from a high of 101 to a low of 58. Night time 
> > temps varied from mid 70s to mid 40s. We are on our way into another hot 
> > stretch according to the forecasts. 
> > 
> > 
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> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/at-l From janl2 at mindspring.com  Tue Jul 12 07:58:33 2005
From: janl2 at mindspring.com (Jan Leitschuh)
Date: Tue Jul 12 08:57:04 2005
Subject: [at-l] Foothills Trail
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Oh yeah, total brain fart.
I had the Art Loeb trail in mind, one of my favorites.
The Mentally Aging Shoester

Linda Beja wrote:

> It is Black Balsam, and Daniel Boone Boy Scout Camp :-).
> 
> Scrunchy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jan Leitschuh" <janl2@mindspring.com>
> To: <tinman@antigravitygear.com>; "AT-List" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: 07/04/2005 10:09 PM
> Subject: [at-l] Foothills Trail
> 
> 
> 
>>George,
>>Let me know what you come up with.
>>
>>The FT is one of my favorite short trails, in a really cool part of
>>the Pisgah.
>>I might join/hike near you guys, as my boyfriend is a
>>"hiker-in-training, as he calls himself. I have the same objectives -
>>enjoyment and sucking it all in.
>>
>>It would be cooler and nicer if you did the section ABOVE the Blue
>>Ridge Parkway - starting from the Davidson river end is nice in fall,
>>but pretty "long-green tunnel." You're also climbing in elevation from
>>the river up to 6K from that end.
>>If you start above the BR Parkway, you'll miss most or all of the long
>>hard pull up Pilot mountain.
>>
>>There are several 6K-ers you can knock out in the wonderful, basically
>>treeless, vista-heavy, blueberry-bush-laden area before entering the
>>Shining Rock Wilderness. I'm blanking on the Park Service parking lot
>>area before this - Black Balsam, just off the parkway? That might be a
>>good place to start.
>>
>>You'll need a shuttle at the other end, the Boy Scout camp area. I'm
>>blanking on that name too.
>>The outfitter in Etowah shuttles, or you may have enough cars to do
>>your own.
>>
>>Take a map and a compass through the Shining Rock Wilderness area, as
>>its basically unblazed and the trails can be confusing.
>>If you have time, take the side trail up Cold Mountain, another 6Ker.
>>There's a good spring up there.
>>
>>Here's what one site says about the Shining Rock Wilderness, which the
>>Art passes through:
>>" Here in this series of high ridges on the north slopes of Pisgah
>>Ridge, you'll find extremely steep and rugged terrain ranging in
>>elevation from 3,200 feet on the banks of the West Fork of Pigeon
>>River, a major tributary of the Tennessee River, to 6,030 feet on Cold
>>Mountain. Streams abound, cutting narrow passages through the
>>mountains on their way to either the East or West Forks of the Pigeon
>>River. Loggers cut down the forest between 1906 and 1926 and fires
>>raged through the area in 1925 and 1942. These two factors account for
>>Shining Rock's grassy "balds" and unique vegetation.
>>
>>Almost all the trails in the area rate as difficult, and they can be
>>hard to follow. Nevertheless, this Wilderness is one of the most
>>trampled in the state. No campfires are permitted, and group size is
>>limited to 10."
>>
>>While it won't be full fall color in September, it will be a whole lot
>>more "fall" up there than in Charleston, which won't see color and
>>cool temps until November.
>>
>>Seriously, keep me posted.
>>Shoester,
>>the recently-unwalked backpacker,
>>in need of brisk temps and a hill wander
>>
>>PS Here's a webcam or two ro whet your wanderlust:
>>http://webcam.srs.fs.fed.us/
>>http://www.highcountrywebcams.com/webcameras_ShiningRock.htm
>>
>>
>>>Message: 10
>>>Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 12:08:32 -0400
>>>From: "George (Tin Man) Andrews" <tinman@antigravitygear.com>
>>>Subject: [at-l] Foothills Trail question
>>>To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
>>>Message-ID: <000a01c579a0$246b0990$6401a8c0@AGGMain>
>>>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>>reply-type=original
>>>
>>>I am conspiring to 3-day-weekend hike part of the Foothills Trail in
>>>September.  I will be going with a number of students - maybe 8 total -
> 
> from
> 
>>>the Navel base at Charleston.  The experience level of the hikers will
> 
> vary
> 
>>>from zero and up.  Anyone familiar with the FT and could suggest a
> 
> moderate
> 
>>>or less 10 to 12 mile section?  I would prefer a section that would be a
>>>good entry level experience for the first timers.  The object is to have
>>>fun, teach the right way to backpack, and maybe inspire a lifetime joy
> 
> of
> 
>>>hiking in these young pups.  Any help appreciated.
>>>Thanks,
>>>Tin Man
>>
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