[at-l] Value of hiker get togethers

[Slyatpct at aol.com (Slyatpct@aol.com)]

In a message dated 10/14/2005 1:16:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
askowronek@mindspring.com writes:

> The amazing thing about our community is how often I run into people  
> when I hike.  You'd think the world was a big place and it'd be  
> unlikely that we'd find each other, but nope.. I almost always meet  
> somebody I know, either on line or in person.
> 

Yeah, on my recent hike in California I thought for sure I'd run into someone 
I knew.  Didn't happen but, on the hitch back to Lake Tahoe from Bishop, CA 
it took all of 12 minutes to get picked up by someone I did know.  

200 miles, hardly any waiting!