[at-l] "Whole Fooda CEO a Thruhiker?

[gwbrown1 at gmail.com (Greg Brown)]

I remember reading of a "Long Strider" from the same year.. so named due to
his lanky 6'6" frame.

Greg

On 1/24/06, Jan Leitschuh <janl2@mindspring.com> wrote:
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> Anyone know this guy?
> >From 2002?
> Lots of Striders" out there.
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> >"Mackey is a persistently puzzling fellow: self-effacing, but with a hint
> that he senses his own legacy. During 2002, in the heart of the recession,
> he took four months off to hike the Appalachian Trail, fulfilling a longtime
> dream.
> >
> >People who hike the whole trail end up with "trail names," a moniker that
> acknowledges that the Appalachian Trail is a universe unto itself, a place
> where the roles of the outside world are set aside. Mackey had been warned
> in advance to pick his own trail name, lest he be tagged with something
> derisive, as is the custom.
> >
> >"My trail name is Strider," he says. For someone tall, lanky, and
> energetic, it seems an innocuous enough choice. "I'm a great admirer of
> Tolkien's Lord of the Rings," Mackey says. "Before I was in high school, I
> had read it five times. And one of the characters I admired was Strider."
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> >But as with much about Mackey, that nickname is not quite what it seems.
> "Strider isn't his real name; it's his nickname on the trail. He is really
> Aragorn, the king. But he wasn't a king on the trail. In 2002, when I was
> hiking, I was certainly the richest guy hiking the Appalachian Trail. I was
> a kind of secret king. But that wasn't my identity, or my role, on the
> trail."
> >
> >http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/84/wholefoods.html
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