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Re: [at-l] blind hiker

Never hiked the AT, but my wife (who is totally blind) and I hike when we
can and let me tell you boulder fields are enough to make ya wish you'd
stayed home!  45 minutes for 100 yds was making good time for us ;-)

Matt
Outdoor Classified

BTW, some shameless spam, Outdoor Classified now has over 500 ads for
strictly camping/backpacking equipment.  Pretty impressive if I do say so
myself ;-)

At 11:24 AM 3/28/98 EST, you wrote:
>Went in to Mountain Sports Ltd in Bristol to pick up a few things for my hike
>today.  (yes, i know, late start, but hey, i'm almost out the door <g>)  Just
>thought you all would be interested to know that they had a big display up
and
>Bill Erwin, a blind man, was going to be there shortly to autograph copies of
>his book.  He thru hiked the trail with his guide dog.  I wasn't there long
>enough to find out if anyone else went with him (and spent too much money to
>be able to pick up the book at that point LOL) - but still.  Thru hiking is
>incredible at any rate - hiking it blind is awesome.  Just thought you'd like
>this bit of trivia.  And now - off to the Trail :)
>The Redhead
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