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Re: [at-l] re: kindness of strangers...
I remember Fitzsimmons Mike. I came across him at that gravel forest service road
just north of Muskrat. He seemed clearly _out_ of his element. And his direct
request for food, although uncool in the true yogi, was so pathetic I complied
generously (even unto my last Twizzler). He mentioned also that he had run-out of
some critical medicine and so planned to take the blue blaze to Standing Indian
campground, thence to Rainbow Springs. I wondered whatever happened to the guy, as
he intended to "hike home" to VA. and it was a very wintry Spring in '92.
--PhilW.
Michael Henderson wrote:
> was this in 92 ginny? i think i know who you are refering to. i can see
> him in my mind, but can't remember his name. fitzsimmons or something was
> his real name, but he had a trail name too.
>
> i first met him at muskrat creek shelter, in below freezing weather. he
> didn't have much food left. i gave him some, he was a thru hiker, right?
> he blue blazed to rainbow springs, where i saw him 2 days later. then he
> hitched to fontana dam. by then, everyone i knew that had met him was
> irked at his freeloading and begging. he made it back up to front royal, i
> think, where he lived. same guy? sure sounds like it...
>
> mike
> ke kaahawe AT92 TYT94 PCT2000
> mikeh@royalrobbins.com
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