[at-l] Fun..was AT may be too tough says oldtimer ;o)

[kahley7 <kahley7@ptd.net>]

Sometime I dream of having legs as long as yours Mara ...I mean
actually dreams where my legs are long and I just run and jump where
ever I need to go!  Car won't start....no problemo..I'll run there <g>.
Canoe has a hole in the bottom....I'll run there. I know..I know.....
but hey...it's one of my favorite dreams <g>.

And remember....we of the stubby legs have alot more trouble with
blowdowns in general than you treetoppers.  Something that you
can step over, I have to straddle and take a chance of getting splinters
where I really don't want them..  Not to mention....never mind..I won't
mention it. ;^)

and while I'm at it, let's talk about the fact that if it takes you 3
million
steps to get to Maine, I know it'll take me 4!  OK...off whinning mode
now.  BTW...one benefit....easy time finding a tent that fits <g>
There must be others, but I'm coming up short on ideas <g>   k./\

Mara Factor wrote:

> Gee Kahley,  I never had a problem with those.  :-))))
>
> Hee hee.
>
> FWIW, I know those steps are built by extremely tall trail builders, but
> have you noticed that the maintainers must be short.
>
> When a tree falls across the trail, my vertically challenged friends
> have no problems going under the ones that the maintainers choose to
> leave across the trail.  I, on the other hand, can neither go under nor
> over and often end up caught on those that magically get lower as you
> attempt to go under them.  Go figure.  :-)
>
> Mara
>
> >Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 13:22:27 -0800
> >From: kahley7 <kahley7@ptd.net>
> >To: at-l@backcountry.net
> >CC: CHoover241@aol.com
> >Subject: Re: [at-l] AT may be too tough says oldtimer ;o)
> >
> >Having not hiked the section to which Choovers refers, I have to
> >say I still suffer at the hands of trail builders that seem to be
> .......
> >oh....let's say about 6'2" tall.  Every morning I deal with a couple
> hundred
> >ancient rotting rail road ties that are positioned exactly three inches
> taller
> >than anything even approaching a decent step for me. A step or hand
> hold
> >or style (sp?) that's easy for a six footer can present a real threat
> to those
> >of us
> >that are vertically challenged.  And Choovers is shorter than I!!
> >
> >Considering hikers like Choovers and Kinnicinic and Leapfrog and Feelix
> and
> >myself  I'm just wondering where all these 6'6" and 6'8" hikers
> are...you know
> >the
> >ones that would be necessary to come up with an 'average' hiker that's
> tall
> >enough to take some of these steps in stride <VVVBG>.
> >OK you "above average hikers"  give a hollar if you're out there!!
> k./\
>
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