Re[2]: [at-l] A different kind of self-propelled on Mt. Wash

[tmcginnis@ucclan.state.in.us (Thomas McGinnis)]

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Subject: Re: [at-l] A different kind of self-propelled on Mt. Washing
Author:  WHHAWKINS@aol.com at ima
Date:    6/25/99 11:39 AM

In a message dated 6/25/99 11:10:00 AM EDT, tmcginnis@ucclan.state.in.us 
writes:
     
<<  Check out this picture for a great shot of different kind of ascent up 
      Mount Washington.
     
      The look on the face is DEFINITELY that of a throughhiker..... >>
     
DEFINITELY NOT a throughhiker. It's a roadrunner. Now if they had a backpack 
on, that would be something.
     
Wildbill

        Sloetoe responds:
       What gave it away, Bill? The number on the chest?
       
       Anywho, "The look on the face is DEFINITELY that of a 
       throughhiker....." The picture is of the number one and two place 
       finishers in the Mount Washington Road Race, less than a half 
       mile from the summit. They run up the 7.6 mile road to the summit 
       in about an hour. Tha's an average 11.5% grade, good for 4600 
       feet of upness. Sorry there, WBill, but by any reasoned 
       definition, that IS "something."
       
       Sloetoe'79
       (who knows from experience which of 
       hiking or running is the "tougher".)
       (As if that should count for anything,
       anyway. I mean, how puerile. I quit.)
       (Going to lunch to buy some cologne.
       Maybe some CK1 or something....)(Maybe
       I need a tu-tu.)(Can I go home yet?)
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