[at-l] Re: Flip-flop?

[WHHAWKINS@aol.com]

First it was NOT a flip-flop. 

A flip-flop is when a hiker begins at one terminus of the Trail, hikes toward 
the other terminus, then jumps ahead to that other terminus, and hikes back 
toward the initial terminus.

It was a Yo-Yo hike.

Yo-Yoing is the act of completing one A.T thru-hike, then immediately turning 
around to begain another in the opposite direction.

It was planned as a Yo-Yo hike. They were thru-hike numbers 2 and 3. Number 
one was in 1989.

Life doesn't end until the body has turned to dust. Hiking to me is a 
celebration of life.
Completing a thru-hike, isn't the end of life, but the begining of a new 
chapter in life.

Wildbill
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In a message dated 7/11/99 11:00:11 PM EDT, tschamp@tiac.net writes:

<< One thing I always wondered about this was when you decided to do the
 flip-flop.  I can't believe that you had the whole round trip in mind from
 the very start.  I'm guessing you started pondering the idea seriously
 somewhere between Gorham and Monson, as you realized that your, ahem, life
 was coming to its conclusion... >>
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