Re[2]: [at-l] Hundred Mile Wilderness, Day 5

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

These are just great Art!!!!! More More More <g>

     Sloetoe joins in:
     Art commented about Kafka's general efficiency of method and motion... 
     I remember hiking in '79 with another Connecticut native named Karen 
     Niven. She was repeating her '76 hike, and was a wonder -- even three 
     years later -- to watch. I studied her all through middle Virginia (I 
     think) and did my best to emulate her. She was an 'up-and-out in 30' 
     person too, and never moved any faster than anyone else.....
     
     I remember too being in the Wilderness, camped on a piney little ridge 
     above that big lake where you get that famous beautious veiw of 
     Katahdin...There were 2 section hikers camped 100' away, setting 
     things up when I walked in soon after sunset. I was in bed (with 
     dinner) before it was fully dark; they were still going at it long 
     after I was down to sleep. Same thing in the morning: their 
     camp-breaking woke me up; I arose and was swinging on my pack (with a 
     hearty breakfast) as they were cleaning up.....I was wondering "What's 
     *taking* those guys so long????"
     
     And full circle department: My guess is that right now, working as 
     fast as I possibly could, I couldn't get out of camp in under an 
     hour...I wonder how long it would take to recover that 
     throughhikerness finesse?
     
     Sloetoe
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