Re[2]: [at-l] direction choice summary

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

     DA,
     1) The single greatest thing I enjoyed about my S>N throughhike was walking 
     north with spring. Outrageous.
     2) Talk is cheap, but the single greatest thing I *might* enjoy about a 
     second throughhike (southbound) would be the solitude. But I'm not hiking, 
     either.
     3) Northbound or Southbound, I would "strongly advise" a continuous 
     direction. The sense of connection -- to the trail, to the landscape, to 
     the seasons -- is subtle, fantastic, and fragile.
     
     Lastly, please forgive my uncharacteristic brevity. I mean what I say with 
     all three points, and especially 1) and 3), deeply. 
     
     Sloetoe
     


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Subject: Re: [at-l] direction choice summary
Author:  AASarra@aol.com at ima
Date:    10/19/99 5:01 PM


Does anybody out there have any criticisms, comments, observations, advice to 
the contrary, or strong objections other than the fact that this isn't the 
'traditional' thru hike?  If so, I'd really like to hear what they are.

Al (Draggin' Anchor)



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