Re: [at-l] Re: Year End Survey

[getzy@juno.com]

I see there is more than one Lager lover on the list.  I wish I could get
some in FL.

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:42:37 -0800 (PST) Cobweb <cobwebat99@yahoo.com>
writes:
> 
>      Hey Mrs Gorp, questions like this just might draw
> lurkers like me out of the shadows.
>  
> > 1) What were some highlights and lowlights of your
> > hiking in 1999?
> > 
> > Highlights:  Standing on Springer May 13 with the
> summer ahead of me.  Kincorra.  The Grayson Highlands
> with the Rhododendrons in full bloom.  Attack of the
> licking goats of Sinking Creek Mountain (their main
> source of salt in the summer seems to be sweaty
> hikers).  A half gallon of cherry jubilee at Pine
> Grove Furnace SP.  Yuengling Lager.  A night at
> Pinwheel Vista.  Crossing Mount Washington with the
> temperature approaching 70, the only cloud visible
> came from the cog railroad and the wind on the summit
> was gusting to 7mph.  The view of Katahdin from White
> Cap.  Pittsburgh's spaghetti feed at Katahdin Stream
> Campground.  And of course, standing on the summit of
> Katahdin with Chase and Blisterbutt before the day's
> crowds arrived (Sept. 24).  
> > 
> > 
> > Lowlight:  Knee pain after doing too many miles too
> soon in Georgia which caused my first and last moment
> of doubt about continuing.  Reading, in the shelter
> logs before Erwin, about the death of Green Mountain
> Man.  Walking from Uncle Johnny's to the post office
> with my thumb out.  Drought and Heat, us Vermonters
> aren't used to either.  Discovering, after painfully
> hiking to Waynsboro that my size 9 feet were now size
> 10 1/2.  Losing food to the vicious, acrobatic mice in
> nearly every shelter that I stayed in in Maine's
> hundred mile wilderness.  Leaving the trail.      
> > 
> > 
> > 2) What are your hiking goals for 2000?
>      Who knows? Everything'll pale in comparison to
> this year.
> > 
> > 
> > 3) What are some highlights and lowlights of the
> > at-l from 1999?
> > 
> > Highlight: 
>  Subscribing, the day before I left for The Gathering.
> > 
> 
> > Lowlight:
>  Haven't had one yet.    
> > 
> > 
> > 4) What would your wish to the list be for 2000?
> > 
>    That you all spend more time looking at the roots
> rocks and mud in the trail ahead of you than at a
> computer scteen. 
> 
>                          Now It's back to the shadows,
> 
>                          Cobweb
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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