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Thx for the help.
Judith

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> > > Judith,
> > How about just hitting the reply to all button, that is what I did to
send
> > this message.  Then instead of sending all of the original message back
> > just
> > delete the parts that are not pertinent.
> > Cheers,
> > Marge (the old gal)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
> > [mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of judith
harper
> > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 4:42 PM
> > To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> > Subject: [pct-l] how to respond to a posting?
> >
> >
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> Message: 15
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:27:51 -0800
> From: "Eric Lee (GAMES)" <elee@microsoft.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] FW: ice ax
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Message-ID:
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> I think Meadow Ed meant to send this to the whole list.
>
> Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ed [mailto:meadowed@comcast.net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 2:30 PM
> To: Eric Lee (GAMES)
> Subject: ice ax
>
> Meadow ed here......this is shaping up to be a very wierd year so if i
> was
> you and you are going to feel you look silly carring it screw em!!!!!You
> can
> pick it up in anza if you plan on going there and carry it to A/Dulce
> then
> send it to Kmdws....We could still get that xtra 2/3 inches of rain here
> in
> socal....The trouble with these sites past hikers tell you what they did
> in
> 01., or 04 etc. This is 05 and no one has hiked the trail this year to
> offer
> advice, what you are hearing is not good from those section hikers out
> there
> so far....
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 16
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:50:09 -0500
> From: "Mara Factor" <m_factor@hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] Getting off work
> To: EShoe2000@aol.com, pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <BAY103-F3711FBCC006F5E33610200F0430@phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
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> Hi Emily,
>
> You've already got some great responses.  I'll try not to repeat too much
of
> what has already been said, but there has been one element that has sort
of
> been missing in the responses.
>
> Nobody is going to GIVE you time off to hike the trail.
>
> You have to TAKE it.
>
> Only when you make the trail a priority, can you make it happen.  A lot of
> people will tell you how "lucky" you are to be able to go off and hike for
> five months.  I don't believe luck plays that big a role.  I work hard to
be
> able to take time off from working the way I have (and do).
>
> You may have to be willing to let your job go even before you ask for that
> leave of absence.  If you get the leave, great!  You'll know you have a
job
> waiting for you when you finish.
>
> If you don't get the leave, you'll have to then decide whether or not to
> leave anyway.  And, if you want to stay (and not hike), will having asked
> for the leave affect your ability to have the career you've wanted within
> the company?  If they think there's a chance you're going to take off
anyway
> - either this year, or next - will just having asked about the leave make
> them suspicious of how long they can rely on your presence?
>
> Obviously, this can be more of an issue for some types of jobs than
others.
> It can also be more of an issue in some locations than others.
>
> Once again, it really has to come down to priorities.  When you make it a
> priority, it will happen.
>
> Have fun out there!
>
> Mara
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Visit my Travels and Trails web site at:
>
> http://friends.backcountry.net/m_factor
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> >From: EShoe2000@aol.com
> >To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> >Subject: [pct-l] Getting off work
> >Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:35:10 EST
> >
> >Hi all,
> >I have a question for those of you who have done the PCT or are planning
to
> >do it this year.  What types of jobs do you have that allowed you to take
> >off
> >work and go on the trail for 4 or 5 months?  Just wondering....
> >
> >Emily
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 17
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:58:55 -0800
> From: "Sharon & Chuck Chelin" <chelin@teleport.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] ice axe for So Cal?
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Message-ID: <003801c53268$27bb48a0$c42179a5@chelin>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Good afternoon, all,
>
> One renown hike-writer, and all-around grand high omnipotent guru of thru
> hiking, says in his first book, "Summarily, most hikers would consider
> carrying an ice axe the entire tri-state distance."   Maybe the "most
> hikers" to which he refers includes mall-walkers, Aunt Tilly & Uncle Fred
in
> the city park, and day-hikers on a river walk; but it doesn't seem to
> include us.  And no, regardless of some innuendo to the contrary, I did
not
> have to use my axe when the last ice-age glaciers receded.
>
> Steel-Eye
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Casey Dunn" <casedunn@yahoo.com>
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 7:16 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] ice axe for So Cal?
>
>
> > Are other hikers carrying, or bouncing, their ice axes in So Cal? And
for
> PCT veterans, do you think it's necessary?
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 18
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:06:25 -0800
> From: "Norma" <n.ruiz@verizon.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] HAPPY EASTER  TO ALL HIKERS
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Message-ID: <002b01c53269$340e8990$ce71183f@Ruiz>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> I SURE HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A FINE EASTER DAY ,and for the rest of your lives
, May God be with you in all your Travels           "theBulltaco"
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 19
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:33:28 -0500
> From: "Brett" <blisterfree@isp01.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Getting off work
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Message-ID: <01e001c53275$5d2f98d0$db8a0fce@DB943421>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252";
> reply-type=response
>
> Undertaking a thru-hike amidst the backdrop of "real life"
> often requires that you think outside the box. And in terms
> of relinquishing one's ties to a paycheck, it also means
> asking the box to think outside of you.
>
> Cardboard is recyclable. Experiences are made for keeping.
>
> - blisterfree
>
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> Great Outdoors
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>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 20
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:34:47 -0800
> From: Mark Wright <sparkymeister@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Getting off work
> To: "EShoe2000@aol.com" <EShoe2000@aol.com>
> Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <c5fe6594050326183410f69b34@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> I'm taking all of my stuff and either throwing it away, giving it to
> Salvation Army or moving it into storage. I just got a 5x5 storage
> unit today - proof that I am not a good citizen of this consumer
> society. I move out of my apartment on thursday and in to my parents
> house for the next few weeks (boy will that be interesting) and my
> last day at work is the 15th. The next week my dad is going to drop me
> off at the border and abandon me.
>
> My big question is what to do after. My dad seems frustrated with me
> for not having a plan for when I finish. I don't understand how I
> could have a plan. I have other things on my mind right now and 6
> months and 2,700 miles from now seems too far away to really plan for.
>
>
> Mark
>
> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:35:10 EST, EShoe2000@aol.com <EShoe2000@aol.com>
wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I have a question for those of you who have done the PCT or are planning
to
> > do it this year.  What types of jobs do you have that allowed you to
take off
> > work and go on the trail for 4 or 5 months?  Just wondering....
> >
> > Emily
> > _______________________________________________
> > pct-l mailing list
> > pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> > unsubscribe or change options:
> > http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
>
> --
> Have fun or die trying - but try not to actually die.
> http://www.AboveCalifornia.com
> Got Mac OS X? Get the AboveCalifornia Sherlock Channel:
> sherlock://www.AboveCalifornia.com/sherlock/SherlockChannel.xml?action=add
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 21
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:38:35 -0500
> From: "Brett" <blisterfree@isp01.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Getting off work
> To: "Mark Wright" <sparkymeister@gmail.com>,
> <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Message-ID: <01ec01c53276$14233ab0$db8a0fce@DB943421>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
> > My big question is what to do after. My dad seems
> > frustrated with me
> > for not having a plan for when I finish.
>
> Did the Wright brothers have a plan for the day after their
> first flight? ;)
>
> - bf
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 22
> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 1:36:23 -0500
> From: <enyapjr@adelphia.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] 1-2 oz. Balaklava....Where$$
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID:
> <33039695.1111646183274.JavaMail.root@web2.mail.adelphia.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> Look at/for (or Google):
>
> 1. Mountain Hardwear "Power Stretch Balaclava" - $20, 2 oz. (but mine was
bought
> locally for $12 on sale, weighs 1.5 oz.)...
> 2. Outdoor Research "Motion Fleece Balaclava" - $27, 1 oz. (but OR used to
spec it
> at 1.5 oz.)...
> 3. Cloudveil "DryForce Balaclava" - $35, 1 oz. ...
>
> All available at backcountrygear.com...  shipping $4 for #1 & 2, $6 for
#3...
>
> Happy trails!!!
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 23
> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 3:43:05 -0500
> From: <enyapjr@adelphia.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] 1-2 oz. Balaklava....Where$$
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID:
> <28749188.1111653785712.JavaMail.root@web4.mail.adelphia.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> Sorry, but this is the third attempt from work (night-turn!) to try and
respond to your query...  I hope it gets through this time!
>
> Look at/for (Google):
>
> 1. Mountain Hardwear "Power Stretch Balaclava" - $20, 2 oz. (mine is only
1.5 oz
> and I got it on sale locally last year for $12)...
> 2. Outdoor Research "Motion Fleece Balaclava" - $27, 1 oz. (though OR used
to
> spec it at 1.5 oz.)...
> 3. Cloudveil "DryForce Balaclava" - $35, 1 oz. ...
>
> All available at www.backcountrygear.com...  shipping $4 for #1 & 2, $6
for #3...
>
> Happy trails!!!
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 24
> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:33:06 EST
> From: GSL38@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] 1-2 oz. Balklava Where $$
> To: metam01@earthlink.net
> Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <76.4faf1757.2f7437b2@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
> Try Buff Wear.  It weighs just over 1 oz. and can be used as a scarf, neck
> gaiter, balklava, and more.  They dry fast, wick the moisture away and
made of
> polyester microfibre. You can get them at REI.  They are $18.50. Hope this
> helps.
> DONNA SMITH
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 25
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:29:23 -0800
> From: Mark Wright <sparkymeister@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Getting off work
> To: Brett <blisterfree@isp01.net>
> Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <c5fe6594050326192948830524@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> My great grandfather says that was the day he was conceived.
>
>
> Mark
> (just kidding - no relation)
>
> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:38:35 -0500, Brett <blisterfree@isp01.net> wrote:
> > > My big question is what to do after. My dad seems
> > > frustrated with me
> > > for not having a plan for when I finish.
> >
> > Did the Wright brothers have a plan for the day after their
> > first flight? ;)
> >
> > - bf
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Have fun or die trying - but try not to actually die.
> http://www.AboveCalifornia.com
> Got Mac OS X? Get the AboveCalifornia Sherlock Channel:
> sherlock://www.AboveCalifornia.com/sherlock/SherlockChannel.xml?action=add
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 26
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:33:34 -0800
> From: "Carolyn Eddy" <ECPG@peoplepc.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Getting off work
> To: "Brett" <blisterfree@isp01.net>, "Mark Wright"
> <sparkymeister@gmail.com>, <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Message-ID: <011701c5327d$c32ca170$b5dbf204@fred>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=response
>
> Just tell your dad you're going to write a book. That will get him off
your
> back, and who knows, it might even be true.
>
> I have the perfect built in reason for hiking, I'm not play - hiking. I'm
> off doing research for the magazine.
>
> Carolyn Eddy
> "Sweet Goat Mama"
> www.goattracksmagazine.com
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 27
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:50:34 -0800
> From: Mark Wright <sparkymeister@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Getting off work
> To: Carolyn Eddy <ECPG@peoplepc.com>
> Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <c5fe6594050326195044098cca@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> No, I'm afraid that won't work. I went to college expecting to write
> the Great American Novel upon graduation and during my last year in
> college he told me that he could help me get a $50k/year job after
> graduating if I would become an accountant instead. I have yet to do
> either. However, I finally did cut my hair.
>
> Don't get me wrong. He loves the wilderness and hiking (not camping
> though) and he's very supportive of my hike and will be living
> vicariously through me for the next few months. He's also very
> practical.
>
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:33:34 -0800, Carolyn Eddy <ECPG@peoplepc.com>
wrote:
> > Just tell your dad you're going to write a book. That will get him off
your
> > back, and who knows, it might even be true.
>
>
> --
> Have fun or die trying - but try not to actually die.
> http://www.AboveCalifornia.com
> Got Mac OS X? Get the AboveCalifornia Sherlock Channel:
> sherlock://www.AboveCalifornia.com/sherlock/SherlockChannel.xml?action=add
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 28
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:07:09 -0800
> From: "Randy Forsland" <randy_forsland@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Getting off work
> Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Message-ID: <BAY103-DAV55757E4298FA3AEA0745DFF430@phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
> Don't be too hard on him. I was the same way until my son graduated
college
> and then finally started his career.
>
> And when he moved out and got his own place...I sold the house, put
> everything in storage and hit the PCT...
>
> Something I could never do until the last bird left the nest and could fly
> on its own..You can't enjoy the hike if you have to worry about others .
>
> So, when you get back from your hike...you owe it to your dad to give him
> the peace of mind of being self sufficient...so that maybe he can get out
> and live his dreams too..
>
> Redwood
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Wright" <sparkymeister@gmail.com>
> To: "Carolyn Eddy" <ECPG@peoplepc.com>
> Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 7:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Getting off work
>
>
> > No, I'm afraid that won't work. I went to college expecting to write
> > the Great American Novel upon graduation and during my last year in
> > college he told me that he could help me get a $50k/year job after
> > graduating if I would become an accountant instead. I have yet to do
> > either. However, I finally did cut my hair.
> >
> > Don't get me wrong. He loves the wilderness and hiking (not camping
> > though) and he's very supportive of my hike and will be living
> > vicariously through me for the next few months. He's also very
> > practical.
> >
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:33:34 -0800, Carolyn Eddy <ECPG@peoplepc.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Just tell your dad you're going to write a book. That will get him off
> >> your
> >> back, and who knows, it might even be true.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Have fun or die trying - but try not to actually die.
> > http://www.AboveCalifornia.com
> > Got Mac OS X? Get the AboveCalifornia Sherlock Channel:
> >
sherlock://www.AboveCalifornia.com/sherlock/SherlockChannel.xml?action=add
> > _______________________________________________
> > pct-l mailing list
> > pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> > unsubscribe or change options:
> > http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 29
> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:39:26 -0800
> From: "Ken Davis" <kgdavis970@earthlink.net>
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] Getting off work
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <410-2200530278392610@earthlink.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>
> I've worked as an engineer for a major aircraft manufacturer in the Puget
> Sound region.  (Hmmm, what company could that be)?  After fifteen years of
> working my youth away and the break up of my marriage, I decided I had to
> change something up.  A couple of years ago I stumbled into the book
> "Hiking the Triple Crown" and I've been working toward the goal of hiking
> the PCT ever since.  Fortunately, my management was sensitive to my
> situation and allowed a leave of absence.  I suspect they figured they
> didn't have a choice if they wanted me to come back.  I think they
> understood that I was committed to do this hike with or without their
> approval.
>
> My last day of work is April 1.  My first day back there will be Oct 31.
> Easy dates to remember.  Soon I'll start moving my things into a storage
> unit.  It's funny to think that I won't have a home when I get done with
> this hike.  It'll be a whole new beginning.  Having a month of free time
> after the hike will come in handy for getting myself situated.
>
> Ken Davis
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: <EShoe2000@aol.com>
> > To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> > Date: 3/26/2005 9:35:10 AM
> > Subject: [pct-l] Getting off work
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I have a question for those of you who have done the PCT or are planning
> to
> > do it this year.  What types of jobs do you have that allowed you to
take
> off
> > work and go on the trail for 4 or 5 months?  Just wondering....
> >
> > Emily
> > _______________________________________________
> > pct-l mailing list
> > pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> > unsubscribe or change options:
> > http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 30
> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:49:37 -0800 (PST)
> From: larry hillberg <walkinglarry@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Getting off work
> To: Mark Wright <sparkymeister@gmail.com>, "EShoe2000@aol.com"
> <EShoe2000@aol.com>
> Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <20050327144937.41065.qmail@web50307.mail.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> That's his job.  As a parent and grandparent, I know
> that he just can't help himself.  At the same time, he
> will also admire you, envy you, and take great joy in
> knowing your progress and enjoyment.
>
> Paul McCartney's dad probably told Paul and John that
> the lyrics should be "Yes, yes, yes."
>
> --- Mark Wright <sparkymeister@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My big question is what to do after. My dad seems
> > frustrated with me for not having a plan for when I
> finish.
>
>
>
> __________________________________
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> Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 31
> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:21:08 -0500
> From: Kenneth Roberts <kenandeb@sover.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] Warning for PCT hikers in So. Cal!
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.1.20050327101551.00ac5630@mail.sover.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
> Last year a thru-hiker was walking past a big wooden fence at the insane
> asylum near Warner Springs and he hears all the residents inside chanting,
> "Thirteen! Thirteen! Thirteen!"
>
>
> Quite curious about this, he finds a hole in the fence, and looks in.
Someone
> inside pokes him in the eye with a stick.
> Then everyone inside the asylum starts chanting,
> "Fourteen! Fourteen! Fourteen!"
>
> Sly
>
> After reading the favorite music & books posts, thought I would dig up
this
> old message,
> my favorite PCT hiking joke.
> Cheers
> Ken R.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 32
> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 07:38:51 -0800
> From: "Monty Tam" <metam01@earthlink.net>
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] Warning for PCT hikers in So. Cal!
> To: "Kenneth Roberts" <kenandeb@sover.net>,
> pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <410-22005302715385131@earthlink.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>
>
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Kenneth Roberts <kenandeb@sover.net>
> > To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> > Date: 3/27/2005 7:16:06 AM
> > Subject: [pct-l] Warning for PCT hikers in So. Cal!
> >
> > Last year a thru-hiker was walking past a big wooden fence at the insane
> > asylum near Warner Springs and he hears all the residents inside
chanting,
> > "Thirteen! Thirteen! Thirteen!"
> >
> >
> > Quite curious about this, he finds a hole in the fence, and looks in.
> Someone
> > inside pokes him in the eye with a stick.
> > Then everyone inside the asylum starts chanting,
> > "Fourteen! Fourteen! Fourteen!"
> >
> > Sly
>
>
> Ah....Hem......Sly
>
> I live in Warner Springs and we have a response to make to your
> little........... JOKE.
>
>
>
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> ............................Twenty-Seven, Twenty-Seven,
> Twenty-Seven.........................
> Gotta go.  We get pudding today!
>
> Warner Springs Monty
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 33
> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:50:44 EST
> From: StoneDancer1@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Getting off work
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <f.41af17f2.2f783054@aol.com>
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>
> It's all very simple.  All you have to do is get stuck in some job and
slave
> away at it until you're an old man.  When you retire, you may... just
> possibly, with a little luck, be able to get away for three or four
months...  maybe.
>
> My advice to would-be thruhikers... Do whatever it takes.  In keeping
with
> this day... "take no thought for the morrow."  Screw the job... and  the
> responsibilities.  In the long run, you won't regret it...
>
> "No Way" Ray  Echols
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 34
> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 11:52:44 -0500
> From: "Jason Waicunas" <pct2005@hotmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] WA Detour Info.
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <BAY15-F4BDDF4A2E474CF63D2277AF430@phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
>
> Sorry for bringing it up again, but I didn't see any reply to my post
> earlier regarding the PCT detour in WA.  I'd like to hear opinions about
the
> the detour, in regard to hiker opinions on the level of difficulty of each
> route, ease of navigation, current conditions of the trail, and any
> additional info. that may be valuable.
>
> Take it easy and see you at the KickOff,
> -NaborJ
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 35
> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:13:50 EST
> From: StoneDancer1@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] WA Detour Info.
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
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> In a message dated 3/27/2005 8:53:26 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> pct2005@hotmail.com writes:
>
> >>>>>Sorry for bringing it up again, but I didn't see  any reply to my
post
> earlier regarding the PCT detour in WA.  I'd  like to hear opinions about
the
> the detour, in regard to hiker opinions on  the level of difficulty of
each
> route, ease of navigation, current  conditions of the trail, and any
> additional info. that may be  valuable<<<<<<
>
>
> I wouldn't mind hearing too, since I will be affected.  I heard that
quite a
> few road walked last year...??
>
>
>
> "No Way" Ray  Echols
>
>
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