To all 98ers/99ers & other AT
friends:
>>>> 1) If
u are receiving this msg & do NOT want to receive these msgs, just e-mail me
& I will NOT send these msgs to u again.
>>>> 2) Also if
u want your e-mail, name, etc added (or corrected) at the bottom of the future
msgs, the let me know. Hopefully we will be able to continue to share
these msgs with each other.
>>>> 3) NOTICE: To reduce the
size of our msgs, in the future, we will try to remember to send the list of
addresses only the 1st send of every other month. We are working
& taking suggestions on how to improve these communiqués, pls give us your
suggestions. We enjoy sharing these msgs with u & hope to make it an
enjoyable experience for u.
-
FannyPack & Roger & Lucy
I. Questions or
inquiries or info to
share:
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added/changed the
following names to our list:
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Firefly - Christine Shaw - mailto:firefly@alumni.virginia.edu - 96GA2ME & 99GA2ME-
added
11/22/99
Firefly will be working at the EMS at 12997 Fair Lakes Center, Fairfax, , VA
703-968-7595 (Thanksgiving till Christmas or so), stop by & say
hi
Slackjaw McGraw - Scott Kissman - mailto:twobridges@yahoo.com
- 1999ME2GA - added 11/22/99
Rickrock - Rick McNelis - mailto:rick.mcnelis@eds.com
- 1999GA2ME - added 11/23/99
Poopajack - Bill Ware - mailto:poopajac@gwi.net -
1999GA2ME - added
11/24/99
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MSG from
98er:
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From: "Felix J. McGillicuddy"
<AThiker@smithville.net>
To: AT-list
<at-l@backcountry.net>
Subject: [at-l] an ear, a goat, two
dates
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 09:55:44 -0500
A year ago today had
me, Sundown, Lucky Luke and Calamity Jane hiking
from Wilson Creek to
Cloverdale. We ate at the AYCE buffet at the
closest AYCE buffet place. We
laffed until we hurt. (Sundown is
accidentally hilarious) That evening had
one of the funniest scenes of
my trip: Sundown, Calamity Jane, Lucky Luke and
I were in a room at the
motel, watching NFL. Machu Picchu knocks on the door
and comes in and
talks to us for about 15 minutes. I hadn't seen him since
Blackrock Hut.
After he left, I looked at Sundown and asked, "Who was that
guy?" The
look Sundown gave was priceless. "Priceless" I say.
Anyway,
let's back it up a few more days. I started hiking with Sundown
at the
Priest. I forgot to tell you that was the shelter we were staying
in when we
watched the meteor shower from the pic-a-nic-type table. We
then spent nights
together at Brown Mt., John's Hollow, Thunder Hill
(where I met LL and CJ for
the first time since Story Spring in VT.
Also, Sundown made Lipton meals
using beer because the water supply was
dry.) Bryant Ridge, (where the
man and his dog came in at about 11:30,
scaring the bejesus out of us. 11:30
is like 2:30a.m. to normal people.
He turned out to be a really nice guy. The
next a.m., he said, "If I
knowed you was here, I'dve brought you some killer
vittles.") Wilson
Creek and then Cloverdale. While in Cloverdale, we also had
the pleasure
of 'hangin' with woodelf. Always a good time being with one of
old man
Davidson's boyz.
This will be a good week of memories. Well,
at least for me...
--
Felix J. McGillicuddy
ME-->GA 98
"Your
Move"
http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/
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From:
To:
at-l@backcountry.net
Subject: [at-l] FYI--Bill Irwin
Date: Mon, 22
Nov 1999 17:56:02 -0500
Bill Irwin is going to be at Gardner-Webb
University in Boiling Springs,
NC at 7 PM, Monday, November 29, and at 9:25
AM, Tuesday, November 30.
Both events are free. Each event is at a different
location on campus.
For more info, call
704-406-4277.
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-----Original
Message-----
From: BILL WARE [mailto:poopajac@gwi.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999
8:04 PM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: e mail address
of POOPAJACK.
HEY FANNY PACK poopajack here just received your e
mail address list and you left me out. what gives ? all my buds and budettes can
e mail me @ poopajac@gwi.net having no trouble adjusting after the hike. have
had a lot of my friends get in touch and have had two get togethers since with
fleischman,holle and dooley and daybreak and have received a lot of summit
pictures my pictures will go out next week. plan to do the long trail next fall
and perhaps t pct the following year if circuit rider can get the time off.
enjoyed your trail magic 3 or 4 times. will be maintaining MAINE trail from
ANDOVER for about 20 miles hope to see some of my friends then and maybe they
can help an old man with the hard
work.
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Here is my response to
PoopaJack: (your feedback is
welcome.....)
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-----Original
Message-----
From: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Sent: Wednesday,
November 24, 1999 9:51 AM
To: BILL WARE
Cc:
'fannypack96@hotmail.com'
Subject: RE: e mail address of
POOPAJACK.
Whatcha mean "I left u out, what gives?". I could not
add u to the Name/e-mail list until u said it was okay, right?
Explanation: I
send msgs to some persons that do NOT want their e-mail published, that is one
of the reasons u will not see who I send the msgs to because I use BCC: to send
to all the persons & the msg is TO: FannyPack, also this means that persons
receiving the UPDATE msgs can NOT do a REPLYALL to sent to everyone that I sent
the msg to, hope u understand my reasoning.
So u maintain a section near
Andover, do u know Honey & Bear at The Cabin????
Hope to see yall up
there in ME sometime in the near future...
If u have e-mails for any
99ers (not on the list) that u think would like to receive these updates, pls
let me know.
NOTE: are u kin to The Old Fhart - 98GA2ME??? U both have a
"unique" personality & disposition, of course, I believe some 99ers, like
Fleishmann may use some other descriptive words when describing your personality
& disposition...
Have a great
Thanksgiving......
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Use REPLYALL when
responding so I can get your msgs at work: mailto:datkinso@att.com & on the road mailto:fannypack96@hotmail.com
-FP
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MSG
from 99er:
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hayduke .
[mailto:me2ga99@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 24,
1999 1:20 PM
Subject: update
hello everyone,
right now i'm in
alabama! a handfull of hikers and i are all off the trail
for a few days and
we are celebrating t-giving with poptop and his family.
we will be back
on the trail on the 28th and will head into the smokies soon
after.
hope
all is well, take
care....
HAYDUKE
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thought I
would share this post to
AT-L:
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From:
DataBook97@aol.com
To: at-l@backcountry.net
Subject: [at-l]
A.T. in Maine
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 10:31:42 EST
In a message dated
11/23/99 11:42:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
lwbooher@evansville.net
writes:
<< Did y'all read the letter from Earl Shaffer in the new
ATN? He was talking
about how "the rocks, roots, mud holes, and
stream wadings now prevalent
are a disgrace" in Maine, and how he'll
"never hike there again". How did
this strike y'all? My
thoughts were that the rocks and roots above ground
are the result of
so many happy hikers compressing the dirt around them.
He goes on and
on about how the route had been laid out and shelters built
years ago,
but where are they now? Has the trail in Maine been moved a
lot
over the years? Does anyone know what he's talking about
>>
At the ATC meeting this past weekend at
Harpers Ferry, I raised the above
issue with a member of MATC. He
actually agreed with much of what Earl had
to say. He pointed out that
much of the Trail in Maine used to be on private
land, and that when the NPS
land acquisition program began, it was necessary
-- in pretty short order --
to come up with the "ideal" route so that the NPS
could purchase the
necessary land. In most cases, an excellent route was
mapped, but there
were -- as might be expected -- some mistakes. Moreover,
the new Trail
was rather hastily constructed, with not enough effort invested
into
switchbacks and other similar features that improve the footpath and
lessen
erosion. As a result, there are indeed a number of spots where
there
are the "rocks, roots, [and] mud holes" that Earl is complaining
about. He
told me that MATC hopes to do some work in the next few years
to improve the
Trail and eliminate these problem spots by constructing
switchbacks and other
improvements.
None of this is
intended to detract from the wonderful work done by the
MATC, which maintains
many miles of the A.T. through the State of Maine by
the hard work of
relatively few volunteers. Indeed, it is through their
devoted work
that the new Trail route was made possible. It seems that they
are
aware of the problem and will do whatever they reasonably can to
correct
it.
Daniel
Chazin
* From the Appalachian Trail Mailing List | http://www.backcountry.net
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Have
a Great
Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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REPLYALL when responding so I can get your msgs at work: mailto:datkinso@att.com &
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PACK
IT IN!!! PACK IT OUT!!!
Trail Magic, PB&J's, & AYCE
rule.
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The
greatest happiness is to transform your feelings into actions. - Madame de
Stael
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Thanks
for your feedback & cooperation.
David L Atkinson Jr
mailto:datkinso@att.com or mailto:datkinso@ems.att.com
Fanny Pack
96GA2ME
cell
- 703-470-2320
work - 703-713-7320
pager -
888-602-7551
PO Box 2892
Sterling, VA 20167-2892
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