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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Silver - Tom Conover - mailto:tconover@pcsonline.com] - 1999GA2ME -added
12/02/99
Geppetto - John Farkas -mailto:geppetto99@hotmail.com - 1999GA2ME -added
12/03/99
Waterboy - Bob Smith -mailto:Rsmithat99@aol.com
-1999GA2ME -added 12/03/99
Fleischman - Nathaniel Strauss - mailto:nstrauss@bigfoot.com
1999G2ME -changed 12/03/99 http:www.bigfoot.com/~nstrauss
Red Wing - Scott
Wheaton -mailto:Wheatonsm@aol.com
-1999GA2ME -added 12/03/99
Logjumper - Emmett Roden - mailto:Logjumper99@aol.com -1999ME2GA -added
12/03/99
Buzzard - Sharon L. Walker -mailto:ATBUZZARD@AOL.com 1999GA2ME
-added 12/06/99
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thought
someone may want to respond to: Give Me
Chocolate
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From:
Pat Villeneuve <patv@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
To: at-l
<at-l@backcountry.net>
Subject: [at-l] tortoise and hare
Date: Wed,
01 Dec 1999 13:11:35 -0600
Did any of the thru-hikers here take the
Maryland Challenge? If so, how
long before you were hiking average-mile days
(for you) again? Was it
worth it?/Would you do it again?
Give Me
Chocolate
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pictures from a SNP
hike:
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From: "Kenneth R. Knight"
<krk@home.msen.com> S
To:
Subject: [at-l] Shenandoah National
Park hike
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 99 05:15:06 -0500
Some of you know I just
did 4.5 days with Ron hiking in the Shenandoah
National Park. I've just put
up about 30 pictures from that trip. Please
keep in mind that these have been
scaleddown and furthere compressed
since space is at a premium on my web
pages. I'm sure some compression
artifacts can be seen and some detail is
lost since the photos were
originally 1600x1200 instead of the 640x480 they
are on the web page.
The URL is
http://home.msen.com/~krk/travels/SNP_Fall_Hike/photo_gallery.html.
**
Kenneth Knight Web Design, IT Consultant, Software
Engineer **
**
krk@home.msen.com http://home.msen.com/~krk
**
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http://www.gosmokies.com/yarnspinners/memoirs/1999/jl111599.html
- The Smokies have already seen their first official snowfall of the season,
which temporarily closed roads and made for difficult driving conditions.
If you suspect adverse weather in the park, be sure to call the park’s automated
information line (423-436-1200) to find news of weather and road closures before
making your trip.
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http://www.gosmokies.com/yarnspinners/carsonbrewer/1999/cd112299.html
- Few braved life high in the Smokies - By Carson Brewer, special to http://GoSmokies.com
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msg
from 98er, Zen & his wife Summers Breeze aka Scott &
Laurie
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-----Original
Message-----
From: scott hollister [mailto:breezen99@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 04,
1999 3:28 PM
To:
Subject: warm wine in cold munich
Hello!
Hello! How are you?
Well the tour of Europe has continued
although a bit differently than planned. After leaving Brussels, we spent
a few nights in Brugge with a wonderful couple who are members of Servas.
The town is verz quaint and the beer and chocolate were absolutely
amazing!!! Our next stop was Amsterdam!! What an interesting
city!! The red-light district was shocking and the smell of marijuana
omni-present!!! We visited an island town in Holland as well which was
much more peaceful than the big city! Our plan was then to go to Ireland,
but this is where things became a bit jumbled!! We had to take a series of
four trains to the northwest corner of France where we would catch the overnight
ferry to Ireland. Well, as luck had it, the last train was canceled 5
minutes before it was to depart. A taxi ride was an unfathomable 225
dollars, and the next ferry didn't leave for 3 days. We decided to forgo
Ireland and opt for Switzerland. We hopped a night train and awoke in the
serene mountains on a sunny Sunday morning. After making a telephone
booking at a lodge in the mountains, we proceeded to the ATM machine which
decided not give us any money. We proceeded to try 3 other machines but
had no success!! Well, by this time we were frustrated beyond belief and
decided to head back to a friend's house in Germany where we could rest and
regroup. We are now near Munich enjoying Christmas markets where they
serve a warm wine punch and many other yummy food creations. Tomorrow,
we're going to visit a castle built by Ludwig in the 1800s. Then it's off
to Vienna!1 We hope you are enjoying the onset of the holiday
season!!
love laurie and
scott
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MSG from a
98er:
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Sisemore
[mailto:at99sy@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999
2:06 PM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: Southern
Expatriate
Hey Fannypack
I have completed my relocation to
Hanover,NH. It's a big change from North Georgia!!! things are looking
good. I have converted from Sweet southern tea to STRONG HOT COFFEE.
Haven't had grits in weeks. It's a gradual conversion. Still can't stomach the
thought of putting milk in tea yet. Somethin just ain't right about that.
:)
Spent Thanksgiving in Killington at Creepers Wayside. Had a great time
with all the 99'ers that showed up. No plans for Xmas at this time. Might spend
that weekend up on a mountain top somewhere. At some point in time the locals
assure me there will be snow up here. I'm getting sceptical. I never expected to
have Thanksgiving this far North and be experiencing a heat
wave. Hmmm..
global warming, cow belching, el ninapoop.
Well gotta go keep in
touch.
here is my address
michael sisemore
po box
5195
hanover,nh 03755
happy
holidays
sy
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MSG from a
99er:
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hayduke . [mailto:me2ga99@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999
9:23 PM
To:
Subject: (Final?)Update
hello all
this could very
well be the last update until i'm home, the 18th is creeping up fast and we are
going to be on the trail for the rest of the way, so i don't know about getting
online again after tonight. Right now i'm at Newfound Gap in the smokies
and due to weather we took another day off in town today but will be back
tomorrow.
We all want to slow down and not leave the trail but we know we all
have to....in a sense.
my one real wish that i have thought about
since day ONE out here on this trail was that my girlfriend, Meg, could come and
meet me at Springer when i finish, and for the longest damn time i've dreamt
about watching the sunset with her on the mountain. but, as it has happend
so many times before, yet another nail was driven into a coffin and she is now
not allowed to be there. heartbroken, yes, but i'll survive and will in
the end come out on top- and my family will still be there and i am happy for
that. but i didn't really want to stand at the end of the trail and be
bitter, i guess i'd better get used to it....
other than this matter i've
vented (slightly) about all is well and we are moving fast with the end in
sight, i can't believe i've been out for almost 6 months, it certainly is not
long
enough.....
later
HAYDUKE
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-----Original
Message-----
From: Henry & Carla Lafleur [mailto:hrl@map.com]
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 7:18
PM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject:
hi
fannypack
hope your out there perhaps meeting the southbounders still out
there-we heard 122 had passed thru harpers ferry as of last thurs-that number
boggles my mind
update on my husbands trek to nepal around the base of
anapurnas...he has returend safe and sound with a succesful trek-there were 11
in the group-but only 6 chose to continue over the pass and the others turned
back-he continued- with the porters carrying the gear and doing the cooking-over
a 17700ft pass tho.he was upset to see the poverty living conditions
there-it
did not bother the others like it did him..they have the worst
living coditions and the most majestic mountains-the scenry got better each
day.lots of stories to tell us all
mother
hen
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From:
To:
"at-l@backcountry.net" <at-l@backcountry.net> Save
Address
Subject: [at-l] Sunday at the Priest
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999
22:48:54 -0800
Sunday morning while leaving the Priest shelter, I saw
Step and Double Step. They had just six days left on their hike.
Congratulations! I told them I'd post the news in case anybody's watching
for them.
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MSG from a
98er:
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Warren
[mailto:brdrhorizon@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December
08, 1999 11:10 AM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: Re:
1999-12-01 - update from FannyPack
FP,
A quick update on
me......
It is Tuesday morning the 7th of December and I in one and half
hours will be on a plane headed to Florida for a couple of days and then I am
flying out of Miami to Costa Rica for about six weeks to hike and mountaineer,
kayak and white water raft some of the rivers, and hopefully relax on a beach or
two in the down time. I am scouting the place out for a possible
sight
for the Adventure program I worked for this past summer because we are looking
for an international sight, and to have fun in the gem they call Costa
Rica.
Presently,the last month or so,I have been up in Maine at Sunday
River working and will return there after my trip. French Fry is there too
and will be working at a restaurant at the Grand Jordan hotel.
Since I'll
be gone during the holidays I wanted to wish all thru-hikers I've met and those
I haven't had the opportunity to have yet, the best holiday season and a kick
ass New Year.
Hope to see you all in the year 2000, with the spirit that
brought us together in "98"
Peace and greatness to
all,
Sightseer.."98"
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MSG
from 99er:
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brooks
Kelley [mailto:Brooks@Kelley.Net]
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999
9:14 AM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: http://www.brooks.kelley.net/photo/index.htm
Hey
FannyPack,
I know that I have sent out quite a few disks with my photos
on it to people I have hiked with, family, and friends over the last few
days.
I have also placed my photojournal from my hike at http://www.brooks.kelley.net/photo/index.htm for everyone to
see. Of
course, the disk version is a little faster.
Wish it had music
like Wingfoot's photo page, but, alas, I have not gotten around to that
yet.
Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ano,
Mr. Boo '99
P.S. For
those who hike with Orion, he has placed a collage series of photos of his AT
hike on the net at http://www.bitniz.com/bill/
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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
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