I. Questions or inquiries or info to share:
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added/changed the following names to our list:  
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  website: http://www.oocities.org/fannypack96/ - work in progress
  CCR - Michael Yao -mailto:gyao@aol.com - 1999ME2VA - added 2/8/00
  Bump - Robert Long - mailto:lucy@uia.net -1998GA2ME - added 2/8/00
  Mud Elephant -William Good -mailto:mudelephant@hotmail.com 1996GA2ME - added 2/8/00
  Logjumper - Emmett Roden - mailto:logjumper99@aol.com - 1999ME2GA - added 2/8/00
  South Walker - Jim Hipp - mailto:jimhipp@alltel.net - 1999ME2GA -added 2/9/00
  Puff -????? -mailto:character0@earthlink.net 1998GA2ME -added 2/8/00
  High Country - Vince Bochsler mailto:bochsler@wyoming.com 1999GA2ME -added 2/8/00
  Dragon's Breath -Jim Damico -mailto:jdamico@grapevine.net 1998GA2ME- webpage: http://www.grapevine.net/~jdamico - e-mail & webapge change 2/8/00
  The Hike-Inn -Jeff and Nancy Hoch -mailto:hike-inn@vacationmail.com -webpage: http://www.hotyellow98.com/hike-inn (828)-479-3677 - e-mail & webapge change 2/8/00
  Weathercarrot - Greg ??? -Mailto:weathercarrot@hotmail.com 199?GA2ME - added 2/8/00
  RSLYFOX -???? -mailto:RSLYFOX@aol.com - 1999GA2ME -added 2/8/00

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  E-mail id that got a reject msg on the last UPDATE msg send:
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   NOTE: I remove these rejected ids from the list........
    PLease let us know if u know an e-mail that works for the following:
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  mailto:teamloew@hotmail.com - User unknown -99GA2?? -Sir P Alot -????
  mailto:atpctcdthh@hotmail.com - User unknown -1996GA2ME -Hungry Hiker aka Skid -??????-also hiked AT on '99
  mailto:HikingHope@aol.com - MAILBOX FULL -1999GA2VA - Kinnickinic -????? 

   
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 >>>>> 2000 PCT hopefuls - We will try to keep this list an accurate as possible.  If u are hiking the PCT in 2000 please let us know & we will keep a running list here with your contact info & starting date (hope to get this on the webpage soon).
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     >>>> haven't got to this item yet!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Msg from FannyPack on your comments about the UPDATE msgs being put on the Website vs being e-mailed:
1) like to receive the e-mail UPDATES
2) posting on the Web sounds fine
The comments seem to fall in these 2 categories so far.
I will attempt to accomodate both requests, i.e., hopefully we will be able to create a form on the webpage that allows persons to subscribe to the UPDATE msgs.  Then we will NOT have to manually send them, the UPDATE would be e-mailed automatcally at some preset day & time.  Of course, since we are trying to learn Perl & use it on the web server, anything may be possible.  Several of u have offerred your assistance with the technical aspects of developing the webpage & we may be calling on u soon. 
NOTE: Pls let us know if anyone has a webpage or knows of a webpage that u would like us to add a link on our webpage.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Scott <timscott@cabletron.com>

Hey everyone,

I have succeeded in tracking down most of my northbound friends from this year, but I am still looking for some info on a couple of other people.
Specifically, I am looking for Fa Queen, Trail/Metal Princess and Monk (northbound).  Queen and Princess got off somewhere in mid-VA. Monk made it as far at Kent, at least. I have an email address for him, but he either has a new one or I wrote it
down wrong since my letters get bounced. Thanks everyone.

-Chomp
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Bagby [mailto:chrisbagby@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 10:36 PM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: New email address

FannyPack,
Enjoyed very much meeting you and all the others at the Ruck last weekend. We departed Iron Master at 7:30 Sunday morning just as it started snowing, and made it to Roanoke in the early afternoon. By that time I-81 was starting to get treacherous, so we checked into the Best Western in Cloverdale, VA where we had stayed while hiking northbound last August (they even gave us the hiker rate again), put on our boots and hiked a couple miles south on the AT up Tinker Mountain in heavy falling snow. Gorgeous. Noticed in the trail register part way up that Houdini had been through there 11/25/99, apparently completing the section he'd skipped between Pearisburg and DWG after an injury while he was thru-hiking last summer.

Highlight of the Ruck for me was getting to meet and chat with Earl Shaffer. Enjoyed hearing him tell me that he'd done his '48 hike "on the spur of the moment", kinda like mine and Silver Moon's was. He was warm and talkative, full of memories about his thru-hikes and opinions about how the trail has changed since '48 and '65.

Slides of PCT, CDT, Nepal and AT were also great, as were lightpacking and LNT presentations. It was fun swapping tales with
everyone, and I'm excited about trying out the G4 pack I bought at the auction, along with the Nomad 2 for 2 tent which I ordered from Kurt.

Mainly writing tonight to give a new email address for myself. Now it's: spur@mac.com.
Still working on journal and photos to post on a website. Soon maybe.

Best,
Spur of the Moment, GAME9
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Damico [mailto:jdamico@grapevine.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 11:41 PM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: Re: 2000-02-xx - update from FannyPack - contains e-mail
addresses (last sent with e-mail on 11/19/99)

Good idea, but you might also send a weekly or monthly email with only the messeges subject line.  That way, when we forget to check the website, that way we don't miss that message from the long lost hiker friend we lost track of.

Plus an up to date email list would be a great website reference (I did this with 60 email addresses of family).

Dragon's Breath'98 - Jim Damico of Kansas City, MO
"Wandering the World" - hiking, biking and beyond
http://www.grapevine.net/~jdamico
new address jdamico@grapevine.net fyi: old address Jim@Damico.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vincent Bochsler [mailto:bochsler@wyoming.com]
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 6:21 AM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: Add name

David,

Enter my name and address in your future e-mails.

Vince Bochsler
Trail name: "High Country"
 Thruhiked GA-ME in 1999
E-mail: bochsler@wyoming.com

Thanks,
Vince
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-----Original Message-----
From: holly bragdon [mailto:spooky@pivot.net]
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 6:28 AM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: Re: 2000-02-xx - update from FannyPack - contains e-mail
addresses (last sent with e-mail on 11/19/99)

Hello Fannypack,   We are anxious to hit the trail again, this year, to finish our hike.  Hope this letter finds you well.   We are heading to Springer April lst and hope to make it to Bland, VA before trail days , so that we can head back with the trail behind us.And be at trail days to see many of our friends.
Sincerely    Hollydays and Little Engine  ME>VA1999,  And GA>VA2000.

I would love to see a website.   It would be great.   We love getting your updates, keeps us family.   Thanks for all your hard work.    Take Care...
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tim White [mailto:timwhite420@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 8:29 AM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: Re: 2000-02-xx - update from FannyPack - contains e-mail
addresses (l ast sent with e-mail on 11/19/99)

Hey fanny pack!  Great getting the list.  One favor - could you add my e-mail to the next monthlylistingof ady's?  I've been getting your updates for a while now, but just noticed that my address isn't on the listing.  Thanks!

-Puff '98
character0@earthlink.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Nitz [mailto:tnitz@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 8:52 AM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: AT Thru-Hiker Cafe

Hey Fannypack,

I think your website is a really great idea.  I'll enjoy following Mr. Clean's progress on the link to the MSN Community you have set up.  Often, checking updates on a website would be much more convenient than receiving e-mails, especially when hiking for long periods.  If it would help you, feel free to take any ideas, or download any code or images from my site.  I
look forward to seeing your site grow.

From your updates it's easy to see that there is going to be a very large number of AT veterans on the PCT this year.  I'll be starting the PCT at the Mexico border on 27 April, and look forward to reunions with the many AT friends that will be out there, and meeting the many more I've only heard about but never met yet.  Hope you get the chance to break away and do some
hiking this year yourself.

Take it easy,
Prehistoric Tony

Tony Nitz
mailto:PT@HikerTrash.net
http://www.HikerTrash.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: Logjumper99@aol.com [mailto:Logjumper99@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 11:06 AM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: Re: 2000-02-xx - update from FannyPack - contains e-mail
addresses (l ast sent with e-mail on 11/19/99)

Hi Fanny Pack!

I have really enjoyed reading the e-mail from you.  Your efforts are to be commended.  Regarding web page vs. e-mail, I have a slight preference for e-mail, since I frequently check my e-mail without going onto the web.

Regarding the list of e-mail addresses, unless I am mistaken, my name and South Walker's are not on the list set forth in your message (even though I am obviously on your group e-mail list). In case of accidental erasure, here is the data:

Logjumper - Emmett Roden - logjumper99@aol.com - ME2GA99
South Walker - Jim Hipp - jimhipp@alltel.net - ME2GA99

FYI, I just received my vanity car plates from Maryland.  They read:  ME2GA99  If you see a blue Ford Windstar with those plates, you'll know it is me.  Keep up the good work!
Logjumper
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Hoch [mailto:fontanamotel@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 1:43 AM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: Re: New email address

Fontana Motel has formally changed our name to The Hike Inn.  We now have a new email address too.

Please adjust your records to reflect the following.

Jeff and Nancy Hoch
The Hike-Inn
hike-inn@vacationmail.com
http://www.hotyellow98.com/hike-inn
(828)-479-3677

Thank you!

I forgot to tell you about a new club that Nancy and I have joined on yahoo.  It is called Carolinas Hikers and is dedicated to hiking in North and South Carolina.  Help us sread the word about as this is a great group and getting better all the time.  Visit the club at http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/carolinashikers 
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I thought I would on a snippet of a MSG from Pittsburgh (some great 99er pics are on his site):
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 If you visit http://www.hike-usa.com you will find our full schedule and a fulle description of what we do.  An important
part of what we do is the "five prohibitions," so please read and understand those  http://www.hike-usa.com/00-faq.htm ...
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From: "richard mann" <hikeusa@freewwweb.com>
To: "at-lll" <at-l@backcountry.net>  
Subject: [at-l] more RUCK photos...
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:20:14 -0600

More RUCK photos...
http://www.hike-usa.com/Photo1.jpg through http://www.hike-usa.com/Photo27.jpg
no formatting, no captions, grab any if you want em...

pittsburgh
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http://www.monmouth.com/~mconnick/ruck2000.htm - Ruck 2000 Photos
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Lou Hale [mailto:fhale@moment.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 6:49 AM
To: Atkinson, David L, JR (FannyPack), BGM
Subject: update

Fannypack,

Yesterday, (2/8/00), I got up on crutches! Harder to walk than the last few million steps, but I'll get there. I go in for a bone graft in the next couple of weeks to get the other leg going. Learning computing little by little. Quite a bit different than cutting meat! Thanks for all you people are doing for me, it goes longer than you can imagine.
Thanks Fannypack again for all the support on the trail for all of us, and for all you do even off the trail.
             Pilgrim
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From: Paul A Magnanti <pmags@juno.com>
To: at-l@backcountry.net  
Subject: [at-l] 501 and Pizza..
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:42:21 +0000

>I'm told that the pizza you can get delivered at the 501 shelter is great,
>but I hear the calzones are even better


Just make sure that the person who drives up to the dirt parking lot is actually the pizza delivery person... :)

In '98, (WARNING: FORMER THRU-HIKER TELLING A TRAIL STORY! BE AFRAID. Thankyou)

At the 501 Shelter, 10 of us placed a HUGE order with the pizza place.  They said to meet them at the hikers parking lot that is maybe .10 mile from the shelter. So three of us were waiting there, myself included.

 Now, picture what we looked like waiting at the parking lot:
There was Relax. She looked squeaky clean enough. No problem.

 But then there was Brian and myself!

 Brian was tall, thin, long reddish beard and hair.  But in his coolmax shirt and khaki supplex shorts, looked a bit more presentable than I.

So what did I look like? I was sporting what I called the terrorist look.  I had a dirty, grungy hospital "scrub" shirt, a well worn  and funky looking swim suit. To really make this look, add a thick, black beard, longish (hadn't cut my hair in 3 mos) black hair, and a dark complexion from being outdoors for so long. Yep, give me an AK-47 and I would fit the stereotype that you see on the news.


So, this car pulls up to the parking lot, Ah! Pizza!  Who else would come to a hikers parking lot at 7 PM? We  approached the car, and we all had these stupid grins on our faces. The woman in the car was VERY frightened looking. I asked "Are you the pizza lady?".. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!  Sheepishly, we walked away. When we are a good distance away, she got out of the car,
and was walking at a very fast clip, puffing away on her ciggarette like it was her last one. Ever.

When the actually pizza delivery car actually showed up, I refused to approach it for some odd reason. :-)

So that is my story on how I almost got maced on the trail.

Mags... only a watermelon terrorist..
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From: woodelf@juno.com
To: at-l@backcountry.net 
Subject: Re: [at-l] email assistance needed.
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 22:08:08 -0500

I use Juno, it's free there are hundreds of dial up numbers and it's the easiest e-mail program I've ever used. My Juno account is maybe 5 or 6 years old, with no problems. My Mom has the free e-mail only account but I'm using their free Internet too. There's a small banner you get used to that's always on top with the free Internet, but you can move it anywhere you want. We barely notice it. I've used free Juno Internet for a couple of months and only had trouble connecting twice on Sunday afternoons. Go to Juno.com and download the free software for the free e-mail account and try it or the free Internet software. If you don't like it, can it. You can even get a floppy version so you can access your e-mail from
almost any computer. (I don't think there's a dos version of either) If you don't mind ignoring some adds try it.  I tried NetZero and think it stinks, the banner is to unstable.

woodelf (@juno.com:-)
________________________________________________________________
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Juno now offers FREE Internet Access!
Try it today - there's no risk!  For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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From: "David Hicks" <daveh@usit.net>
Reply-To: "David Hicks" <daveh@usit.net>
To: "AT-L" <at-l@edina.hack.net>
Subject: [at-l] SW VA Trail conditions
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 15:22:59 -0500

Friday, another maintainer & I hiked up to the Chestnut Knob Shelter and did a recon the ridge and adjacent area (4,409ft), in prep for a work trip scheduled for next weekend.

The trail has drifts up to your waist.  Actually, we were off the trail a few times to avoid even higher drifts.   The road is snow covered up to your calves, w/ drifts knee-high or higher.

In the morning and up to about 1:30, it was clear and we had spectacular views of Burks Garden, Big Walker Mountain, Beartown Ridge, etc.  With the trees leafless and the snow outlining every ridge, fold, stream, and field, there were views that you'll never see in summer.

Then the snow started.  By 2:30 we had near whiteout conditions on top and started down.  It snowed heavily all that afternoon and Friday night, w/ a good wind.  So, I expect the drifts could be worst by now.

BTW -- we canceled the work trip.

Chainsaw
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-----Original Message-----
From: G ricci [mailto:elfqueen@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 11:07 PM
To:
Subject: Fwd: A little George C.

From: Iykos@aol.com
To: kim@porthouse.org, LISADOUGLASHALL@aol.com, hornswallow@hotmail.com,   
     Empy@cybertours.com, elfqueen@hotmail.com, criddle_27@yahoo.com
Subject: A little George C.
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 19:32:48 EST

"The Paradox of Our Time - George Carlin

"The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.

We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years."

"We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.

We've conquered outer space, but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.

We've split the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less.
We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication."

"These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow
relationships.

These are the times of more food, but less nutrition. These are days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses,
but broken homes.

These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet, to kill."

It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; a time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete."

George Carlin
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From: Tim Hewitt <thewitt@fairchildsemi.com>
Reply-To: thewitt@fairchildsemi.com
To: at-l@backcountry.net 
Subject: [at-l] Keeping Old Journals Online
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 13:14:40 -0500

I would like to formally offer any listers the opportunity to put your old hiking journals online at the Appalachian Trail Stories website.

I know some of you have been asked (or have been removed) from other websites for whatever reason. Your journals are welcome on Trail Stories - no charge of course.

For more information, please drop by.

-Paddler
--
Tim Hewitt, Editor
Appalachian Trail Stories
http://www.trailstories.com
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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
Fanny Pack
96GA2ME
cell -   703-470-2320
work -   703-713-7320
pager -  888-602-7551
PO Box 2892
Sterling, VA 20167-2892