> (also there are a bunch of stamps along sections of the trail already)

Indeed, including sundry mystery boxes in at least 3 different states ... :-)
... not to mention the unusual situation of mapsurfer #7 ...

When you're passing thru the mid-atlantic area, I'll be happy to give
you an opportunity to find my various travelers and other curios, and buy
you a round of your favorite beverage ...

Cheers

> When you're passing thru the mid-atlantic area, I'll be happy to
> give you an opportunity to find my various travelers and other
> curios, and buy you a round of your favorite beverage ...

Wow! Really? You'd do that for me? Buy me a round of strawberry
milkshakes? Even with the whipped cream on top? I'll definitely
have to look you up! ;o)

-- Ryan

I am definitely one of those who will perpetually dream of hiking the AT, and never actually get anywhere close to actually doing it. Ever since reading Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods" the AT had held me in sway and created the ambition of hiking it - this is a quite an accomplishment since I can barely manage to spend a single night in a tent in an organized campsite.

So bravo Ryan - we'll all live vicariously through you while you're on the trail. Plus you'll have all those sharp carving tools with you to defend yourself against the bears.

-- Lea

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Arkebauer " wrote:
>
>
> This certainly is an ambitious project! I for one look forward to
> finding some of those stamps! (also there are a bunch of stamps along
> sections of the trail already)
> --amanda from Seattle
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "rscarpen "
> wrote:
> > This thread certainly seems to have come out of nowhere! But it
> > sounds like a fun discussion, so I'll throw in my two cents for
> what
> > I will do. Or might do. I still reserve the right to back out at
> > any time!
> >
> > I'm looking into hiking the Appalachian Trail! I only got the idea
> a
> > couple of weeks back but took to it like a fish in water.
> According
> > to my "sources", the typical thru-hiker is thinking about the hike
> > for ten YEARS before starting the adventure, so I've got some
> serious
> > catching up to do! But wow, what an adventure! Over 2,000 miles
> > from Georgia to Maine and through 12 other states, on foot. They
> say
> > the elevation gain of all the hills adds up to climbing Mt Everest
> > from sea level to the top 16 times!
> >
> > And I'm thinking of creating a letterboxing series along the entire
> > route. The world's longest letterboxing chain. I'm thinking
> perhaps
> > a letterbox every 20 to 25 miles sounds good (which adds up to
> about
> > 100 letterboxes!) That might be a little too ambitious, though,
> > since I'll probably be too tired to carve a new stamp virtually
> every
> > day. Unless I can pre-carve most of them before I hit the trail,
> but
> > that's still a lot of stamps to be carving! And since Internet
> > access is limited when you're miles away from the nearest
> > civilization, I might not even have a chance to type in all the
> clues
> > for a hundred boxes along the way. But it's a dream of mine. =)
> A
> > series that stretches for over 2,000 miles along the east coast.
> >
> > And if I'm REALLY lucky, I'll finally get a chance to meet a bunch
> of
> > you east coast folks I've always heard stories about and swap e-
> mails
> > with all the time!
> >
> > But gosh, that's my next BIG adventure I'm thinking about. My feet
> > are sore just thinking about the trip, but my spirits are high! =)
> >
> > -- Ryan

> Ever since reading Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods" the AT had
> held me in sway and created the ambition of hiking it

It was reading that book that gave me the idea! =) I could hardly
breath from laughing so hard about Bill and Katz's first day on the
trail. *rolling eyes*

> Plus you'll have all those sharp carving tools with you to defend
> yourself against the bears.

I've seen a fair number of bears over the year and they don't concern
me in the least. Most of them run away as soon as they hear the
camera go "click!". Bunch of frady cats. Even the rattlesnakes
don't concern me much--I've seen lots of those on the trails over the
years. It's the animals I'm NOT familiar with like Copperheads that
conern me most! I figure it's mostly a fear of the unknown and are
probably as harmless as bears and rattlesnakes (which in my
experience, have been pretty harmless!)

But I'll always keep that #1 nib out to fend off those snakes and
bears--just in case. ;o)

-- Ryan

--- Ryan, be sure you are very, very clear on where you are to meet
Randy for an exchange. He might be on a different trail downing his
guinness.
Randy, if you are reading this, you can pick me up on the way
to meet Ryan. The AT isn't but 45 min. from my house.

Psychomommy (who is still waiting for that exchange from the
elusive Randy)
P23 F80 X60 V3 E4 C0 R1 SS1 L8 (2 where Copperheads on the AT)




In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "rscarpen "
wrote:
> > When you're passing thru the mid-atlantic area, I'll be happy to
> > give you an opportunity to find my various travelers and other
> > curios, and buy you a round of your favorite beverage ...
>
> Wow! Really? You'd do that for me? Buy me a round of strawberry
> milkshakes? Even with the whipped cream on top? I'll definitely
> have to look you up! ;o)
>
> -- Ryan