Ryan's AT Adventure

From: Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) | Date: 2003-02-17 17:28:18 UTC-05:00

Have you thought about writing your adventures as you go, & then passing
them along to the boxers you meet along the way to type in and keep us
informed? Maybe they could then be added to the letterboxes you leave along
the way?
It would be really cool for anyone who follows in your footsteps (boxin'
along the way of course) to read of your adventures as they find the boxes.

Scoutdogs
F- 96 P-17 E-2 X-22
(Also waiting for snow & ice to clear so more can be planted. I keep
counting the days till the first day of Spring!)

> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 16:38:03 -0000
> From: "rscarpen "
> Subject: Re: What will you do?
>
> > Personally, I would love to see a daily diary posted online that
> > all of us armchair wanna-be's could read.
>
> There will definitely be one of those on my website, although due to
> the lack of Internet access on the trail, it might be "time
> delayed". Even WITH Internet access I have a bad habit of writing up
> my adventures weeks or months after they actually happen! =)
>
> -- Ryan

Re: Ryan's AT Adventure

From: rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) | Date: 2003-02-18 16:47:01 UTC

> Have you thought about writing your adventures as you go, & then
> passing them along to the boxers you meet along the way to type in
> and keep us informed?

Amanda from Seattle doesn't know it yet, but I suspect if I can't
find enough time to type in my adventure from the library (the ones
that do have Internet access typically limit it to an hour of use--
which probably wouldn't leave me much time after I check all my e-
mail!), I'll end up sending hand-written versions of my adventures
for her to type up for me. =)

> Maybe they could then be added to the letterboxes you leave along
> the way? It would be really cool for anyone who follows in your
> footsteps (boxin' along the way of course) to read of your
> adventures as they find the boxes.

Sounds like a neat idea to me! =) Perhaps I should include
information in all of the boxes I've placed about how far I've gone
that day or anything interesting to note. Hmmm....

-- Ryan

Ryan's AT Adventure

From: j r (cacher_jane@hotmail.com) | Date: 2003-02-18 09:30:22 UTC-08:00

Hi
There is a very good site for reading peoples thro-hikes on the AT and PCT
and other long distance trails at www.trailjournals.com.

I think people are just gearing up for another season on the trails but you
can read about completed hikes for several years.

Some people's journals can really draw you in and if you follow in real time
it is quite an emotional event.

If you look this up choose journals that have a lot of entries!

They do vary, some are basic but some have a lot of insight and discriptions
of the trail and other people they meet on the way.

Jane
San Diego

"Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot
water!" Eleanor Roosevelt

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Ryan's AT Adventure

From: Volks Boxer (volksboxer@hotmail.com) | Date: 2003-02-18 19:49:21 UTC-05:00

I'll meet you at Spivey Gap if you need a couple days of hot showers,
laundry, and non-trail type food. And/or we can hike a section or two
together on either side of the Gap if you like.

Don't forget your hillbilly knife! :)

Lucy (Mountain Scorpia)
P27 F21 C3 X27 R1 T1 HH1

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Re: Ryan's AT Adventure

From: rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) | Date: 2003-02-19 01:06:13 UTC

> I'll meet you at Spivey Gap if you need a couple days of hot
> showers, laundry, and non-trail type food. And/or we can hike a
> section or two together on either side of the Gap if you like.

Sounds great to me! =) Where's Spivey Gap? Do I have to hike very
far to get to it? ;o)

> Don't forget your hillbilly knife! :)

Being a west-coaster, I'm not familiar with all that east-coast
slag. What, exactly, is a hillbilly knife? =)

-- Ryan

Ryan's AT Adventure

From: Volks Boxer (volksboxer@hotmail.com) | Date: 2003-02-19 09:09:54 UTC-05:00

It's for the hillbillies, not the bears! Read "A Walk in the Woods"
again... :)

Spivey Gap is about 15 miles north of The Miller's Wife.

hehehe

Lucy (Mountain Scorpia)
P27 F21 C3 X27 R1 T1 HH1

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