Damascus, VA, not Danville. ;)
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@...> wrote:
>
> Wow Emily....I know you must have lots of trail tales. :)
>
> My first trip out I was way too heavy. Lightened up when I took a zero day in
> Danville, VA. By the time I do my thru hike, I want to get really light.
>
> One thru-hiker I met on my 71-mile debut was trekking his 7th(I think it was)
> thru hike. I think it was his third thru hike on the AT. We talked for a good
> 45 minutes as my son and I and he took a break on the trail. He lit his pipe
> (tobacco) and stated, "People pack their fears." I thought it was a great
> line. When I reached Danville a day later, I lightened my load...mainly
> medical supplies; that was my fear.
>
> On a section hike in NY with my daughter, we met a couple who are doing a
> project (or at least were doing it) entitled "Journey of Dreams." They were
> hikiing and biking 10,000 miles and in the process video taping dreams from
> 10,000 hikers and bikers.
>
> I just now checked there website...
> http://journeyofdreams.com/
>
> My daughter appears in their Webisode #6. You can see and hear my daugher at
> minute 5:26.
> http://journeyofdreams.com/appalachian-trail-video/webisode-6-njny/
>
> At some point I'll have to see if I can catch up with Ron & Diane and find
> out where they are. (My time is stretched pretty thin these days.)
>
> I wrote a poem about meeting Ron & Diane...and the day they videoed my
> daughter and I as we shared our dream for their camera...
> Here's a link to the poem:
> http://parchmentanthology.blogspot.com/2010/09/progeny.html
>
> Some of my most favorite folks are hikers and backpackers. Just in my few
> short trips I've gained rich memories of the good in people. Plus, I've had
> some trail angels leave food and water here and there. ;)
>
> Maybe I'll see you on a trail one day Emily. Do you have a trail name? :)
>
> ******************
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Carol: Â
> >
> > I grew up in the Northwest and backpacked most of my childhood - 15 years
> > old. Â These were family trips with cousins ranging from mostly "long
> > weekend" jaunts to a 2-week long trip in the high sierras at about 15. Â
> > Then I took a long hiatus and left home for college and a wild ride through
> > my 20's. Â Picked it up again with my kids and friends and did 3-5 day
> > trips in the Cascade mountains. Â Have been on many of the hikes in the
> > "100 hikes" book. Â I upgraded finally and bought all new lighter-weight
> > gear, as "toughing it out" old-school became too much for me in my
> > mid-40's. Â I don't like to feel like a mule any longer. Smile.Â
> >
> > Last summer I did 2 long camping trips (14 days and 10 days) on the WA
> > coast and Utah, respectively, with long day hikes, but no backpacking. Â I
> > love being out there though - I had to step back a few years ago as I had
> > back and knee injuries from skiing to recover from. Â I hope to go again
> > this summer.
> >
> > I've never hiked on the AT, but read the book "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill
> > Bryson, which was humorous. Â
> >
> > Seventy-one miles is a great accomplishment; must have been a fabulous
> > trip. Â Emily. Â
> >
> >
> >
> > >________________________________
> > > From: Carol <jchwelch@>
> > >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > >Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 2:18 PM
> > >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Backpacking --- Emily
> > >
> > >
> > >Â
> > >Hey Emily...
> > >
> > >Thought I'd bump this in case you missed it before.
> > >
> > >Cheers!
> > >~Carol :)
> > >
> > >***********
> > >
> > >Emily, you mentioned in another post that you backpack.
> > >
> > >Have you done much backpacking and where are some of the places you have
> > >backpacked?
> > >
> > >[...]
> > >
> > >****************
> > >
> > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Emily, you mentioned in another post that you backpack.
> > >>
> > >> Have you done much backpacking and where are some of the places you have
> > >> back packed?
> > >>
> > >> I just started backpacking in 2009. I've always loved the woods and have
> > >> been a day hiker all my life, but my health (in the past) kept from
> > >> being able to back pack. Finally (at age 49) I was well enough to give
> > >> it a go.
> > >>
> > >> I've only done a little bit and my longest trip was only 71 miles. I've
> > >> done other short trips for a night or two.
> > >>
> > >> I live on the east coast in North Carolina, so the Appalachian Trail is
> > >> in my back yard and I feel at home there. I have backpacked a small
> > >> portion of the AT in New York.
> > >>
> > >> My high school dream was to thru-hike the AT some day. I got chronically
> > >> sick at age 22 and was stuck in that chronic ill health for a few
> > >> decades.
> > >>
> > >> But now my high school dream is alive again. I want to thru-hike the AT
> > >> the year I turn 60 or before if life circumstances fall into place prior
> > >> to the big six zero. But, I'm thinking I'll hike the upper half
> > >> (Harper's Ferry to Katahdin) and then take a bus back to Harper's Ferry
> > >> and hike the lower half (Harper's Ferry to Springer). So technically it
> > >> may be just two giant section hikes with a week or so off in between.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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