[at-l] Hiking mailmen (was Geez Guys!!)

[Jim Bullard]

One of my favorite hiking buddies is a postmaster and we have gone
hiking with a rural carrier friend of his. Not uncommon at all.
Jumpstart was a postmaster too.

On 12/4/06, Mara Factor <m_factor at hotmail.com> wrote:
> In 1999, there were at least two mailmen on the trail.  Candleman was
> working as a mailman (in England) before he thruhiked.
>
> Also, Cujo (aka Pete Palmer) was working as a mailman in Connecticut prior
> to completing the Appalachian Trail in a record 48 days, 20 hours and
> change.  I found out later that he had been my aunt's mailman before leaving
> for the trail.
>
> So much for a busman's holiday...
>
> Mara
> Stitches, AT '99
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> >From: Kent Gardam <kent_gardam at yahoo.com>
> >Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 14:21:24 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >... what are the chances that a mailman would want to be a hiker on his
> >days off?  Sort of the proverbial bus-man's holiday, doncha think?
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