[at-l] The Long and Hard Trail

[Sloetoe]

--- Mark Hudson <mvhudson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jan is whining again??? <vbg>
> 
> You want to get various body parts handed to you,
> the first time I did the LT I went southbound. 
### ... a great description, Skeets. Mr. Magic and da
Bug are right here, and even though they were 6 when
they did the northern 90 miles, they say "You Wimpy
People! The LT isn't that hard! You're
wwwwwwwwwwiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmmmpppppppppppyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
(OK, so, I need to remind them about the heartache of
descending JaY Peak in the pitch dark in a driving
rain storm, or having to wake them up to take
mouthfuls of food half the nights we were out, or
..... Will get back to y'all!)
Magic rejoins with: "wiiiimmmmmmmppppppppyyyyyy."

> Now I suppose I have to read Jan's book just to find
> out how bad she's whining.... <lol>
### Outside of dem YoungHikerMen's comments, Dadtoe
sez "Just callin' 'em like she sees 'em!"
 
> (Of course if we REALLY wanted to listen to whining
> we could get Sloetoe to write about the Cohos Trail
<g>)
### Bug sed (he's going out the door to play
wiffleball in his shirtsleeves) "Tell them to do it in
the winterrrr, on skisssss!" It seemed more of an
imploring, really. Hmmmm. Did I tell y'all of how most
of the skin on the bottom of his feet separated from
the flesh, from sodden boots for weeks-at-a-time? When
we hiked north out of Pinkham
(Wildcat/Carter/Moriah/Mahoosucs/etc), the going was
so much EASIER.
Heh. The best way to do the Cohos? Forget there's a
trail. ("No trail to lose!") Pick your route as you
bushwack. ("Don't like the route? CHANGE IT.") Easy
'nuff.

cohosundonetoe

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   Pro Pondera Et Meliora.