[at-l] ME, WY, OR, and WA hiking adventures

[danandgailsc at aol.com]

I sent contact info off list, but I'll share here that Gutsy is currently doing another section hike on the PCT.  She headed north from Willamette Pass in Oregon this week.  Billygoat, another AT '96 hiker, is somewhere in the vicinity, too.  She hopes to complete the PCT but probably won't have enough time this year.
 
I just returned from a great mountain climbing trip to Gannett Peak, 13,804', the Wyoming state highpoint, and my 30th state highpoint.  The climb was at least as difficult as Mt. Rainier for me--partly because of the long (18-mile) summit day hike, and partly because the informal guide, very competent by the way, set a faster pace than the RMI guide on Rainier.  
 
Before heading off to our separate adventures, we spent "together vacation" of one week in Acadia National Park and had a very good time there.  We did a couple of touristy activities such as taking a whale watching boat 30 miles offshore, and sea kayaking to the Cranberry Islands for a day.  We camped 3 days in Blackwoods Campground.  From there we hiked a 12+ mile loop on the Ocean Path, over Beehive, Champlain, Dorr, and Cadillac Mts., then down the south ridge trail back to the camground.  On Cadillac we met a couple who thru hiked the AT recently.  I don't remember the names, but they met on the AT and are now engaged to be married soon.
 
Gutsy's Dan

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Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:30:40 -0400
From: "The Weathercarrot" <weathercarrot at hotmail.com>
Subject: [at-l] Gutsy
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anyone have contact info for Gutsy? trying to track down everyone in the PCT 
class of 2005 to distribute the 05 DVD, and she was out there last year. 
Thanks,

wc
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