[at-l] Regis Shivers GA->ME '03 passes

[Jan Leitschuh]

Oh man!
I just read this. I believe this was "Buckeye" of '03.
I can't believe he was 60-plus.
He was a good guy. Friendly, inclusive, a terrific and positive energy. 
In the middle of his AT thru hike, he ran his 10th 100-mile race.

He passed me once in Pennsylvania, then got off the trail and returned to pass me again, much thinner.
His wife, "Buckeye Babe" would meet him at trailheads with water and snacks.

When I met him the second time, New Jersey, I think, it was with that gravely, disembodied voice coming up on me from behind:"Still got that limp, I see..."
Godspeed, Buckeye.

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>Message: 7
>Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:33:58 -0500
>From: snodrog5 at aol.com
>Subject: Re: [at-l] Regis Shivers GA->ME '03 passes
>To: sloetoe at yahoo.com, at-l at backcountry.net
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>Sorry to hear about Shivers, Sloetoe.
>Thanks for letting us know about his passing. 
> 
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sloetoe at yahoo.com
>To: at-l at backcountry.net
>Sent: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:41 AM
>Subject: [at-l] Regis Shivers GA->ME '03 passes
>
>
>Regis succumbed yesterday, after a long bout with
>cancer. He was 60+ years old. He was a super guy, who
>"ran" the AT in 2003 in 83 days -- only taking time
>out in June to run his 11th? Mohican 100 in Ohio. I'll
>write more later, but he was a hero and a coach and a
>prime example of a human being to everyone he met.
>
>sloetoe