[at-l] Trail magic 8/19-8/23 (repost)

[Arthur Gaudet]

(Sorry if this is a duplication, I wasn't sure at this end if the message was
posted to at-l. --RD)
The highlight of the trip was the intense T-storm and rain that went through the
Whites on Friday afternoon. In southern NH near Mt. Monadnock they are still
recovering from flooding, where they received 5 inches of rain in 4 hours. In
the mountains it was intense wind, the sky dumped water and now there are new
gullies about 6 inches deep along the AT where I do trail magic, where the tar
spur road meets RT. 302. The summit of Washington got 2.5 inches of rain. A
tornado touched down at Paris ME, about 40 miles away! Yikes! One tree came down
about 150 feet from the trailhead, some roads were hazardous for driving with
downed limbs & debris. 
The bulk of the hikers is still moving north through the Whites, although the
southbounders have now passed the area. Annie was the only SoBo hiker, doing
well on the trail after 30 days. All the northbounders who met her were
impressed with her attitude! 
The names, pretty much as I met them starting on Thursday morning 8/20: 
Tarzan 
UCOC 
Wing It 
Don't Panic 
Wobbler 
Early Bear 
Lil' Dipper 
Hammock 
Annie (SoBo) 
Hazard 
Croc Star 
Spoon 
Ink 
Miles 
Dumbass 
Bigfoot 
Solar System 
Naneek 
Sonny & Iron Mike 
Otter 
Jellyfish 
Wispee 
Rock Lobster 
Wiz Kid 
Gritty McDuff 
Raddle Phoot 
Space Cowboy 
Brave Little Toaster & Hot Dog (his terrier) 
Frank N. Stein 
WV Strings 
Momma LLama & Juice 
Nature 
Bronco 
Wingo 
Knickers 
Hobbit & Jumar (dog) 
Yukon 
Gritz 
Slagline 
Featherfoot 
So about 45 hikers (probably more as it was a bit hectic at times). I had to
laugh at one trailname "Brave Little Toaster", evidently it comes from a
children's book. Thanks go out to Bear Bag & Sweet Pee (AT 2000) who supported
this round of trail magic. --RockDancer

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