[at-l] southbounders?

[EHamilton]

I did that once.... marathon-training on a woodland trail, rolled-and-crunched both ankles within 5 minutes of each other, could not walk,  crawled out (about a mile) and hitched a ride home. Luckily I was only a couple miles, not hundreds, from home. Missed a week of work. It sucked. Your saga sucked more :-)

MacGyver

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From: "nightwalker.at at gmail.com" <nightwalker.at at gmail.com>
To: rcli4 at comcast.net; Jay Davis <jayd215 at gmail.com>
Cc: at-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Tue, April 13, 2010 5:05:44 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] southbounders?

Absa-freakin'-lutely. Fat-and-fit folks can sprain both ankles on the way down, see the sunset from above the tree line, sleep on the ground slightly below tree line, shivering like crazy, hobble through the hunnert mile, and ride a bus home with ankles the size of grapefruits.

Time of my life, boys and girls. :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: rcli4 at comcast.net <rcli4 at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 3:05 PM
To: Jay Davis <jayd215 at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [at-l] southbounders?

Do not under estimate Katahdin.  Get in some kinda shape before you start.  Fat outta shape folks have fell on the way down and broke their leg.

Clyde

----- Original Message -----
From: Jay Davis 
To: at-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:43:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [at-l] southbounders?

hi all,

anyone planning a southbound AT thruhike this year? i'm toying with
the idea. i'd be coming over from california sometime in the first
couple weeks of june.

anyone know how many southbounders are there typically in a year? or
have any advice for someone contemplating going sobo?

happy hiking,

jay
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