[at-l] Been reading

[Cody Girl]

Kewl indeed!

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Tenacious_tanasi <
tenacious_tanasi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> You know what is uber kewl? Looking through the kindle store searching
> under the AT and seeing the names of so many folks I have actually met...
> Some while they were even on their hike they wrote about. That's just kewl!
>
> Shelly Huskey
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 28, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Tenacious_tanasi <tenacious_tanasi at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > It is not found on the kindle store
> >
> > Shelly Huskey
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jul 28, 2011, at 7:33 AM, Gray Fowler <ofahoma at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Wonder if you can get it on Kindle?  I too would like to offer a book
> recommendation. I just finished Winton Porter's book "Just Passin Through.".
> Not so much about the trail but about the people hiking the the trail and
> the strange tie that binds us together.  A good read, at least I thought so.
> >>
> >> Peace
> >>
> >> Fat Man Walking
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Jul 27, 2011, at 10:47 PM, Cody Girl <codycodygirl at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Just finished a book called "Mountain Adventure, Exploring the
> Appalachian Trail" by Ron Fisher (Sam Abell photog) for National Geographic
> books, 1988.  One of my neighbors dropped by one day out of the blue and
> told me she had found this book laying around her house somewhere and
> thought I might enjoy it.  I DID!  How nice!
> >>>
> >>> The hiker models on the cover give me cause to chuckle, but the book is
> loaded with lots of great photos, as well as a decent narrative of the
> trail, nobo.  Some of the characters mentioned include people I've heard
> mentioned here by the folks on this list, so although I didn't have the
> pleasure to meet them in person, I am pleased to learn more of them and
> their contributions to the trail.  It also tells of sections that were road
> walks at the time that are now trail through the woods.  Sweet!  The hike
> for the book was done in 1987 which was the AT's 50th birthday.
> >>>
> >>> Some of the pics I most enjoyed were:
> >>> Myron Avery and his crew with his wheel, going up the boulder part of
> Katahdin.  Every time I see those pics I just shake my head with amazement.
> >>> Random hikers met on the trail.  The gear is way different, yet the
> faces are just the same as the ones I saw last year.
> >>> Gene Espy in Damascus, looking just about the same as recent photos!
> >>> A PA Army Nat'l Guard helicopter transporting a shelter built offsite
> by Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club.  I can't for the life of me figure out
> which shelter this is.  Cool picture.
> >>> Puncheons
> >>> The Whites in snow
> >>> Shaws
> >>> Climbing Katahdin
> >>>
> >>> And, there are also many views, wildlife, flowers, and forest photos as
> well.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, I really enjoyed this book.  Thought you might too.
> >>> Cody
> >>>
> >>>
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