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Uncle Frankie Poo. Who else hasn't shown up?

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On Dec 26, 2012, at 4:37 PM, Frank Looper <nightwalker.at at gmail.com> wrote:

> I always like it. But I'm weird.
> 
> Yeah, you probably are...it's for the same reason his journal from 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 
> 
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Dec 26, 2012, at 15:10, Matt Signore <mpsignore at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Am I the only one wondering why your trail journal from 15 years ago is being posted?
>> 
>> Worldwide
>> 
>> On Dec 25, 2012 8:55 PM, "Felix J" <AThiker at smithville.net> wrote:
>>> 12/25/98  Tricorner Knob Shelter, Smoky Mountains NC
>>> 
>>> I woke up to find that the temps had dropped drastically
>>> through the night.
>>> Into the lower 20s or less.This was a good thing as the mud
>>> puddle in the
>>> middle of the shelterfloor had frozen and it was much easier
>>> to walk around
>>> in the shelter. (The shelters in the Smokys have a 6'xSW
>>> walking area with 'SW'= shelter width)
>>> It was also a good thing because there usually isn't much in
>>> the way
>>> of clouds, or fog, when it's that cold. So, just after
>>> daybreak I headed
>>> up a crunching, frozen Trail. I like crunching better than
>>> sloshing.
>>>   The sky was actually clear above, and the valleys below were
>>> full of the 'smoke' that is the namesake of these mountains.
>>> At one
>>> point I saw what I thought were bobcat prints. I don't know
>>> if there are
>>> bobcats here, or not. It could have been a fox. I don't know
>>> if there are
>>> foxes here or not.
>>> 
>>> I made really good time this day. I was surprised to find
>>> the Trail
>>> crowded from Icewater Spring to Newfound Gap. It was a
>>> beautiful day.
>>> Mid-twenties and clear. I got to Mt. Collins shelter a
>>> little before 5.
>>> That shelter is a beautiful place just before sunset on a
>>> crisp, cold
>>> Christmas evening. The fire the two boys from Cincinnati had
>>> built was a
>>> beautiful thing, too. I'll never forget the one who looked
>>> at me and
>>> said "That fire'd cost you $8,000 if you bought the wood at a
>>> convenience store." I laffed then. I laff now.
>>> 
>>> I had an enjoyable evening with these two guys. They didn't
>>> necessarily
>>> practice some of the LNT techniques the way I'd have liked
>>> for them to.
>>> But, they were harmless, overall. They gave me my first-ever
>>> (and, last)
>>> drink of Jaegermeister. "Nyquil from the liquor store" I
>>> call it. They
>>> also gave me hair-covered cheese and salami that I didn't
>>> want to eat...
>>> but, couldn't throw away. In the dark, it all tastes the
>>> same. I smoked a cigar.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Felix J. McGillicuddy
>>> ME-->GA '98
>>> "Your Move"
>>> ALT '03 KT '03
>>> http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/
>>> 
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