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<DIV><STRONG>Sam Hughes: 575-436-2662; he doesn't really return calls,
apparently, so you'll have to catch him at home.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Bob "Trekker"
Brewer<BR>Big Bend Desert Denizen, and...<BR>Naturalized Citizen - Republic of
Texas<BR><BR>"Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See,
if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' " -- Harry Browne<BR><BR>"If you think
health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when its free."
-- P J O'Rourke<BR><BR>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/23/2011 7:20:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
rbrtshivers@yahoo.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Hey everyone, im going to be leaving on the crazy cook route in a few
weeks. can anyone give me sam hughes information so i can catch a ride to the
border. thank you</DIV>
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<DIV>rbrtshivers@yahoo.com</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "Trekker4@aol.com"
<Trekker4@aol.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
sidselliott@aol.com; cdt-l@backcountry.net; pct-l@backcountry.net<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wed, March 9, 2011 6:38:55
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Cdt-l] CC,
Sam Hughes, & Trail Angels<BR></FONT><BR><FONT color=#000000 size=2
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<DIV> I personally drove 2 hikers, San Gabriel &
Tika, from ADZ to CC in 2009. I paid Sam to shuttle me to CC in 2010; his $90
is quite reasonable - six hours of his time and a lot of wear &
tear on any vehicle, not to mention the cost of gasoline right now. I
drive roads like that here in Big Bend TX, and know what they do to a vehicle.
Plus he'll help you with his water caches, and yours. </DIV>
<DIV> When trying to hitch from I-10 south 20 mi to
Hachita in 2010, it was a holiday, and no cars passed in an hour; I
called Sam, who drove another 40 miles round trip to bring me to Hachita,
& on to CC, asking no extra $. I gave him $110.</DIV>
<DIV> <U>In one of my highly opinionated opinions</U>,
if you can't afford Sam, you can't afford to be hiking. You'll be the one
leaving few or no $ in Trail Angels' tip jars. If you can't afford the
Yogi-recommended $20 per night at the Saufleys, the Schwarzers, Nita
Larrondes, the Persons, the Heitmans, the Dinsmores [to mention the "full
service" places I can recall at the moment], etc, etc, you can't afford to be
hiking. I've seen many, many hikers sponging off other hikers and angels; I've
seen my $20 in the Dinsmores tip box, but nothing else from 3 other hikers
staying in their dorm, using their shower & laundry, picking up resupply
boxes there, and getting rides from them. Come on folks! These people give and
have given thousands of hours of time and thousands of dollars to we
hikers! </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial family="SANSSERIF">Bob "Trekker" Brewer<BR>Big
Bend Desert Denizen, and...<BR>Naturalized Citizen - Republic of
Texas<BR><BR>"Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See,
if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' " -- Harry Browne<BR><BR>"If you
think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when its
free." -- P J O'Rourke<BR>
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