[pct-l] Strider (Greg Hummel) has passed on

[Tom Griffin]

Thanks for this great memory of Strider, Steel-Eye. I never met him, but 
I know he was a great hiker, organizer, and long-time PCT-L participant. 
The  ADZPCTKO is one of his lasting legacies. He's the model for giving 
back to the trail, no doubt about it.

Bullfrog in Seattle

On 1/3/2015 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 08:36:17 -0800
> From: CHUCK CHELIN<steeleye at wildblue.net>
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> Good morning, and Happy New Year,
>
> Reflecting on Strider?s passing I was reminded of the ALDHA-West annual
> Gathering several years ago when he was the group?s president.  The
> Gathering that year was at Wemme, Oregon, about 10 miles from my home so I
> met Strider at the Portland airport and he spent the night with us.  In a
> previous discussion he said he had always wanted to revisit Eagle Creek ?
> not seen again since his ?77 thru-hike ? but he had to be at the lodge in
> Wemme around noon to help get things started.
>
> We set early alarms, and were on the road by 4 AM for the hour-long drive
> to the trailhead and a 15-mle speed hike up to Tunnel Falls and back.  Daylight
> is in short supply at that time of year ? particularly in that very narrow,
> north/south orientated, 4,000-deep canyon -- so we hiked about an hour in
> the dark; arriving at the first fondly-remembered site, Punchbowl Falls,
> with barley enough early light to see.
>
> Continuing, we visited Tunnel Falls, and the next slick-water falls
> upstream, before heading back to the car.  After another hour?s drive to
> Wemme we arrived at the lodge at noon.  That was a good warm-up for a
> hiker?s Gathering.
>
> It?s easy for us to put off revisiting cherished sites such as Eagle Creek
> ? after all they'll always be there ? but the problem is, *we *won?t always
> be*here*.  I?m glad he could scratch that item off his ?bucket list? while
> Strider was still striding.
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT ? 1965
>
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