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<DIV>From the book, "Pacific Crest Trail Hike Planning Guide", 1976 on the first
page, a letter from Jim Podlesmy, </DIV>
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<DIV>"It is my belief that a book anyone writes on planning will never help
another do such a trip as a long-distance hike . . . Hiking Maine to Georgia or
Mexico to Canada is a thing of the heart. The planning, the doing, is
inside a person. The desire to do the long-distance hike is the only thing
which can get a person through it."</DIV>
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<DIV>I agree with this so deeply, yet my respects go out to anyone and everyone
who has attempted to put together a "guide" book of any sort, especially
Yogi. </DIV>
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<DIV>A bit smokey but fine in Sth Calif.,</DIV>
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<DIV>Greg "Strider" Hummel</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's new at <A title="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target="_blank">AOL.com</A> and <A title="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target="_blank">Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>