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<P>Good evening, Brad,</P>
<P>During the 42 years that we’ve been married …. and the 47 years that I’ve
know her …. my wife has become accustomed to periodic absences due to my forays
hiking in the wilderness, military obligations, and business travel.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am fortunate that she is competent and
self-reliant.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She doesn’t seem to
worry when I hike, having learned that I always seem to reappear at the right
time and place.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She worried more
when I traveled to large cities in questionable countries …. Yugoslavia, for
example …. then during my months on the PCT.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Section hiking was the most
difficult for me because I would arrange to meet her at a specific mountain
pass, at a specific date and time.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Because I did not ever want to be late, even an hour, I had to be very
conservative in my daily mileage estimates to assure I could arrive on time in
spite of potential delays.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I didn’t
have that stress on the PCT because she knew, within a day or two, when I would
arrive at a trail town and I would phone when I could.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When I phoned from a trail town I would
tell her where to send a resupply box, how many days food I would need, the
number of Calories per day I wanted, and if anything else should be included in
the box.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She had a list of a few
items that should be included in every box, like ChapStick, TP, etc. and she had
a whole pile of gear I might possibly need, all labeled for easy
identification.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It was helpful that she knew I
would stay on the trail, specifically avoiding off-trail adventures such as solo
peak-bagging.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She participated in
the hike by tracking my progress, providing resupply logistics, downloading
photos from the SD chips, and by transcribing/posting my trail notes onto the
TrailJournal site.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">As far as being lonesome, she has
a dog and a cat, plus kids and grandkids close to home.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <o:p></o:p></P><SPAN
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=brad@dartrescue.com href="mailto:brad@dartrescue.com">Brad
Kueneman</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pct-l@backcountry.net
href="mailto:pct-l@backcountry.net">pct-l@backcountry.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:59
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pct-l] (no subject)</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi everyone,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">First post intro - I’m obviously a
hiker, and love to bp! My typical trips are a week or two, longest was three,
and I try to do a couple of trips each year. I’m planning on hiking the JMT,
and the more I read about that, the more interest I have in reading journals
of PCT thru-hikers, and that’s what got me here!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The idea of a long hike intrigues
me, but that would be new for me… so here’s my
question:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For those married hikers that
leave their non-hiking spouses behind for a long thru-hike, how has that
worked for you?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Have you found any particular
difficulties or issues come up?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am happily married, no kids, but
have never left home / wife for several months at a time… just wondering if
any of you found that difficult for you and/or your spouse, and if so, in what
ways?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">thanks!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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