<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Dear Vlad:<BR>
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Thanks for the info. Of ALL the choices I've had to make regarding this hike, my start date is turning out to be the biggest challenge. I love hiking with people, yet don't want to be so engulfed by them I can't enjoy the hike without feeling like I'm still in the city. You're right when you said "maybe" regarding starting with others, but is it worth the risk? I wish there were a list of 2008 thru-hikers and their planned start dates. That way people could plan to join/avoid the crowd accordingly.<BR>
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This is one of the times I wish I was not the only "outdoors" person in my social circle. If only there were a bar to go every night, and a night club with a velvet rope then maybe they would join, but alas, if that were the case there would be no point in leaving Hollywood.<BR>
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