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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640040921-01032008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You may be older, or I am just gayer... that's a
possibility. BeeGees though - FABULOUS hair</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Donna Saufley
[mailto:dsaufley@sprynet.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:06
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Bill Batchelor'; pct-l@backcountry.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[pct-l] How steep is the trail<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I must be older than
you . . . Irving Belin’s classic, “How Deep is the Ocean” is what came into my
mind . . . here’s a link for the younger generation that may not know what I’m
talking about: <A
href="http://www.flycell.com/real-tones/jazz/diana-krall/how-deep-is-the-ocean-how-high-is-the-sky/?src=814">http://www.flycell.com/real-tones/jazz/diana-krall/how-deep-is-the-ocean-how-high-is-the-sky/?src=814</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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pct-l-bounces@backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces@backcountry.net] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Bill Batchelor<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:12
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
pct-l@backcountry.net<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
Re: [pct-l] How steep is the trail</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Was it just me, or did
anyone else suddenly hear a BeeGees tune in their head when they read this
subject line</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How Steep is the Trial
- is the trail - How steep is the trail - I really want to know - Cause
I'm walking many miles this year, thinking of thru . . .
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pct-l-bounces@backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces@backcountry.net] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Kathi<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, March 01, 2008 10:54
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
pct-l@backcountry.net<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[pct-l] How steep is the trail</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Hello PCT-l friends,<BR>I have a maybe silly question.
How steep is the trail on the PCT? I have had most of my backpacking expeditions
in the Sierra's and have found myself on steep areas but never on a "trail" to
where I felt I needed an ice axe... even in very snowy conditions. Including the
time I hiked in with "no" snow and woke up with my tent buried in snow and had
to slog out the next morning. I have always been able to find another way on a
not so steep slop, even sliding slowly on my sleeping pad with my heels dug in
to the snow like an inch worm (that was always off trail in an unusual
situation). Now if I went off trail to explore I felt I needed one. If the trail
is also traveled by horses it seems it can't be that steep? Am I wrong? I am the
type who always find that easier way to go even if it means going out of my
way.<BR><BR>I am proud to say that I have decided that 2010 is my year to thru
the PCT. Now of course all I can think about it the trail.<BR><BR>Thanks for any
insight!<BR>Kathi</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV><BR>
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