[pct-l] [Fwd: CDT stories]

[Pea Hicks]

well i guess that forward didn't work, so i copied and pasted skittles' 
email:



Hey All,

While I was hiking the CDT there was an article written on me by 
American profile. A group of fifth-grade special education students in 
Ola, Arkansas, read the article and followed my trail journal a bit and 
as part of their class they wrote stories on the hike. They sent me 
their stories and I had to share them with you as they brought a smile 
to my face.

So here they are from Sherrilly Forrest's class (they are much better in 
their own handwriting):

By Allen
"Trekking the Triple Crown"

The story is about a guy who hikes the trail and his name is Richard 
Larson and his nickname is "Skittles." The tiple trails he started was 
in Washington, Montana, and Maine. Then in 2004 he walked 2,650 miles. 
In June during a few days of his 3,100 mile trek while he hiked along 
the Continental Divide Trail he had to cross a precarious Snow bridge 
over a turbulent stream in Glacier National Park in Montana.

If I had free time and had vacation I probaly would have went and hiked. 
But my question is how he get there and did he see big animals? Like 
bears, snakes, like king cobras, and deer? And how did he get home? But 
I'm sure you had fun hiking. I like the story. It should have been run.

By Chris

Richard Larson travaled the Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide 
Trail and Appalachian Trail. He ate noodles, Lipton sups, tortilla 
wraps, Carnation instant drinks, power bars, crackers and chess and his 
favorite snack is Skittles.

My opinion is he was smart to walk his own pace on the trail.

By Clay

There is this man named Larson and he hiked three big long tails. One is 
continental divde trail. And it goes from Montana to new Mexico. He 
stopped at hotels and got his mail and food. It was a five month trek. 
The Pacific Crest Trail. It's close to the ocean. He had to put up with 
Masquetos and big black flys. The Appalachian trail was the first trail 
he had went on.  He looked off mountains and saw beutiful things. I 
think it was a good idea because he got to see beautiful, beautiful 
things. And got his self rutin a story.

By Phillip

Richard Larson was a person who hiked the Triple Crown. Richard Larson 
hiked about 20 miles each day. He hiked the 2,175 mile Appalachian Trail 
in 2004, the 2,650 mile Pacific Coast Trail in 2005. In 2006 Richard 
Larson hiked the 3,100 mile Continental Divide Trail. Richard Larson 
loved to hike and see the splendor of hiking in America. He fough off 
mosquitoes and black flies, enduring blistered feet, spring rainstorms, 
and sweltering summer heat. He got his food from an airplane that 
delivered it to him.

He went through a lot of painful stuff. It has to be fun traveling. You 
would lose a lot of weight whenever you hike.


Hope you enjoy the stories as much as I did,

Skittles