[pct-l] ONE square mile

[Stephen Clark]

And who wouldn't miss coming down into Tuolumne     Meadows on the PCT/JMT only to see this sight awaiting them...?

OregonBound

> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:39:40 -0700
> From: ki6asp at gmail.com
> To: bighummel at aol.com
> CC: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] ONE square mile
> 
> ... and the mosquitos and ticks and stream crossings and lack of oxygen on
> the Sierra passes and postholing and body stench and blisters and foot and
> leg injuries and hunger and sunburn and dehydration and sleepless nights,
> and I wouldn't trade it for all the money in the world.
> 
> The PCT = home sweet home.  The only place where I truly feel at peace with
> the world.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 7:54 AM, <bighummel at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > So, I can walk the PCT again by finding a single square mile and just
> > walking back and forth and back and forth and . . .
> >
> >
> >
> > Except I'd miss the desert and mountains and lakes and the rivers and the
> > ferns and cacti and lizards and . . .
> >
> >
> >
> > Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:30:03 -0400
> > From: ruckman1968 at aol.com
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Pct-l Digest, Vol 20, Issue 28
> > To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Message-ID: <8CBEEA53CC57C47-660-1ACD at webmail-dh30.sysops.aol.com>
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> > think about this...Bob at Hikertown today asked me how many square miles is
> > the
> > PCT. hmm...never thought of that.. if the trail is 2 feet wide, the whole
> > trail
> > would fit inside a square just a tad bit bigger than?ONE?square mile. hows
> > THAT
> > for perspective???
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > "Don't let the bastards drag you down!"
> >
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