[pct-l] thru hiking aussies and dubious posting success

[Mountaingoat Fraser]

Yup, thanks Craig, I am the Ian Fraser mentioned, aka Mr Mountaingoat. Good
news re Vegemite: It comes in handy travel tubes and can be imported to the
American wilderness without hassle! Thongs (not the underwear variety; what
Americans call flip-flops): tried them as camp shoes on the AT - very light
but lethal negotiating mud slicks near streams etc. I moved to Crocs and
finally nothing. Nothing is lighter.

Dig it, so young (a sprightly 45) and so much trail wisdom to share!

~ M.G., proud owner of my third B2 U.S. visa

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Craig Stanton <craigstanton at mac.com> wrote:

> Like Len says, I'm not an Aussie, but I think a Kiwi is just as much
> an outsider over there. You may also want to look up Ian Fraser. An
> actual aussie, that walked part of Japan in 2008 and the AT a few
> years before that. I think he's doing the PCT this year and has posted
> on this email list before. He'll be more use than I am on the
> intricacies of importing vegemite and walking in thongs :-)
>
> ~Sunwalker/Heaps '07
>
>
>
> > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:49 PM, kylie skidmore <kyliepete at
> > gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > i'm wondering if there are any aussies out there who have
> > completed a thru
> > > hike of the pct. i'm contemplating a 2011 attempt and am pretty
> > keen to chat
> > > to a local (aussie) about it...
> > >
> > Eh, well is New Zealand close enough :-) ?
> >
> > Rolling Thunder hiked in 2006 -
> > http://www.trailjournals.com/about.cfm?trailname=4272
> > Sunwalker in 2007 - pct2007.org
> >
> > Maybe those guys would know something useful.
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