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I've been lurking for some time now but I wanted to make you all aware of 
a very special thruhiker in the class of 2000.  His name is Garey Meabon 
and he has terminal cancer.  He was given a year to live two years ago 
but, thanks to extensive chemotherapy, he is still very much alive.  His 
last treatment is next Monday and then he will go off chemo for the 
duration of his hike.  I have never met the man -- though I have spoken 
to him over the phone -- but we connected through a sales clerk who 
waited on my friend "Uphill Wandr'r" (Laraine Downer), a member of this 
year's class.  Garey does not participate in this list but he will be 
keeping an audio journal that he will send home to his wife, Zoe.  She 
will transcribe it and e-mail it me for posting to his website along with 
his photographs.  I will do my best to post things as soon as I receive 
them.  For now, you can find his website at:

         http://www.jps.net/hshires/gareyhike/

I will make sure that you can also reach his site through the PCTA.ORG 
hiker journals.  As my webspace quota is getting a little tight, does 
anyone know of free space where I can move his site for the summer?  The 
site is currently less than than 1MB but I expect it to grow to as high 
as 10MB as the photos are posted.  I would need to be able to FTP 
(upload) files periodically but certainly don't need full access beyond a 
specified folder.  I remember a posting from a year ago that mentioned 
free space for hiker journals but don't know if the offer is still good 
or still exists. I would just try to upload to his AOL account but AOL is 
incredibly painful to use for maintaining a website.  Thanks for any help 
you can offer.

Henry Shires
PCT '99
www.jps.net/hshires/pcthike

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