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[pct-l] Fwd: [SpiritEagle]Update: Flight of the Spirit Eagle
- Subject: [pct-l] Fwd: [SpiritEagle]Update: Flight of the Spirit Eagle
- From: Brick Robbins <brick@fastpack.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:58:43 -0700
>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 19:55:04 -0500
>To: spiriteagle@magenta.circumtech.com
>From: kahley7 <kahley7@ptd.net>
>Subject: [SpiritEagle]Update: Flight of the Spirit Eagle
>
>
>Word in from the Owens on the PCT!
>
>Mile two..Ginny twisted her ankle....alas the dangers of lightweight
>footwear if you don't have strong ankles....bummer. It swollen and
>hurts but on the mend and still moving north. Welll...sort of north.
>Everyone talks about the easier grade on the PCT....it translates into
>a LOT of twisting and turning and back and forthing. They've done
>about a hundred and ten trail miles but doubt that they are more
>that 30 liner miles north. At least that's far enough north to be out
>of the border area. They had two encounters with illegals. One with
>a small group at dusk, and another group moved past their camp at
>about 3AM. No trouble other than a restless night. Lucky that, as
>it turns out, they ran into another hiker who was chased! He was
>also lucky as he was very near a line cabin and locked himself in!
>He relates a restless night as his pursuers repeatedly tried to get in the
>cabin throughout the night. Yikes!!!! Mugged on the trail! Come morning,
>they were gone and he did report the incident at his first opportunity.
>
>As to weather, believe it or not, they've had fog banks and rain (shades
>of the AT),
>as well as the more typical desert weather. Today was probably the worst day
>temp wise as they expect it to be in the 90's. They've already seen more
>thrus
>than they did all last year on the CDT. Some remarkable people.....one hiking
>with Parkinson's disease and another terminally ill with cancer, who quit
>chemo
>to spend his end on the trail.
>
>The desert has been blooming or at least the cactii are <grin>. Noted
>wildlife
>included two non poisonous snakes and some turkeys and a naked hiker who
>was kind enough to put on his skirt when he neared them. The watersources
>that the
>guide suggest should be running were....although waning. Specifically
>Hauss (SP?)
>which Ginny feels may have another week to ten days till it's gone unless
>there is more
>rain. In Cherry canyon, they found water 1/4 mile UPSTREAM rather than down.
>They have caches but they seem to be about half gone already.
>
>That's it for this report! Next word should come Sun or Mon.
>
>
>
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>Contact Jim or Ginny directly at spiriteagle99@hotmail.com (Jim and/or
>Ginny Owen)
>
>For list related problems, please contact listwright@circumtech.com or
>kahley7@ptd.net (no need for both at once...)
>
>***Writings of Jim and Ginny Owen:
>
>The Thru Hiking Papers
> <http://trailwise.circumtech.com/thruhikingpapers/default>
>Adventures of the SpiritEagle at Glacier National Park
> <http://trailwise.circumtech.com/montana/default>
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