[pct-l] Thanks for a successful PCT hike

[philp@cse.unsw.edu.au (Philip James Byrnes-Preston)]

Hi

I have just got back home to Sydney after completing my PCT hike.
It was a great trip, a hilight of my travels so far.  The country and the
people were both wonderful.  Does the trail make the people, or do the
people make the trail ?  I am not sure that the two can be separated, there
is a real community out there on the PCT.

I'd like to thank everyone for making my trip so memorable.
  Christine and Chuck who took me to the ADZPCTKO
          and provided so much support,
  the people at the ADZ itself
  the wonderful, wonderful water stashers of Southern California
  Donna and Jeff at Aqua Dulce
  Joe and Terri at Green Valley
  Bill and Molly at Pooh Corner
  Lena and Nona in Vancouvor
  the people I hiked with, especially Coach, Chaz, Chris, True North,
               Larry. Grasshopper
  All the anonymous people who helped and gave encoragement along the way
       (even the two 'substance abusers' who took me into Vancouvor)
  My friends here in Austrlia (who rarely called me crazy)
  the people who post, advise,  argue and joke on the PCT-L mailing list

I'd like to especially thank the weather - I only had two days of drizzle on
the whole trip, plus a couple of very short sprinkles.  It rarely got too
hot, it rarely got too cold.  It was mostly just right.

I am not sure how I'll settle back into the 'real world'.  Its hard sitting
about taking it easy, and I'm giving a couple of new trips some thought.  In
a year or two the itch will be unbearable again and it will have to be
scratched.

I'll be watching the mail list and working out a way that I can contribute
to next year's ADZPCTKO from over here in Australia.  Maybe I'll ship in a
few crates of good Australian beer (not that Fosters swill, but _good_
beer).

  Again, thank you all for a great time

cheers
Phil 'Donk' Preston


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Phil Preston,
Artificial Intelligence Research Group, Computer Science and Engineering
University of New South Wales,          Sydney Australia