[pct-l] South to North or North to South; Which will it be?

[scourtway@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Steve Courtway)]

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ah yes, but I would give the same reply to that as I mentioned to mr. cupca=
ke when we had a few words regarding the possibility of hooking up to do th=
e JMT a few years ago, and his suggestion of a hook up with the nobos at KM=
.  IMHO folks who've been on the trail for months on end are in a bit of a =
different mind set to put a complicated thing simply, and I personally woul=
d feel a bit of an outsider or tag along/extra wheel trying to settle into =
the "hoard" of northbounders and seasaw and the like if I had a fresh start=
.=2E...different game it seems.  And again, as July wears, the "hoard" has =
past, and each day will bring a nice meeting with 1/2 dozen or so thruhiker=
s, all with a great story, and a very different mission.

Respect to all, I could be dead wrong.
Steve
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  Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:27 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] South to North or North to South; Which will it be?


  I found that the friendships that have endured over the past 26 years are=
 those that I made with the northbounders that we invariably seesawed back =
and forth all of the way to the Canadian border with, rather than, those th=
at I met only once and only had one conversation with, as it would be hikin=
g southbound and encountering the hoard of nobo's.

  YMMV,

  Greg

  In a message dated 4/15/2003 11:55:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, scourtway=
@bpa-arch.com writes:


    if you head southbound, you will
    pass about 6 thru
    hikers EACH DAY (makes for very interesting trail conversation) instead=
 of
    settling into
    your place in the nobo thru-hiker pack



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