[pct-l] PCT Origins

[Bighummel at aol.com (Bighummel@aol.com)]

Alan,

Sorry to take so long to respond to this one.  I have Denise in 1974 and Ben 
Schifrin in '73.  I am not aware of Terry in 1975 or any more than the list 
below;

You, Chuck Long, Gary and Steve Funk, George (?), Jim Podlesney, Mike Ross 
(my mentor for my 1977 hike!).

If you can fill me in on the other ten or so that you are aware of, it will 
make my list that more accurate.  

Did you hike with Mike Ross at any point or get to know him?  I'm still 
looking for him to give him my deepest heart felt "thanks" for that talk we had in 
his dorm room in the Fall of 1975 at UCSB.  

Best regards and happy holidays!

Greg Hummel

In a message dated 12/10/2004 9:54:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
atjulliard@yahoo.com writes:
Greg,

  Add Denise Myers to the 1974 list.  Her big smiling
Joni Mitchell-like picture graces page 25 of "The
Pacific Crest Trail" by National Geographic, published
early 1975.  I got my copy 2 weeks before I left for
my thru-hike and her face is engraved in my memory.  
  Ben Schifrin was on the trail in 1973-4.  He was on
this list at one time (and maybe still is).
  In 1975, a woman named Terry (can't remember her
last name) hiked the whole trail with Jim Podlesney. 
Chuck Long, who hiked the trail in 1975 and published
the first how-to for the PCT, says that 27 hiked it
that year.  I can account for 18 but he contacted most
of us to add any words of wisdom.
  I don't feel like a pioneer, just old...

Alan