[pct-l] Trail jewelery

[cmkudija at earthlink.net (cmkudija@earthlink.net)]

It's hard to give up the rocks we pick up along the way.  I am blessed to
have a piece of slate from Kelly Brook Falls in Maine that my dad inscribed
for me when I was about 7.  He's been gone since 1975, and this is one of my
treasured memories of him.    I have rocks from my Camp Fire girl camp, from
mountains I've climbed, and of course, the PCT.

My house is decorated with lots of special rocks - I'm amused that I weigh
everything before it goes into my pack in order to minimize base weight -
and then I pick up rocks along the trail.  Go figure.

Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
PCT partially '94

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I've been collecting rock mementos instinctively since I was a little girl;
it's hard to explain why (other than I was a strange child -- still am).
Something about carrying a small piece of a place that meant something to me
resonates deeply.

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
>From: Carolyn Eddy <ECPG@peoplepc.com>
>Sent: Feb 22, 2006 12:57 PM
>To: PCT List <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>, Randy Trick
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>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trail jewelery
>
>I have to agree that talismans, (talismen?) are an important part of my
>trips, more so as I get older, and since I got sick, fewer. I'm in the
>process of getting ready to sell my house and I hope, move closer to Mt
Hood
>and keep running across these things. Photos are great, but the small
pieces
>of rock I just ran across from the top of Beartooth Pass (one for each
trip)
>speak to me in a way that a photo does not. It's a very tangible reminder
>that I was really there and accomplished something I set out to do.My
>grandfather started this when I was young by teaching us to collect agates,
>and the "bringing home rocks" motif sems to have stuck. Needless to say
they
>are very small pieces of rock. :-))
>
>Carolyn Eddy
>"Sweet Goat Mama"
>www.goattracksmagazine.com
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>Carolyn Eddy
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>www.goattracksmagazine.com
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