Stormbringer's First Steps on the AT

“LOL Opie”

“That's very true scorchie.... Stormbringer slept like a baby in 12 degrees in Md. At least I assume that's what he was doing as the noises from his tent were kinda strange :o)”

“"i'm sure he's fine. we slept in really cold weather like that in MD in january on the beach."
ScorchFire
10:09:40 PM

That still cracks me up thinkin' about you nutz at Assacheek in January!!!”

“it was soo cool!

i would do it again anytime!”

“At least it wasn't FYAO cold.”

“try the summit of Mt. LeConte in the beginning of February. That is cold!!”

“What got me on the MD trip was walking back along the beach Sunday morning, that was friggin cold.”

“OOPS well I thought you were talking about the AT trip to MD.”

“I thought you may have been stalking us there Maple :o) cos I don't remember seeing you. Unless you were in his tent?”

“no i wanted to go kayaking :(”

“for better laugh effects:

"I thought you may have been stalking us there Maple :o) cos I don't remember seeing you. Unless you were in his tent?"
ynamiynami
10:08:16 AM
04/15/04


it was soo cool!

i would do it again anytime!"
mapleleaf
09:37:14 AM
04/15/04

j/k ML”

“in erwin, tn, right now. yesterday was my 1-month-out anniversary AND my first 20 miler (hogback ridge shelter to no business knob shelter. 20.7 miles in under 11 hours). IVE LOST 20 POUNDS! and I STILL HAVE A GUT! but my face is thinner. knee is getting better, but still needs a brace. so many ppl to meet and hang out with, havent really got to spend much time with cricket. we've been leap-frogging each other lately. never can get in synch. thats ok. im having a blast anyway. on a constant adrenaline high. spent half of trailfest in hot springs drunk and/or high. im a lot stronger hiker now. can actually go uphill without stopping every 20 feet. everyone rags on me for carrying a bear can, but owell. theyre just jealous. lots more to tell, i guess i should go update trailjournals and y'all can read about it.

"Crash! Bang!"

C!B! GA:ME '04”

“Woohoo!

You're doing great. Keep cranking out the miles and take care of yourself.”

“DUDE! It's about time you poked your nose in here! Glad to hear things are going well . . . BE CAREFUL about too much weight loss.

Saw Trip last weekend on the way south. He said to say hey . . . AND KEEP GOIN' NORTH!”

“you know trip?”

“way to go 2scoops, keep it up”

“Not other than seeing him in Galyan's. He had his name tag on and I said, "So you're Trip" He asked how you were doing and said to say hey.”

“i love that his name is trip. he really lives out his name”

“You still run into red hank, dirt nap, or paole (?) from Springer?”

“Way to go Scott!!!”

“red hank is behind if he is still on the trail, its rumored pele dropped out, and just ran into dirtnap today for the first time since springer. he still had his crazy dogs with him. theyre mountain feists, and they are feisty. he had to skip the smokies cuz he couldnt afford the 250 bucks a dog to kennel them. dont blame him.”

“Great to hear from you! Update those journals. I am also glad to read that you are enjoying your adventure. Very cool!!!”

“btw, im staying at miss janets tonight and tomorrow night. shes something of a legend on the southern AT. i always thought of her as a sweet little old lady, but the woman is a party animal. when i went to her campfire in hot springs, she was mixing long islands and shooting vegetables out of a homemade cannon.”

“I take it no dogs in the Smokies? Wish I could be out there with ya! Like Trip said . . . KEEP GOIN' NORTH!!”

“ok, trailjournals is updated through the end of march now. library is closing soon so thats all im gonna do for now. hope everyone enjoys. start with the 3/28 post, since it was incomplete before as i sent tree only part of the entry.”

“Good work. 338.9 miles finished or 15%. 1835.1 miles to go. Go for it.”

“Hike on Stormy. Hope to see you in Virginia.”

“holy hannah! i thought it was almost 630. its only 600. i can update my journal for another half hour!”

“YEA!!!”

“Stormy, so what kind of dehydrated food do you like? My asian pears are pretty good.”

“dehydrated asian pears sounds good.

that reminds me of something funny. a few weeks ago, in a rather inebriated state, i kept trying to tell this thru-hiker named icebreak that my thermarest had a slow leak in it and kept de-flating, but all i could say was "my mattress keeps dehydrating"”

“Rock on man! I could manage to lose about 40lbs...2 months on the trail...hell...might as well go all the way if I went that far. I got some food going Maple's way next week for ya. Enjoy and see you in PA.”

“Way to go! Keep it up.”

“Spoken like a true thru-hiker - always has food on his mind.

Asian pears it is! I will send a couple of bags off to the tree family. Eat them dehydrated, or rehydrate and add to oatmeal. Very yummy.”

“4-1 and 4-2 added. in the middle of 4-3 entry. library about to close. will finish it later.”

“i could go for some asian pears”

“Glad to hear it's going well, SB!

Could you or someone post a link to the trail journal please?”

“Thank you, StoveStomper!”

“Keep on a rollin', CB (whoaaa, did I say "CB??" LOL)”

“Really glad to hear your making it and havin fun!

Gonna go read the journals later tonight!

Crash Bang!”

“well done storm, you're doing great.”

“...Just saw this. Storm, I sent you a food package on Monday. It went to Damascus. You have about 6 or 7 good meals in there and it was only about 10 oz with the mailing bag. (The chili is real good!!!!) I will read your journal in the morning. Call when you can, Scott. Keep on rolling, man!”

“I just read every single one of StormBringer's posts on trailjournal. Very cool to read, I felt like I was there with him. I look forward to when it's updated next!”

“Had a chance to read the journals up to April 3, as Crash Bang entered. You sound great, Scott. The estimates for your arrival in Damascus is for the 27th (next Tuesday). That is where the food should be waiting. Good reports and try to let me know if the food pickup went according to schedule. I am working on your next batch currently...”

“Keep on truckin'!”

“its a crash! bang! thang!”

“Hey man, you back at the library?”

“Yoh SB!! CB!! How goes it today??”

“Hey SB, was the hiker you ran into named Pirate the younger guy (on the left) in this pic?”