Stormbringer's First Steps on the AT

“gforce

Lemme see...

6 & 7 could be a number of spots
8 is probably Big Cedar
12 is likely the sunset from the top of Blood, especially given the near-sunset light on the pic of the Blood Mtn shelter
13 based on the sequencing, that is the Blood Mtn Wilderness sign facing those "southbound" on the AT from Neel's Gap.
17 - My goof, that's not Cowrock, I'm pretty sure it is Rock Spring Top as viewed from Levelland Mtn.

That's all I can identify for ya, sorry.”

“Treebeard or gforce.. or Stormbringer directly - Any idea on when he'll update his journal next? Does he update the days on a weekly basis, or no rhyme as to when? Just curious, because I've really enjoyed his entries into trail journal, and I'm jonesin' to read more.”

“Artex, he originally said he was going to periodically mail his notes to me and I would transcribe them for him. He did that the first time, but apparently, didn't update his notes on a daily basis following that. So, last week, he had to sit in the library on a day off and pick his brain for most of the details. I would love to get another correspndence in the mail anytime now. But, that depends on Scott. I can understand getting a little slack when it comes to writing stuff up, so we are all in the dark, as it is now. If we get something, I will post it ASAP...”

“Thanks Treebeard! He's doing a better job at keeping up the journals than I probably would. I seriously never enjoyed reading a trip report that I wasn't on so much. Can't put my finger on it, but it's true.”

“Me too, Artex. The magnitude of the undertaking, combined with being able to follow his highs, lows and whatnot make it rather exciting. I agree!”

“tree, im gonna mail some more journal entries ( as soon as i get the last few days caught up)

did 40 miles in the last 2 days. woke up this morning utterly exhausted. in damascus for the day. flirting with the idea of taking a zero.”

“what i meant to say was, im gonna mail more entries today, more specifically.”

“Yo yo, I guess you'll be gettin' a ride back to Damascus next weekend? Scorch said she wont' be there cause she'd graduatng. We need to convince her that backpacking is more important than graduation--you stll graduate even if you don't walk across the stage.”

“Good mileage there, Scott. So, you're in Damascus? You should have a food package waiting for you. Looking forward to your mail...”

“Convince her Dub. Heck, I didn't walk across the stage at either graduation. I just let the U. mail it to me.”

“I don't want to go to mine but my parents are making me. I told them if they let me off the hook for my bachelors I'd go for sure for my masters as fewer people get them and they go second after the PHD students. They said I could skip future degrees but not my first--what a bunch of crap!”

“They said I could skip future degrees but not my first--what a bunch of crap!"
Dub
08:59:53 AM
05/03/04

If you paid for your college then skip it. If your parents paid for college then you have to walk across the stage.”

“Are you reading your email?
I want to ask you something!
Give me a good address.”

“Ewker's got a point, Dub. As a parent, I see these things clearer now.”

“Please don't hijack this thread! It's about Scott! ;-)”

“GW Bush is the devil.”

“BB - that post would be funny except for your known hostiliiy toward Scott.

Lay off of him.

Didn't you say you were going to do something like move to France if Scott made it? We are going to hold you to it.”

“i think it was stop posting on trailtalk. which is the lesser of two evils?”

“I paid for my BS and MS (well my co. paid half the MS), so I didn't have to do the ceremony thing.

BB in France. That's funny. How does escargo taste Buddha?”

“Like garlic.”

“Tree, Ewker, I'm paying for most of it as my federal loans are almost maxed out (sad huh). They helped me with rent the first 3 years (I paid everything else) and are now helping me with everything during my final year as I lost my job. But they do expect that I pay them back every penny in one way or another. Same goes for my brother. As he just got accepted to dental school they told him that if they had to help him for 5 more years that he had to buy them a house in south Florida--not joking, lol.”

“oh and yeah, go crash bang! on day i'll send tree the food i have for you that's still in the boxes in my living room.”

“cool, stormbringer, can't wait to read more journal entries!”

“I'm with Yam and Artex, I have really enjoyed reading your journal. Enjoy”

“Tell us the names of some of the hikers that have journals that you come across quite often. That way we can hear about Crash Bang from others and follow them as well.”

“I am talking to you via IM right now, therefore I have nothing to say to you, poops ; )”

“i dont remember who said they were on trailjournals”

“wait. sanguine is one.”

“keep on hoofin' it scott.”

“You have email from me at your yahoo.com address.”

“Did you tell him to update his darn journal?”

“No, I sent him a Money Order for a few bucks.”

“So he could update his darn journal? lol...”

“Bit, he said something about sending some journal notes to me. Hope he did. Awaiting them any day now...”

“OK, OK...I'll back off, lol...”

“Unless he didn't send them. Then we can both lay into him!”

“OK, fair enough.”

“Scott is a slacker, lol. ;-)
Better stay on him about those journal pages.”

“He's hard to get in touh with, SS! lol”

“You would think an English Lit degree holder would write up a storm. ;-)”

“Go figure!”

“Scott carried a paperback copy of 'Moby Dick' as 'light reading' during our GA AT Blood Mt trip last year.
Dang paperback must have been 2# by itself.”

“English Lit majors are better at reading than writing anyway.”

“Did y'all get my emails about scootin' off a goody package??”

“way behind on journaling, guys. never did get pages sent off to you either, treebeard. intend to fix that soon”

“ya slacker! ;-)”

“sorry. i was distracted by the naked thru hiker on chestnut ridge”

“Slacker!

Oh wait, StoveStomper already called ya that.


Lollygagger!”

“Hopefully it was a naked female hiker.”

“yes, wk, it was”