new hiker

“Working next weekend damm it! I hate when life gets in the way! (which it almost always does)”

“i'm getting downright jealous!”

“Yep, jerseynewhiker starts hiking south on the 21st. The Equinox weekend even.

Pamela, you still have enough time to get here. I'll pick you up at the airport. ;)

Backslacker, we need to have a talk about that job of yours. ;) I could call you out if you want.];>”

“ok i have an update i took you guyes advice about all the food i'm bringing and decide to ship some ahead so what i did is take everything i had and split in half i'm packing 1 pile and gonna mail the other pile tp palmerton . i'm figuring i have about 10-12 days worth of food packed i know better as i go but i did cut half of my food weight

so see i am listening also today i'm going to get a copy of the 2006 ed. of the companion thanks everyone for all the help you guys are great”

“Bronze the axe when you get to Georgia....”

“Good thinking jersey.

I'm fearing for you less every day. ;-)

One week til hike!”

“What's the starting point?”

“206 at Culvers Gap, NJ.”

“Hey jersey,

just as a backup, get yourself a couple of postal stops on down the trail, so you can send ahead anything you come to realize you don't want, or won't need until later. Same goes for new socks, new boot laces... that kind of stuff.

A lot of times, I've started out a hike thinking, "Yeah, I'll use this for...." then i get home and realize I never took it out of the pack. I cut at least three pounds off my base pack weight just going thru that mental exercise after I got several trips under my belt.

YOu'll get the equivelent of several trips under your belt in just a few days of continuous mileage.”

“Where do expect to be Saturday night?”

“i'm not too sure
spindle are we staying at brinks or the next campsite past that on the first night”

“Conk... I am thinking of parking at the Kirkridge trailhead Saturday morning and hiking north, hoping to connect with them somewhere around the Water Gap. Then hiking back to Kirkridge for the night with them. But that is still up in the air at this point.”

“I am hoping we make Kirkridge.

That is dependent on jersey's putting one foot in front of the other for longer than he ever has up until that weekend. ;)

I can email you a cell number...”

“Is the Mohican Outdoor Center still available as a camping center? (I have an old book.) That might make a good Friday night stop.”

“that area of new jersey is bear central. watch out”

“cool i like bears they make good snap shots”

“good morning all! anyone still here?”

“NJ has been better since they reinstituted the bear hunt.

We completed our section of NJ last year during bear season...it sounded like Beirut on a busy day.”

“The Mohican Outdoor Center is gone. Too bad, it was the last of 'em. Ha-ha-ha-ha.

What comes to mind when one has no life. Ha-ha”

“No hunt scheduled this year but it's suppose to be back next year and in '09.

Enjoy the quiet while you can!”

“Sweet! That was the scariest part of that hike. Gunshots to the left, shotgun blasts to the right...

We didn't talk for two days. Head down flat out hauling butt out of there.”

“Ok jerseynewhiker....ready to rock? Literally? ;)

Did you pick up the book?”

“spindlette i am so ready just waiting on time to pass, you ready?
yes i got the companion 2007 ed. what a useful book wow.
hey so how did the backround check go never had one done before on me”

“All I have to do is toss everything in the pack. I live ready. ;)

That book will be a huge help.

I thought you had a background run for work once? :)

You came back with no criminal history on either the state or federal level in NJ. Do you have anything pending I should know about? ;) You are very confirmable as a real human being.

You had the memorial this weekend? Again, I'm sorry. Your mom is lucky to have found one of the good ones. He was too young. :(”

“lol...

Asking spindle if she's ready to go is like asking a bear if it's hungry. :p

Wish I could partake, but you told spindle to set pace. I've seen on occassion what spindle's pace can be. Have fun with that. ;)

Glad to see you got the companion. It's a good book. It helped me be able to support Green Hornet on his thru-hike this year.”

“Hiking keeps me out of bars. ;)

He's a thin, 25 year old 6-footer. He'll hold his own, I'm sure.

jerseynew...you are bringing enough line to bear bag at night, right?”

“the backround check they did for work i wasn't disclosed the info and wasn't sure if they really did it you know how some places are...
nothing pending just curious to what it says
the memorial went good alot of people showed so many people shared their veiws on my dad it was really nice thank you...
ok so what the offical ajenda 930am friday 21st at culvers gap 206”

“The check said nothing, which is exactly what you want. ;) I didn't dig into your financials or residence history...because that doesn't concern me. All the possible legal stuff came back crystal clean. (It's good to know the strange guy I'm meeting on a roadside doesn't have a history of violent offenses...better safe than dead, you know?)

You may not be a good boy, but you're very good at not getting caught. ;> lol!

Yep, Friday, 9:30 Culvers Gap on 206. Rain, shine, snow, or locust plague.

I need this hike. Can't wait!”

“ok cool i'll be no natter what i'm still leaving my house on wed. thats when the ride is leaving so i'm gonna hike north aliitle bit and turn around and hike back to 206 and meet up with you on friday”

“Ok then. It's a plan!

If anything changes regarding the ride, let me know. I can come get you during the day on Thurs and you could either crash here, or I could drop you on trail.

Wed's no good for driving. Kidlet school schedules.”

“ok thanks if anything changes i'll let you know”

“Is the plan still for kirkridge Saturday night? I know plans can change midstream but is that the assumption?”

“yep thats what we're shooting for”

“wow; how do you run a criminal background check on someone?

glad to hear that my gut instint works.”

“There are websites that will do it for you. Usually costs a few bucks and you need some information. The sites search public documents for public records. Like spindle said they only find if the person has been caught and convicted. But usually that's enough.”

“Yes. And it also helps to have once dated a cop who still likes you. :)”

“yeah i have plenty of line”

“hello chris! *waves*”

“Great. There's no way both of our foodstuffs would fit in my Ursack. We'll be bear bagging.”

“hey pamela hows it going”

“quiet around here except the banging.

Chris is building something out there on the porch. i think it's a grill for the front of his jeep. from a piece of sheet metal. he builds everything from scratch.”

“Hey Chris, before you go, could you please change your myspace background so I can read stuff on it? That black background and whatever it is picture is driving my eye's nutso!

You are going to drop in periodcally and post trip blogs; right? I mean, you could hit up the library computers couldn't you? I want to live the AT vicariously through you!!!”

“or start an account at trailjournals.com. thats an excellent site”

“Excellent idea.”

“excellent”

“Most excellent.”

“Can we go now?

j/k sort of”

“if you would of said something a few hours ago i would've said yes but i just set up work for tommorrow put a few extra bucks in my pockett”

“I was kidding. :) Mostly.

I am plagued with stupid, irritating people today and trail would be soooo much more pleasant.”

“i understand that spindlette.”