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Ok so I am trying not to be overly motherly here. I have a dear friend who is thru hiking this year. I saw him in Great Barrrington Ma on Thurs 6/24. I dropped him at the trailhead at RT 7 in Sheffield. He has a cell phone and has called me very often since getting into the more populated NE. I have not heard from him since Thurs Morning and am getting very worried. He is due to be in N Adams MA on Monday 6/28 where he has a mail drop waiting at the PO.
His name is Ralph Goodenough
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26 June 2010, Keys Gap, 14.1
Left Bears Den this morning around 8 am. I did the northern end of the roller and devils racecourse first thing this morning and had no real problems doing them. I have no idea why the one section is called devils racecourse.

I ran into Lead Foot taking a break and I stopped and talked to him and drank some gatorade. I told him we would be passing the 1,000 mark today sometime soon. We both wondered where that point was so we looked in our ...

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25 June 2010, Bears Den Hostel, 13.1
I started at Ashby Gap this morning at 10:00. I got off to a good start. I thought I was jumping right into the section of the trail called the roller coaster. Come to find out that it actually started 3.4 miles later which was right after Rod Hollow Shelter. While I was at Rod Hollow Shelter I ran into Loadstone and Two Thirds. They had both stopped for lunch. Loadstone was taking an extra hour there to just relax. I made a privy call and filtered ...

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Anyone who has seen yeti he is nobo and should be north of harpers ferry! I need him to call me at 863-512-7304. He is from southern Ohio

24 June 2010, Ashby Gap, 11.8
Started out on my own today and stayed on my own all day. Hopper dropped me off at Manassas Gap at 11:00 and walk up the trail behind another lady that was in spandex. She walked up the first climb and then started running. She stayed out of site until the next climb where I caught up to her again when she was walking. This happened at every climb. I started wondering what she was trying to accomplish when I was able to catch her at every climb when all I ...

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