Anyone know of a Rodger Brickner, 80-90's Trail Angel?

[Sly]

Someone was asking. Here's an article from 1981.


They're Beating A Path To The Door Of Roger Brickner's Hiker's Haven (http://sportsillustrated.asia/vault/article/magazine/MAG1124629/index.htm)
LW?

[Lone Wolf]

i stayed there in 86

[Sly]

I guess in the 90's he was up by Glencliff. He'd be like 74 now, if he's still alive.

[fiddlehead]

Ask Cindy Ross, she hiked in '78 I believe.
I hiked in '77 but only to DWG that year.

[TheCheek]

Would be 83 actually.

[rafe]

I wonder if Roger is mentioned in any of the diaries from the ancient Rodale Press anthology? That was published in 1975. Too early?

[Hikemor]

Stayed at the Cottage one night. The SI story sums it up well. A very kind, generous man. IIRC he planned to section hike the AT and, by the late '80s, was about half way done.

[TD55]

New him and got a chance to use his hospitality on several occasions in the late 70's and early 80's. He would set up a small table and chair with a pitcher of lemonade on the trail with an invitation to follow the trail leading down to his small cottage that had a bunk room with stove and sink and outdoor cold shower (whenever I used it anyhow). Also, everyone that showed up got a free beer of cocktail on arrival with an invitation to use the shower and bunk house (back room). I always thought it was cool that hikers would only take a small cup of lemonade and be courtious enough to leave some for the next hiker. Imagine 3 o'clock in the afternoon on a 90+ degree August day and you come upon a chair and table and pitcher of lemonade and knowing there are lots of other hikers on the trail, there is still some left for you. Perhaps Roger made a few trips up to the trail to refill the pitcher, but I never came upon it that it was empty.
For some reason the nickname of trailname "Weatherman" comes to mind. Not sure if that was Roger or not. It was a long time ago.

[Lone Wolf]

roger was an amateur meteorologist. he always posted forecasts and such at the lemonade table

[HikerMom58]

Sounds like he's a gem! :0) Thanks for posting this Sly!

[Don H]

Wonder if this is him?
http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/clubs-and-service-organizations/weather-observers-to-meet-on-jan-8-1.676779

[Rain Man]

Sounds like he's a gem! :0) Thanks for posting this Sly!

DITTO! A lovely read. I'll be hiking through there this Spring, if things go as planned. Will think of him.

Rain:sunMan

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[Lone Wolf]

Wonder if this is him?
http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/clubs-and-service-organizations/weather-observers-to-meet-on-jan-8-1.676779

yup. that's him

[WingedMonkey]

While you may certainly call him a "trail angel", I did notice that he never called himself that in the article.

I don't think many folk self-labeled themselves as trail angels in the 80's and 90's.

It was usually the way someone else referred to them in shelter logs or by word of mouth. Not a way they introduced themselves.

[Sly]

While you may certainly call him a "trail angel", I did notice that he never called himself that in the article.



Just repeating what was asked. (however, he did put trail angel in quotes)


Wonder if this is him?
http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/clubs-and-service-organizations/weather-observers-to-meet-on-jan-8-1.676779

Thanks Don, I'll pass on the info!

[WingedMonkey]

To add to his bio, Roger became a 2,000 miler in 1987, and is a Lifetime member of the ATC.

http://www.appalachiantrail.org/about-the-trail/2000-milers/2000-milers-listing/1987

[Spirit Walker]

I stayed with him in NY in 1988 and in NH in 1992. Very nice man. Very weather obsessed. He would only take in about 5 people at a time, because of space limitations, but he gave us a free beer and dinner IIRC.

[Mountain Mike]

I stoped in & enjoyed a beer with him on my thru in 88. Space was already at capacity so I had to push on. Great guy from the impression of my limited time there & what I heard from friends that stayed there.