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Thumper 2006
02-14-2006, 20:30
Well Jack, I know you said that you would have decided by Valentine's day if you would be thru hiking this year or not. So the question is, are you going to?

Jack Tarlin
02-14-2006, 20:53
I expect to be down South this spring, and I expect to do a good bit of hiking between Georgia and Damascus.

I don't know if my knee is up to another full go-round, nor, to be honest, do I know if that's what I really want to do. I had a great time the last few years doing the sections I wanted, skipping the ones I wanted, taking some crazy blue-blazes and side trips, etc. While doing a no-nonsense "Don't Skip a Yard!" thru-hike is great time, so is doing the bits you want, and ONLY the bits you want. Plus, I can think of all sorts of better ways to spend the first half of July rather than to be hiking in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

This might be the summer I actually get to see more than five Red Sox games.

Soi the answer to your question is this :

I haven't the faintest idea what I'm gonna be doing this year, tho I hope to meet many of you on the Trail this spring, either down south, or later on, up this way.