View Full Version : Damascus/Trail Days article in NYTimes
Lone Wolf makes it...Dot's doesn't...Go figure!
http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/travel/escapes/12trail.html
Tennessee Jack?! LOL...
"Backpacking legends often roam the town's streets. There is Tennessee Jack, who, as the story goes, once slept with a dead groundhog stuffed in the backpack he uses as a pillow. There is Wee Willy, who wears a denim hat that reads Hiker Trash and may or may not have once used moonshine to light his backpacker's stove. There is Pirate, who sports tattoos of Vikings on both arms, smokes a pipe and walks around with a handheld global positioning system unit around his neck. And there is Lone Wolf, long-bearded and independently wealthy, who has hiked approximately 16,000 miles on the Appalachian Trail."
Cookerhiker
05-12-2006, 08:27
Enjoyed the article.
And there is Lone Wolf, long-bearded and independently wealthy, who has hiked approximately 16,000 miles on the Appalachian Trail."
Independently wealthy huh? Must be a lot of money in AT shuttling. Or is it the Exxon stock? :-?
Lone Wolf makes it...Dot's doesn't...Go figure!
http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/travel/escapes/12trail.html
Woooooooooooo-Hooooooooooooooo!
Way to go, Wolf!
Dun' gotcha name in one of dem Big City Papers now!
hehehehehehe:D
when i saw the mention of "Tennessee Jack"...i thought maybe Baltimore Jack was trying to throw someone off his scent...(pulling their leg, etc,etc)
who is this tennessee jack?
Lone Wolf
05-12-2006, 11:08
AKA Baltimore Jack. Your good buddy.:D
Footslogger
05-12-2006, 11:18
who is this tennessee jack?
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Maybe they got it mixed up with the home of bourbon ??
'Slogger
the new york times made a mistake? that's shocking
Tennessee Jed... err I mean Jack, reading the newspaper that made him famous!
Tennessee Jed... err I mean Jack, reading the newspaper that made him famous!
Is that paper covering a wet spot? :eek:
Since the NY Times is the "paper of record", and they list the trail at 2159 miles, that means that anyone who skips up to 17 miles of trail has still hiked the "entire" trail. That ought to make Jed, er, I mean Jack feel good. ;)
Kerosene
05-12-2006, 15:32
All this proves is that the New York Times had the gall to send a newbie to write this important article who doesn't know how to check facts. Then again, maybe they just hired the guy from the Wall Street Journal who was making up facts?
Jack Tarlin
05-12-2006, 18:57
I believe I'm on record here at Whiteblaze for criticizing the NYT on the accuracy of some of its stories.
Nice to be proven right once in awhile!
regards,
Tennesee J.
gr8fulyankee
05-12-2006, 19:08
I still think that the NYT starts a fire better than any other new paper. All those colors..... oooohhhh!
I believe I'm on record here at Whiteblaze for criticizing the NYT on the accuracy of some of its stories.
Nice to be proven right once in awhile!
regards,
Tennesee J.
I say if the NYT thinks there is a Tennessee Jack, their must be one someplace.
Weary