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TJ aka Teej
01-19-2007, 20:43
Know of an excellent, but little known corner of WhiteBlaze?
Here's one from me:
"Member Forums and Trip Reports" forum:
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=66
Thanks, some new reading material.
TJ. That's a wonderful program at the University of Idaho, that Jems program, Junior Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (JEMS) Summer Workshop. Hopefully some of the high school kids will respond.
If not, you might ask people to comment on any "gems" they may have come across during their months on WhiteBlaze.
I've seen several references to The Green Diamond on WhiteBlaze.net. I understand this name derives from a book by James L. Holton about Berks County, Pennsylvania (http://www.co.berks.pa.us/berks/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=476255&berksPNavCtr=|#31253), which is shaped like a diamond.
Seems Berks County contains 50 miles of the Appalachian Trail cared for by Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club (http://www.berkshistory.org/articles/trail.html), based in Reading. I googled BMECC's website and found that they have quite a full schedule of activites (http://www.bmecc.org/Schedule%20of%20Events.htm).
I think I'll attend one of their hikes this spring to see if I might want to join. That hike to Fred Applebee's gravesite in Wernersville on Sunday, March 18 looks like a good one!;)
TJ aka Teej
01-21-2007, 11:13
TJ. That's a wonderful program at the University of Idaho, that Jems program, Junior Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (JEMS) Summer Workshop. Hopefully some of the high school kids will respond.
If not, you might ask people to comment on any "gems" they may have come across during their months on WhiteBlaze.
I blame my education in Kennebunk, Pittsfield, and Orono for my lack of ability with the English language Weary :O)
Lone Wolf
01-21-2007, 11:23
what's a Jem?
I blame my education in Kennebunk, Pittsfield, and Orono for my lack of ability with the English language Weary :O)
Now, come on, Teej, I know a lot of people who studied at Orono, none of whom spell gem with a j, except you. Bet you know how to spell it now, don't you?:D
L. Wolf, not quite awake yet? See Weary's post if you haven't already.
I blame my education in Kennebunk, Pittsfield, and Orono for my lack of ability with the English language Weary :O)
I blame mine on Bath, Portland Junior College, Illinois Institute of Technology, Roosevelt College, and several schools of the University of Illinois. It took me 12 years after high school to figure out what to do and I experimented a lot.
It was so much fun that I considered becoming a perpetual student. But when the GI Bill (the only good thing to come out of the combination of me and the Korean War) ran out, I had to get a job in order to eat.
TJ aka Teej
01-21-2007, 11:40
Bet you know how to spell it now, don't you?:D
That's no guarantee I won't spell it wrong again, though!
I'm convinced that in helping hikers, the hiker is not the only one who benefits.
Found the quote which follows while freeing-up space in my WhiteBlaze mailbox today. I don't know where it originally appeared. If someone knows, PM me and I'll add that information.
[Essential qualities for a successful thru-hiker include] "good planning, a sturdy physique, exceptional determination and ingenious adaptability." --Earl Shaffer, the world's first thru-hiker, 1948.