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Hi Yeti! Thanks for your good wishes. We're on the road to recovery now . . .

This has been the ironic thing, Jaybird. He did take care of himself! But there is something about genetics, apparently, that can bite even the healthiest person in the ass.

Hi everyone.

Just wanted to let you know that Footslogger was released from the hospital yesterday morning. We drove straight to his sister's house, and have been here since, enjoying NOT being in...

Keep the replies coming! Slogger is really enjoying them. Of course, I have to read him the replies, because his arm is immobilized (temporarily) at his side from the surgery.

The biggest...

Thanks to all of you who have been asking about Slogger and his progress. I’ll begin by saying we both feel that he is doing well, considering he had what the doctors are calling a “massive” heart...

Thanks to whoever did that creative art work on me and Slogger. I haven't looked that good in YEARS!!

'Slogger is doing well today, and they're talking about letting him out of the hospital...

To all of our friends at the White Blaze Community, thanks so much for the balloons. They were delivered today, and make for a bright spot in the room.

Bad Ass Turtle

Oh, yes. We're partners, after all.

I thought I'd let you know how this happened . . . as we were driving through Kremmling (I was driving, which was another great stroke of luck or something like it), I happened to notice one of those...

Hi all. Thanks so much for your support in this forum. I had to forcibly pry the computer out of Footslogger's hands this afternoon, but he's now sleeping comfortably, which I think is what he needs...

I don't know WHAT he is saying. He was definitely wearing a LONG-SLEEVED t-shirt when he was grilling dinner. In the snow.:sun

My favorite: Lord of the Rings -- yes, the trilogy. Great for reading on long hiking trips, because that whole set of books is just one long thru-hike. To save the world.

Thanks to all of you for your good wishes and congratulations. I'm feeling a HUGE sense of accomplishment and relief and completion. Great Stuff!

Now we're sitting back in Laramie with our feet...

Are those bananas for me, StarLyte?

Well, here's a sun for you!

:sun

Bad Ass Turtle

A book to read.

Bad Ass Turtle

Well, that's not to say I don't have a lot of shoes (right, 'Slogger?), but that I buy them myself, I would never ask anyone else to suffer because of them, I can go without them when I want/need to,...

Just so you guys know, I was born and raised in Texas (grew up in Dallas, moreover) and am definitely NOT high maintenance.

So you can just put that in your pipe and smoke it!
:sun

Bad Ass...

I've always sweated copiously -- in fact, my spouse, Footslogger, sent me this post in an email so I would notice it.

I don't know about the nausea and other symptoms, but I do tend to wear a...

I second the vote for OR Gaiters. I used one pair throughout my hike. The only time I chose not to use them was in the hottest part of the summer (and in 2001, that was some seriously hot weather!)....

Hi all --

I'll be hiking from somewhere in Virginia, just north of the Bryant Ridge Shelter to Waynesboro this summer -- again trying to collect some of the last couple of hundred miles on my...

I can't remember where in Connecticut I started on this particular day, but it was in 2001, in the middle of a freakish heat wave, when I hiked into Kent, Connecticut. Not enough water, dehydrated as...

I switched from various kinds of Arc'teryx to the Vapor Trail last year. The reason I loved my Arc'teryx packs was that the women's hip belt was so heavily padded, and that I could get the women's...

I'm a COLD stomach sleeper, but I put my arms down to my sides, and sometimes under my hips when I sleep. I always use a mummy bag, and usually have the hood over my head and cranked down to where...

I use shake and dribble as well -- the only trick I can tell ya, HH, is to bounce your ass up and down quite a few times. The advantage to NOT using TP is that you can get your business done quickly,...

Mowgli --

It's probably water weight . . .

That comes off fast.

B A Turtle