Celeb's on the AT

**Miss Janet** · 09-01-2005, 17:14

I drove out of Hot Springs this afternoon and stopped to speak to a group of ladies walking across the bridge back into town. I asked the first one that approached the Big Yellow Troop Carrier about the hike... as I drove away I thought I think I know that lady... did she Thru hike back in 2001???? 2003??? NOOOO, this was the lady I spoke to...

Actress Andie McDowell!!! Wow, she's a hiker!! Cool! Maybe she will be in A Walk in the Woods?

http://www.movie-database.de/filmo_p...amcdowell.html

http://www.retiresouth.net/index.cfm...region=Western

**BooBoo** · 09-02-2005, 00:34

Originally Posted by Miss Janet

I drove out of Hot Springs this afternoon and stopped to speak to a group of ladies walking across the bridge back into town. I asked the first one that approached the Big Yellow Troop Carrier about the hike... as I drove away I thought I think I know that lady... did she Thru hike back in 2001???? 2003??? NOOOO, this was the lady I spoke to...

Actress Andie McDowell!!! Wow, she's a hiker!! Cool! Maybe she will be in A Walk in the Woods?

http://www.movie-database.de/filmo_p...amcdowell.html

http://www.retiresouth.net/index.cfm...region=Western

Cool. I do remember reading a book on the AT that was published in '96. They had a picture of Interior Secretary Bruce Babbit doing the Half Gallon Challange with some hikers.

**MOWGLI** · 09-02-2005, 06:08

Originally Posted by Miss Janet

I drove out of Hot Springs this afternoon and stopped to speak to a group of ladies walking across the bridge back into town. I asked the first one that approached the Big Yellow Troop Carrier about the hike... as I drove away I thought I think I know that lady... did she Thru hike back in 2001???? 2003??? NOOOO, this was the lady I spoke to...

Actress Andie McDowell!!! Wow, she's a hiker!! Cool! Maybe she will be in A Walk in the Woods?

She lives in the Asheville area.

**Kerosene** · 09-02-2005, 09:36

Boy, now I can't wait to hike that part of the AT!

**neo** · 09-02-2005, 09:40

addie macdowel is a babe,like wow what a babe

neo

**Whistler** · 09-02-2005, 16:45

Originally Posted by neo

addie macdowel is a babe,like wow what a babe

neo

Definitely. She was touring at the college where I worked this past year. Her son was a basketball prospect.
-Mark

**Cheesewhiz** · 09-02-2005, 16:52

I once saw "Angela" from Who's the Boss on the AT in PA. I think her name is Judith light.

**Hammock Hanger** · 09-02-2005, 18:00

I ran into Sigourney Weaver in the EMS up in Lake Placid, NY. Wow was she having a bad hair day. Really worn out boots and paint stained jeans with a slightly dirty t-shirt. Nice to know they can look as bad as the rest of us on a weekend.

Sue

**Hikerhead** · 09-02-2005, 18:56

I'm 99.9% sure I ran into Armie (I think that's his name), the star of Mail Call, while I was coming down off of Tinker Mtn towards Daleville. Stood and talked to him for awhile. This was the morning after a a heavy snow of several inches and it took me forever to get off the mtn because of all the pine trees laying over the trail. I'd bang them with my pole and they would loose their snow and stand up. I told him I cleared his way for him. 5 minutes after we broke off, I thought to myself, Hey!!! I know that guy! I'm real sure it was him, he's been spotted at Va Tech football games.

**SGT Rock** · 09-02-2005, 20:25

Well if I ever get famous, I still plan to hike. Then y'all can have spot reports on me LOL

**Chip** · 09-02-2005, 20:30

She has a home in Asheville. Every now and then you see her out and about. Folks here respect her privacy / space. I saw her in a local store in the Biltmore
Village area this past Wednesday. I beleive she grew up in Black Mountain.

**Sly** · 09-02-2005, 21:05

Originally Posted by Chip

I beleive she grew up in Black Mountain.

If she wants to visit, she can stay here!

**Hammock Hanger** · 09-02-2005, 21:15

Rock you are already a celeb... you know that any hiker that runs into you on the trail is star struck and comes home and tells all his hiking buds that he saw Sgt Rock on the trail!!!

Sue/HH

**The Hog** · 09-03-2005, 07:05

All kidding aside, I have been mistaken for Peter Graves and Nick Nolte. But that was many years ago...

I don't doubt that you folks saw who you saw. My point is that look alikes are not uncommon, and resemblances can be extremely close.

**neo** · 09-03-2005, 09:30

Originally Posted by SGT Rock

Well if I ever get famous, I still plan to hike. Then y'all can have spot reports on me LOL

hey rock,you are famous

neo

**SGT Rock** · 09-03-2005, 09:47

Originally Posted by neo

hey rock,you are famous

neo

Well I beg to differ. I may be well known on this site, but I sure ain't famous. I think if I were famous I would get a seat faster in resturaunts LOL.

**Buckingham** · 09-03-2005, 12:10

I thought I saw Robin Williams on the trail once, turns out it was just the can of bad Dinty Moore beef stew I ate

**Curt** · 09-03-2005, 18:06

Many times I have been mistaken for Kenny Rogers but if you see him and me together you will see that we don't look alike at all. I bet you have heard the saying that goes: "believe half of what you see.........."

**bogey** · 09-04-2005, 06:01

Originally Posted by Buckingham

I thought I saw Robin Williams on the trail once, turns out it was just the can of bad Dinty Moore beef stew I ate

I saw Elvis once. He was short, fat and Puerto Rican, but I KNOW it was him.

**Shutterbug** · 09-05-2005, 01:45

Last year, I met the "Mole" on the AT. You may remember that "The Mole" was one of the first reality programs on ABC. The Mole turned out to be a retired Admiral.

Last September, he completed the AT. I met him at the Potaywadjo Spring Lean-to last September. His trail name is "The Admiral."

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