Who are the AT's Greatest Living Legends?

**bigboots** · 12-12-2007, 21:07

Originally Posted by warren doyle

I have never quit a job (or lost a job) to do a thru-hike.

Commitments - many.
Choices - good.

So what do I tell the boss to make him not fire me on the spot (or tp allow me to return) when I tell him I want to leave for 5-6 months???

Any suggestions?

Bigboots

**SGT Rock** · 12-12-2007, 21:39

Tell him you want a leave of absence and why. If you get fired, find a new boss.

**smokymtnsteve** · 12-12-2007, 21:41

Free At Last!

**TOW** · 12-12-2007, 21:43

I have met many men and women alike that are happily married that have done a thru-hike............

**SGT Rock** · 12-12-2007, 21:45

Originally Posted by smokymtnsteve

Free At Last!

Amen brother. I told my boss I wanted a leave of absense to hike the trail and he fired me

Ok, it is more like I had to retire to make it happen. Maybe my next job will be a split between being a Ridgerunner for the Smokies and working at the local outfitter so I have some freedom to hike.

**Kirby** · 12-12-2007, 21:57

I have been unemployed for 16, going on 17, years now, it is avery difficult life.

Kirby

**dixicritter** · 12-12-2007, 21:59

Originally Posted by SGT Rock

I've been deployed for a few years total. Married 19 going on 20.

Yep. Can't get rid of me that easily darlin!

**SGT Rock** · 12-12-2007, 22:15

Like I would try getting rid of you.

**Frolicking Dinosaurs** · 12-12-2007, 22:16

Another devoted couple

**bfitz** · 12-13-2007, 20:03

Better to feared than loved, but best to be both....

**Frolicking Dinosaurs** · 12-14-2007, 10:19

Originally Posted by bfitz

Better to feared than loved, but best to be both....

Thus saith Sgt Machiavelli and Niccolò-critter

**Speer Carrier** · 12-14-2007, 10:44

Originally Posted by bigboots

So what do I tell the boss to make him not fire me on the spot (or tp allow me to return) when I tell him I want to leave for 5-6 months???

Any suggestions?

Bigboots

My experience has been that if you were indispensable to the success of the company, you'll be welcomed back with open arms. If you were just a warm body, he'll move on. Which were you?

**The Weasel** · 12-14-2007, 14:58

Not sure what much of this has to do with "Legends" of the trail, but it would be a fascinating, and popular, thread on its own if someone created it.

TW

**mrc237** · 12-14-2007, 15:42

Don't know about a tread but there's pics: http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/...seimages&c=534 Don't see Bill Bryson here! Whats up witdat?

**Frolicking Dinosaurs** · 12-14-2007, 17:46

Originally Posted by mrc237

Don't know about a tread but there's pics: http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/...seimages&c=534 Don't see Bill Bryson here! Whats up witdat?

Yeah, what's up with that - even Elwood made the cut

**mrc237** · 12-14-2007, 23:28

who Elmore?

**The Desperado** · 12-14-2007, 23:35

wow, this "thing" took a lot of turns. ha ha ...

**Frolicking Dinosaurs** · 12-15-2007, 04:13

Originally Posted by mrc237

who Elmore?

Should have been Elwood - my bad.

**warren doyle** · 12-16-2007, 19:35

Originally Posted by maxNcathy

Hi Warren, Did You meet either (future) wife on the AT?

I would like to do a thru hike but I think it would strain my marriage too much. What is your experience with that? Do You think thru hiking leads to marriage breakups?
I tell my wife for every week that I will be away from her hiking will let me live 3 extra weeks so there will be a net gain in how long I will be healthy and alive with her. lol...maybe true too.

PS Do You have a favorite 100 mile stretch of Trail on the AT that You would share with me as I am a section hiker..will be skipping parts of Trail that don't interest me..ie will not have time for.

I met my first wife (1978-1995) on a group day hike on the Connecticut AT in the fall of 1973 (shortly after my first AT thru-hike). She was a member of the 1975 UCONN AT Circle Expedition; the first woman to complete the Connecticut AT Superhike (56 miles in 24 hours); and, I proposed to her atop Belvidere Mt during our summer 1978 LT end-to-end hike. We also hiked the John Muir Trail, Pennine Way and the Wonderland Trail together.

I met my second wife (2003-present) on the dance floor at the 2002 Falcon Ridge Folk festival or on the dance floor of the 2002 Dance Flurry (depending on whose version) . One of our first dates was a climb of Katahdin and a 25 mile day hike from Blanchard to Pleasant Pond. She was a member of the 2005 AT Circle Expedition; I hiked with and provided support for her on her 2004 LT end-to-end hike; and, we backpacked the John Muir Trail together.

I can't speak whether a thru-hike would strain a marriage too much. Certainly there have been a few marriages broken up but those relationships probably already had weaknesses in them that the thru-hike attempt only exacerbated. During the Appalachian Trail Institute (see website below), we talk about having your 'domestic front' in order before you take the first step on your thru-hike.

I like any 100-mile section in Maine during August and up to mid-September.
The 100-mile section that has the most diversity is from Big Bald to Watauga Dam.

**Ron Haven** · 12-16-2007, 20:45

Originally Posted by Lilred

I knew I'd forget someone, can't leave out Ron Haven...

Originally Posted by Smile

Ron Haven is a gem for sure

thanks to both of you for remembering me.I am glad to help hikers as a friend.

I knew I'd forget someone, can't leave out Ron Haven...
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