Poptart 02 - Appalachian Trail

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#1

Anyone have his email address they could forward to me?? I have just accepted a job with the MATC @ Abol Bridge, which was his post for the past few years.

Bluebearee

#2

Hey Bluebearee, check with Sunrise (02) Pigchicken or Gadiva. I see him every year at Trail Days and have his e-mail somewhere. I’ll keep looking and let you know.

Papa Smurf

#3

Hey Blueearee and Papa Smurf. I don’t have the email you’re looking for but it’s good to see some 02 heads up in here. I really miss that year. I wish I could do it all over, but I wouldn’t change a thing.

Lpasso

#4

Yeah class of 02! I remember Poptart, but don’t have his contact. What a sweet job!

She-ra

#5

Mornin’ Class of '02. Good to see some familiar names from a year that was a much more difficult year to walk the Trail than '03 was. Definitely a tougher group of walkers. I never hear anyone from '02 complaining about the record setting heat and drought…but some of those '03ers sure won’t stop talking about a little rain. :wink: They call '03 the “wet year”, but it was nice…the springs were flowing, it was easy to find water to drink and it was much cooler. Why do I feel like I’m going to get in trouble again (from Liteshoe) for voicing a simple fact. :smiley: Bluebearee, good luck and have fun this year. :slight_smile: Just recently got an email from Midnite Sun '02 and am now expecting to hear from Liteshoe '03 pretty soon. :smiley:

Stumpknocker

#6

Hey Stumpknocker, Queen Diva and Sunrise were at our home this weekend and said you fell again this year. It was dry in '02. But what a great hike! Hope to see you at Trail Days.

Papa Smurf

#7

Great to spark a little thread on the great year of 02. Which sadly…oh so sadly…is coming up on 5 years, I just can’t believe that.

Papa Smurf, I don’t have info on Sunrise or Pigchicken. I was “back of the pack” and never met a lot who were ahead of me, blazing the hot and dusty path.

Mud? no mud in 02. Rain? I had a spell where I think it didn’t rain 2-3 weeks on me at all. Water? There’s water and springs in the mid-Atlantic? Never saw any…complain? Oh yes, I’m afraid there was some complaining on my part…it was a tough year for those reasons no doubt. But we prevailed!

P.S. - use the email feature here to send me some of those contacts if you have 'em. otherwise bluebearee at msn dot com

Bluebearee

#8

I saw this page and just had to say hello. I was thinking about Pigchicken the other day. Has he recovered? How bout Cantore and Thumper? Anyone heard from them or Wack and Giggler? 02 was the best.

Virginian

#9

ya, all need to have a 2002 Yahoo group. We have one for 2001 and every once in awhile stop in to chat with some of the trail family… I hiked in 02 but seem more connected to 01.

Stumpknocker you are always in trouble. BTW: Why are you not answering my emails???

Hammock Hanger

#10

I’m taking up bandwidth so this thread doesn’t end up in obscurity on the off chance any other 02’s out there have this info. Good to see the familiar names!

Bluebearee