Saturday, January 12, 2008

Community News
The long distance hiking community is a pretty tight group of people. We look out for each other. You can meet people for a relatively small amount of time and still feel you have developed a close relationship with that person. I got a ride to trail days, in 2001, from a fellow hiker named Freefall. I saw him a few times over the weekend and thought he was a pretty good guy.

When hikers get together we like to tell tales of our adventures. We will trade names and see if we have hiked with the same people. I have only run into Freefall one other time. At the PCT Zero Day party, in 2004. I always ask about Freefall. I have heard stories that he is out hiking and doing well.

Last night, I was looking at blogger profiles that listed backpacker among their interests. I found Freefall's Zero Day blog. He seems to be doing well. He has been to Death Valley and Point Reyes National Parks lately. Check it out.

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