[GeoStL] Re: Bucket List
- From: "GC-RGS" <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 08:47:23 -0600
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Dave,
Interesting stuff. I was surprised to see so many people in the pictures but
after reading this, they must be busy trails.
Are you going to change your name to Canyon-Dave?
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Diederich" <d-a-v-e@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 7:43 AM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Bucket List
> -
> Thanks. It was the big 50 birthday.
>
> For training, I hiked with a full backpack a minimum of 10 miles every
> weekend for two months prior to going. I pretty much hit every trail in
> west county including Castlewood, Packwood Estates, West Tyson,
> Greensfelder
> and Rockwood (doing caches along the way).
>
> While I was at the ranch, I met a 74 year old guy that had just walked
> non-stop from the South Rim to the Ranch (10 miles) up to the North Rim
> (14
> miles) back down to the Ranch (14 miles) and when I saw him he was headed
> back up towards the South Rim (10 miles). He said that he used to do it
> with a bunch of guys, but that he was the only one left.
>
> I met a lot of people that were hiking rim to ranch to rim in the same
> day.
> The NPS doesn't recommend it. Others were jogging the whole way. They
> must
> live in some higher elevations than I do, the altitude difference was
> tuff.
>
> The sunrise was taken with 60 photos taken one minute apart and then I
> used
> software to combine them into a movie. I think it came out pretty good.
>
> Island-Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernie Ver Hey" <Happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 5:11 AM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Bucket List
>
>
>> -
>> It says a guy in his 70's. It must have been about 10 years ago. Bernie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Griffin
>> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:41 PM
>> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Bucket List
>>
>> -
>>
>>
>> Barry Wrote....
>> "Isn't there some older guy, in his 70's I think, that does this ?"
>>
>>
>> I didn't think RGS had ever been to the Grand Canyon.... :-)
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
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