| Re: Fanning Takes a Hike! [message #71925 is a reply to message #71826] |
Wed, 28 July 2010 19:25   |
David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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Ben Tupper writes:
> Can you give us a hint about which portion of the trail you'll be on?
> It would be fun to see where you will be on ...
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> http://www.scribd.com/doc/13427052/PCT-Pacific-Crest-Trail-E levation-Profiles
I'm getting on the trail near Ashland, OR and walking
to the Columbia River at Cascade Locks. (If all goes
well, I'll probably go a little way into Washington,
as I have allocated more days for this then I think I will
actually need.)
> P.S. Have you read _The Long Walk_ by Slavomir Rawicz? Maybe you
> should wait until you get home.
No, that's a book I haven't read. I'll add it to my list.
I've read a LOT of walking books in the past six months,
as I have in mind to try my hand at writing one when I
get back. :-)
By the way, I was inspired to do this walk by, among others,
Werner Herzog, the film director. He gave a lecture at CU-Boulder
earlier this year entitled "Traveling on Foot". He said if you
wanted to be a film maker you would learn more by walking from
Boston to Miami then you would ever learn by going to film school.
That immediately struck me as an absolutely true statement. :-)
Cheers,
David
P.S. Herzog didn't mean you should carry your whole
house on your back, but whatever...The important thing
is to go slowly and allow yourself the time to experience
the reality of your life and the connections and dependence
you have on other people.
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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