| Re: Fanning Takes a Hike! [message #71970 is a reply to message #71925] |
Mon, 02 August 2010 01:13   |
Harry Kim
Messages: 16
Registered: April 2010
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On Jul 29, 11:25 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> 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 ...
>
>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/13427052/PCT-Pacific-Crest-Trail-E levation-...
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> 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.")
Have a nice trip David. However, please do not come back too late. We
will miss you a lot!! (^.^)
Harry
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