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#169935 - 09/29/12 12:55 PM Re: Are you an old backpacker? [Re: DJ2]
DJ2 member Registered: 01/06/02 Posts: 1348 Loc: Seattle, WA	I'm bumping this post from 2005. When I posted it at age 60 there weren't many responding who were older than me. Now, in recent postings I see several who are older than me at my current age of 67. Very encouraging.
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Are you an old backpacker?	DJ2	04/13/05 05:15 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	longhair29	04/13/05 05:25 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	08/01/07 12:06 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Rich_M	04/13/05 08:26 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	dinghy3	04/13/05 10:29 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Gary	04/14/05 12:00 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	ringtail	04/14/05 01:40 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	GrumpyGord	04/14/05 03:57 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	millergear	04/14/05 05:23 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	DJ2	04/15/05 05:26 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	TDale	04/14/05 05:59 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	SpiderJohn	04/14/05 06:16 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	alanwenker	04/14/05 07:59 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Gary	04/14/05 08:50 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	midnightsun03	04/14/05 09:25 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	JohnTheBaton	04/14/05 09:53 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	LookinUp	11/08/12 06:32 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	rionada	11/08/12 12:18 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	OregonMouse	11/08/12 02:41 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Richard Cullip	11/10/12 07:03 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	OregonMouse	11/10/12 07:28 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Kent W	11/11/12 07:36 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	DJ2	11/11/12 09:47 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	OregonMouse	11/11/12 10:02 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	04/14/05 09:59 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	benlyon	04/14/05 11:51 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	tarbubble	04/14/05 11:19 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	photohiker	04/14/05 12:56 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	musicimprovedme	04/15/05 10:38 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	04/15/05 12:51 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	PerryMK	04/15/05 02:53 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Chongo	04/15/05 04:10 PM
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Re: Are you an old backpacker?	bearbait	04/23/05 01:50 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	tpdwr	04/23/05 04:00 PM
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Re: Are you an old backpacker?	CJC	05/03/05 10:22 PM
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Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	07/23/05 06:20 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	09/29/05 03:21 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	11/03/05 08:55 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	11/03/05 08:50 AM
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Re: Are you an old backpacker?	redroach	11/04/05 11:53 AM
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Re: Are you an old backpacker?	redroach	11/04/05 01:48 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Pika	12/10/05 04:43 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	CJC	12/11/05 10:27 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	WyoBob	12/12/05 06:02 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	02/27/06 02:32 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	300winmag	05/04/06 11:51 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	12/11/05 05:59 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	12/12/05 06:16 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Coosa	12/31/05 08:22 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Noel	02/19/06 04:21 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	cliff	02/19/06 06:16 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Spock	01/11/06 02:13 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Chrisandco	01/16/06 04:59 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	300winmag	05/04/06 11:43 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Dennis	04/15/06 12:08 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	farpost	04/16/06 11:13 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	06/13/06 05:58 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	300winmag	08/11/06 12:08 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	DJ2	08/12/06 08:21 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	moondust	08/21/06 04:45 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	DJ2	08/26/06 08:10 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Howie	09/18/06 09:19 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker? Advice sought!	futureatwalker	09/19/06 12:40 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker? Advice sought!	Howie	09/19/06 08:55 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker? Advice sought!	billk	09/19/06 11:01 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker? Advice sought!	Howie	09/20/06 09:28 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker? Advice sought!	Damian	06/29/07 01:55 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker? Advice sought!	DJ2	09/24/06 08:28 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker? Advice sought!	dkramalc	09/25/06 01:28 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker? Advice sought!	wandering_daisy	09/27/06 09:58 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker? Advice sought!	Anonymous	12/23/06 01:15 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker? Advice sought!	Spock	12/23/06 05:09 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker? Advice sought!	wildthing	12/30/06 12:36 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Slosteppin	12/30/06 06:13 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Paul	02/21/07 02:43 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker? YEPPER!	300winmag	02/23/07 08:09 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	just_another_Joe	03/06/07 05:09 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	07/27/07 03:13 PM
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Re: Are you an old backpacker?	nimby	07/01/07 12:04 PM
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Re: Are you an old backpacker?	photohiker	09/06/07 12:46 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	09/05/07 05:16 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	aimless	09/06/07 10:42 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Anonymous	09/06/07 04:41 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	Lis	09/07/07 08:06 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	GrumpyGord	09/13/07 04:42 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	mockturtle	09/13/07 07:44 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	GrumpyGord	09/13/07 11:17 AM
Thanks for the replies	DJ2	12/27/07 08:30 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	chaz	12/28/07 05:08 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	traildad	02/11/08 04:43 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	chaz	02/18/08 07:24 PM
Are you an old backpacker? Yeperoo!	300winmag	02/21/08 08:10 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	DJ2	09/29/12 12:55 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	GrumpyGord	09/29/12 12:59 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	OregonMouse	09/29/12 06:25 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	jbylake	09/29/12 11:21 PM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	OregonMouse	09/30/12 01:29 AM
Re: Are you an old backpacker?	JPete	09/30/12 08:25 AM
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Re: Are you an old backpacker?	BrianLe	02/11/13 12:03 PM
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