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#175916 - 03/20/13 03:30 PM Re: New hiker, Again! [Re: Gershon]
aimless Moderator Registered: 02/05/03 Posts: 3293 Loc: Portland, OR	Going lightweight is more about what you leave home than what you take. Amen. Every new backpacker should be issued a card with this written on it. Every morning they should recite it like the Pledge of Alliegance.
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New hiker, Again!	bjshu96	03/19/13 01:18 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	Glenn Roberts	03/19/13 06:49 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	ETSU Pride	03/19/13 10:39 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	topshot	03/19/13 11:11 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	OregonMouse	03/19/13 02:01 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	Glenn Roberts	03/19/13 05:19 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	Merchant2112	03/20/13 10:14 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	bjshu96	03/20/13 03:45 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	Glenn Roberts	03/20/13 06:56 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	bjshu96	03/20/13 01:40 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	Glenn Roberts	03/20/13 02:49 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	bjshu96	03/22/13 10:23 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	Outcasthiker	06/03/13 07:36 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	bjshu96	06/04/13 08:40 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	Gershon	03/20/13 03:23 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	aimless	03/20/13 03:30 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	OregonMouse	03/20/13 05:34 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	anicinabe	03/26/13 06:41 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	bjshu96	03/29/13 01:04 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	Merchant2112	03/20/13 05:36 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	lori	03/22/13 09:35 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	billstephenson	03/22/13 03:41 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	lori	03/22/13 03:48 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	OregonMouse	03/22/13 05:04 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	lori	03/23/13 08:58 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	finallyME	03/25/13 04:05 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	bjshu96	03/22/13 08:48 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	billstephenson	03/22/13 03:40 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	bjshu96	03/22/13 09:38 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	bjshu96	03/22/13 09:41 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	lori	03/23/13 08:57 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	OregonMouse	03/23/13 10:24 AM
Re: New hiker, Again!	anicinabe	03/26/13 06:32 PM
Re: New hiker, Again!	bjshu96	05/30/13 10:59 PM