I'm certain that I run into famous people on the trail all the time, but I don't recognize them. They all look like just-another-hiker to me.

Back in the '80s. I bought my first Bibler tent from Todd himself, in person. That was in a basement shop in Boulder Colorado though, not on the trail.
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It's easy to be a holy man on top of a mountain.
-- Larry Darrell