North Star Vol. 6, No. 3 (1987) by NCTA Staff

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ORGANIZATION NORTH COUNTRY P.O. Box 311

AUTUMN, L987

ORGANIZATIONAL

NUMBER 3

TRAIL ASSOCIATION

lihite Cloud, Michigan

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New York

Thomas

itr75ar-?A-T:-smi Lh John G. HiPPs

NCTA NCTA AYH

Paulett.e Johnson

WPC

Glenn Oster

BARBARA ANN SMITH JOHN G. HIPPS

NCTA

Brita and Don Dorn

P.O. Box 243

Emporium, PA 15834

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Thomas J. Reimers, President 30 Wildflower Drive

Cecil Dobbins Tami Lou SPYker Herschel A. Rubin Michigan

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Tomi Lou SPYker, Secrel.?'Y

Wes BoYd Mart.ha Jones

Africa Rd., R'D' #L Galena, OH 43021 (6L4) 882-8023 Kennelh R. Gackler, Treasurer 4L3 West Johnson St' Caledonia, MI 49316 (616) 8e1-1366 7044

Virginia l^lunsch, - Hdq ' Route #4, MundY Lane White Cloud, MI 49349 (616) 68e-6876

Manager

Ruth Sack, ChairPerson MembershiP

2377 Foster, N-8. Grand RaPids, MI 49505 ( (516) 363-se66

Art HoIland, ChairPersoniggo End-To-End Trail Hike 492 Four Mile Rd., N'W' MI 4932t

Lance Feild President. Emeritus

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Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-867e Glenn Osrer, Vice President 84 Olive St. Pittsburgh, PA L5239 (4L2) 364-2864

Comstock Park, (616) 784-664L

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CO-EDITORS

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Bosworth tffiBowenReimers

Pat Allen

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Ken Gackler

Jim l^larmels Art Holland

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RuLh Sack

Derek Blount Wiscons

NCTA NCTA

Robert Drers Steve Sorenson Minnesota eE71s-Eredlow

NCTA

North Dakota Pending

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FaIt Meeting: We of t'he Nort'h conAssociation wirr to c;;;t;;-i;;ir be and hear to .iJ.i-i. an rto"ot rendition ;;;;;tained -;c"".v uv nuttr Qack's

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a l-:r SACK The nexI time that You visit You rvill be in f or a nice surPrise ' Nerv York hTith the assistance of the recently Finger Lakes Trail Council gran Lecl school [-touse f und , uP grad'lom Re imer s fng rvork has been progressing nicely' t/aIly Doane has been mos t generous Penns y lvan ia r^ri th- his t ime spen t in the carpen try and Ihe plumbing necessarY for the Co-Editors: installa-tion of our long arvaited inBarbara A Smith/John G. Hipps door facilities Ohio LIe l-rad a school house work bee in July and Art and Glnny l{unsch pro-. Buckeye TraiI Associalion: us with a delicious spaghetti viaLcl Emily Gregor Good f ood and f e I lorvship ' d inner . Michigan Besides Art and GinnY, many thanks to Wally, AI and Bernice Baron, PauI Southeas tern - [Iar tha Jones Ruth Arthur and MarY PaYne' LaBar, Sout.hern - Wes BoYd Wes tern - Jim LTarmel- s If you have any sPare time to assist Upper Peninsula - Pending uSr come on uP. Soon we start pri.,ting inside and out- JulY 29 Wiscons in inother-work day PIanned. Bob Dreis More and more bikers and hikers are I'r7e s t i Il us ing this AYH f aci Ii ty, Minnes o ta cutlery, plates, dinner need - cereal a and souP fry borvls, Pot Pans, Chris Bredlorv stove' burning wood size Iarger North Dakota rlic IONAL

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A whooping big thanks to, Chris nr"Jfo, fEr hIs (already) efforts in makins. the faII meeting in Minnesota teases a "solne thing" tha L already naLural out hiking ai ruell as our interes ts .

your glasses fog during muggy ther, here' s an an Eido te. Jus t wet thunb and forefinger with s oap and rub i t on the l-enses . Po l-ish r.;itir clean cloth, and no more fog -

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ar'e now being accepted also. PIease use the aPPlicalion Ruth roill f orm in t.he News leL ter. just love hearing from You. So, Loo, wiII Ken Gackler, oUr Treasurer' New members

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folremcmber that in each issue enRegular rcadcrs of the New.slettcr m.ly renewed edj.rorial reports with in atLenlowing every biannual meet;;;; In". interchange.among ?II the thusiasm that whi.ch comes ouE'of the lasL' Tnis one is no exception' dancel each one being greater Lhan from board meeting were L7 membersmemberIn attendance at the rriciay nighL the like t"pt"E"tlation at present' six of the seven stat.es. tft.iE was day when 32 people hrere ship businesr'*"uting_the i;ll;ri;g contriUutea great new ideas and New faces with new t.alenL were'there and t.alent to all phases of business, both old and new' page^of officers; Glen Oster' Two new names appear on the organizational etal glio' Thev arethefilling AyH, pirrsburgh, pa.-and tJmi-i;; spykei, Pat Allen NCTA is to whome t.he shoes, in part, Ieft by Bob DriL-s time and sincere effort' their-y""t" of ""a immensely gratlfut'for worEhrvhile in that thev re-kindleor inour meeLings are consistent.ly so , perhap" reres r and inf Iame enthusi;;il f or all oi-"t ""pttl'll, of the NCTA growrh laborious q1u those of us who have ".t"i[f.d-;itnperiodic in-order to avoid the since 1980. It has t.aken-tfris L*p.ti."""Jrenewal i" dealing ivith the immensity pits of discouragement we h;;; of the job. NCTAisnowsevenyearsoldandthatspanoftimebegins-!:-:ll?:'t"t of ori organization' And some reflections on Ehe grorrir, and a.rlr"p*-"i greater realization than increasingiy this reflection begins with an Eft'"L"must be confront'ed in the enormities r,a complexities t.he of ever r and of its geographi:1i-uivernurruring of a !iair- rhe l;;s;i;-;?^;;;i Lhe approlch-to growth and features sity. Because. of these two Basic these features vary' aIl along the development must vary as gt.rifV-"" ^f

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minds concerns the nature Another reflection emerges from the meditative of its geographY'..r:}t not of the trail and the problems arising out iL is the f act that it traverses only that g..ul-f ""gtfr "f i'r':ZO-mileE, N.' y"'tt to North Dakota through 29and the norLheastern seven states frommany different types of topography degrees of longit.ude. That means problems - of seven different geography, the-varying "otiolpoit!it:i. ririre local matters many of which specific states and the innumerable-.;A-;;;pletely unimaginable except by those are t,ot.a11y unpredictable who are right, there. has brought to us who at'tempt so t.he growth of the NCTA lo age seven. of maturit'y and .or" Uii" and [iecespolicy fo guide the ti"iil , devel;;*;;i urira-.ra mat'ters and ii"*iur" wisdom in our rearizarion;f"';;; u.,a and length the throughout apply suidelines mus t be as they -t.ty regionar.un9,-rocar 6readth of the trail. rnis-il[a',,s, of "o'rr"., !!"t autonomy in their own sections of the corridor musL muster "o"tiauiable

individual efforts.

Boydts article elsewhere in this is sue, for some Penelrating insites and common sense ideas.

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EDITOR LETTER

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HeIIo SmithiPPs: of mtrl'tjPlc use p1'ans for toth PermiL me to adcl it voice to the clj'scussion of membership. rva: 9n. time N.C.T. Thank goodness my delayed renewal so r courd be ar'{/are the debate r'vas on bring me your E;;;;;;" l;67-i;"i", yes, there are serious problems for hikers when they share the trail ;ri;f-, horsebaEf riders ' Specif ically: says manure "debris thejust Jennifer Leipold is quife in error lvhen not true! That's breaks dorvn in abouL;i-a3-iio"it". finally broken dorvn, it.!!ifI debris has -;;ik-i" Additionally, when manurethe and fatner'on. hTETEe hiker to remains on the trail for enjoY sornethrng to - boots. Lihat a f oul and revolting way to LrY Iike the wilderness. (o., the trail - on a Nor does most of the manure deposi.t?d early Shore to Shore Michigan's ;;i";-rhe'problem' separare urail-;";Ji traverse' jusl never Trail is a case in poinL and one I trips with limiBackpackers try to run safe? ald thereforeisclean, welcome addia not ted sani Lary resources. Animal excremenL tion to the dry's soiI. oft'en-with deep trenches Hiking trails are dug out and churned uP, hots"' I'm sorry' but my by metal shoe, .u.ryI.,g *""y-po""at.9f intended for work in developing and n,ri.tuini"g rhe t'i.c.T. is not that kind of use. Eo smell, shovel or walk in If it were my pleasure or saLisfaction It is no!. And I do not manure, I know-exactly *n.r.-io find it.. t9 perceive-the sights'. wanL to contend with it. *;;; iim-outwildeiness' On a hoise-shared o,rt sounds, smeffs-and grandeu."oi busy concenrrat.ing on clean sites rrair I can,i-a3"ir,E;;";;* roo ' for mY feet to find! are not compatible on thea My vote is a clear'lNq'l;-hikers and horses experience of No amount of aiafo[ue-.u, change the hiler' s traiI. t.raiI shared wi th a horse ' so negative' but manY exPerience It's not my pleasure nor pattern to beCount me off the N.C.T., Lf. I on shared trails leave me convinced' *u" t hike in horse manure on i t' ' Laura Cross Roya

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Can You ex-..iri'fbY slate. Thank you f.or compilatjon.re trail i"miles of trail? mile a u;-ne. plain i; the Newsletler what's involved P.S.

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The fo1'l.owing interesting a::ti.cle appcar:ed in the Spr:ing, 1987 i.ssue of the l.'inger Lakes 'l'ra j I Ncws, V<-rlurrrc- 2b, Nurrrbcr I authored by Joe Dabes. I t is rc1>ro<l uc(r(l hcrc Lo rc.:rch orr L Lo Llrc' NC'l' :rttcl i ct-tcc :ttt<l to in troduce sLilI anbther non-motorized use of trail as a continualion of those items Lhat havc becn in Lhc lasI two i,ssucs ol. Llrc Ncwsl.cttcr. In rcsponsc to licl . t'JoIc aL thc cncl ol'.Ioc's artjclc atrc] as long distance runners ourselves, co-edirors Smith-ipps finds it difficult to see any We have personally_done so objection to foot running on hiking tiails. and are aware that otheri have also, solo and in pairs and small groups rather than as part of an organtzed run. After aII, runners all over t.he world are running up and down Pike's Peak and other such challenging terrain so what's a sprint through Lree and bush country to the dedicated runner? trle believe that running on t.rails in the future will be an increasing action and one to be encouraged. Runners as a group are interesLingr eXciting and caring people w[ose talents and support can be welcomed with open arms, and st.rong ones too, for trail building and maintenance. EFFECTS OF TRAIL RUNNING

running is on the rise. And rvith good reason. road running requires IittIe skill, trail running demands not only care in foot. placement, but constant attention to the surrounding environmenL. Yet a t.raiI runner has less impact, on the trail than a hiker, since the runner's footstrikes are twice as far apart and runners don'L wear t.he heavy cleats typical of many hikers. Trail races are growing in popularity, but the number of participants is still tiny. Lasi August, I hetped organize what was probably the largest. trail race ever held-on the Finger Lakes Trail. We had 23 people traveling sixteen miIes, one volunteei providing water (tfre reluctant wife of this writer), and one spect,ator (a dog). Previous trail races in the Ithaca area had j-nvolved between three and fourt.een runners over a given sectt:". The Iargest t.rail race in New York SLat.e is held on t.he Escarpment Trail in the CatskiIls. This premiere of the Empire Stat.e trail races scales four mountains with 5200-feeL of total "upi", is nineLeen miles long, and involves plenty of walking (ttre uphills aira sLeeper downhills). Lihen I participaied last July, iI had grown to about 140 parLicipants ang 20 vol Trail impact was probably unteers. I saw no spbct.ators on the trail. less than a Lroop of backpacking boy scouts. Leaving Lhe While on a narrow trail, runners always run single file. you another run approach trail to pass another runner is unthinkablg. If ner and wish t.o pass r you call out "TraiI !". Etiquette demands that the runner in front pull aside so that you may pass. Because of. underuse, many ELT sections have become overgrown. We need Lo discourag-e, use of this "footpathtt PV alI users who are encourage, t'on foot". not also TraiI runneis provide not only needed t'foot" usage, -( to bul page 6) are now helping with mainLlnance of the trails t.hey use !

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AUTUI'IN

1987

I'il n I-'RIiS IDIIN'I'' Si I'ACIi

TRAIL HEAD II - a letter

from the President:

President of the North I was honored ancl p) easecl to have been elected in white cloud. I hope Country TraiI AssociaEion aL [he spring ttteeLing gh; responsiUifili.s'of Ine office and your expectalions' I can fulfill membership I ikq this in each is sue o f I in t,end to inc lude a le t ter to thelettei As President of YeadaII'quarterly our newsletter. I have named the Trali column for I aTGo-wrTTe the Cayuga Tr.ails Club in ittu"", rytrits neirsIet.Eer. It is the original Trail Head letter' looks very Based upon t.he spring meeti.8, I think the future of the NCTA ihe treasurer's report was bright. Membership continueE'to increase, conLinues to develop, and better than ever, t.he excellent newslettei a strong plans are underway for the 1990 End-to-End Hike' IfI am ;;;i;;. properly' believer in pubticity for ."v-activiLy 9I organizaLi-on' been looking we've break be"the a!. L}AO- Hike "ir"ia planned and present'ation regarding plans for "i"""i"a, NCT devefop.a. Afor t,o get the "p""ial otgr.,iiers at the October meeting in the 1990 Hike will be given by the Minneso ta

job organizing the 0ctober meetChris Bredlow has been doing a t,errific illot. iiformation on the meeting ing in Itasca Stat.e Park in-Minnesota.Tf,; looks outstanding and I Program can be found on the following-p"g"". -The FaIl meeting next year rnticipate record att.endan"""ot ff,. memberi. ,uilt be in Upst,ate New York and we New iorkers int.end to match or exceed Minnesota's meeting.

reall of You' What are Your ideas I would be very haPPY t.o hear f rom on the NCT, the 1990 Hike, garding develoPment . of the NCT, snowmobiles home address is: MY iew areas of emPhasis for the NCTA, etc.? 3C Wildflower Drive Ithaca, NY 14850 to contact me' My telephone number is 607 /272-8679. Don't hesit'ate Tom Reimers

roi,r JaLe 5 ) The following foot races are planned in the Ithaca area for L987: A relay race (3 fo 5 runners per iug) from trtratkins Glen to Caroline on May.lQ a'SO-tilometer run from Hlctor Io Treman State Park on June Lt and a 2Lwould miler on t,he TC3 North Country Trail secLion on August 23. I! you like t,o part,icipat.e, volunteer to helpr or jusE see what. trail running is really all about, call me at 607-272-8957-

Joe

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Ed. Note: Some.time agor we had protests about another t.rail run that was to be held on a sedtion of tha FLT. Joe Dabes is a very respected member of Ehe Conference, and experienced in trail building, hiking and backpacking. Do any of our readers have a comment?

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The editors wanE to c:rl-I:rl-l rcacler a t l-en L ion Lo the aclver t is ing tha t has begun Lo slowly emerge over the past two issues of the NIIhISLETTER ' ifre products are aII suPerior j- ones and (ui te approPriate f or tra l hikes. Please use them as is Your need. It's tough getting good adver t is ing ; \{e can keeP tirem and ge t more as h,e patronize these qual-i ty products.

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Smithipps has become increasingly pleased- and aPPreciative for t.he iig.,ificant increase in communicati5ns f rom the NCTA membe::shiP. I t has given us reaIIY good- lnPut for the NfUrSlfftfn and is making our semi-annual meetings very excit'ing

FOR I'{ORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

have had truly wonderful ideas abou t the 1-990 tli ke and a I I tha t i s a part of that; fund raising, P!omotio., and lrail develoPment. Our Autumn meeting will be a most Promising and productive aff.air. I-et us all 6. there to hear from Wes BoYd, Art Holland and each and all our others selves.

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and KEN GACKLER rushed the Editors an urgent telecommunication about. membershiP which atrived aL 11:59 PM on deadline 7/3L/87l OcEober is the annual renewal and neh, membershiP month! They have asked us to let all preient, former and future mernbers icno, that Ehere are still some openings left on our raPidlY grorvi-ng ros ter !

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At our i'Iay, 1987 meeting, of f icial recognition was given to CaroIYn ['loffman for being the first person Eo complete the entire NCT by multiuse. (Refer to feature article, page 17 , Volume VI, Number 2 of. the and Lo Peter l{oIf e for ""i=Ietler); being the first to do the same on foo t. EDI -FLASH

RUTH SACK

Oc[ober L, L9B7 is the deadline for renewing membershiP in NCTA! Get your moieY Eo RuEh Sack ASAP! t{e aimLr" over 2OO strong nol{ and are bY 500 ing for 300 bY next Year and 1

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SPring The program comm i t t' ee for our includes 1988-meeting in LThire Cloud and Tomi Lou SPYker, Art Holland anY of I'lcase contact G innv I,,Junsch thesL inrl ividuals f or any ideas You havc for the Program'

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T6e f olloruing f our paragraphs are reprinted

f rom VoIume VI, I'lumber l- of rvhite school f or the Iittle

our Newsletter to cLt eUiatL the eighth year house t.hat serves a big purposc as NC'1.'A's National tleadquarters. It is also to introduce Ginny l^lunsch's genuine, grass roots essay of its interesting heritage and Lo express greaI gratiIude to Ginny especially and t.o a-handiul-of other chart.er Board and Association [lembers for their diligence, perserverance and dedication in the realizaLion of a very credible and geographically situated HeadquarLers for our Long, Long Trail Av;inding. EDITORS ouR

tTEADQUAR',tERS A',l'

WtlrTE cLOuD

of miles oL the J,L+o 3,246 mIIes int tor f or ti-re haIf-way po1nt the half-waY thaL the invention thaL I t, was divine invention the NCT is at Lihite Cloud, Michigan, for it was there that Ginr:y l{unsch

little his toric, littl restored (still partial) historic, nd it is where a restored was, and is, and old, white, one-room school house serves as our National Headquarters Ginny not only gave conception and birth to the Headquarters building; she suffered tnE growth pii.," of its restoration and-its economic sur-

vival.

A mileage indicator on Lhe bror,r of the Headquarter'9 f ace, points west toward *isconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota for 1,r633 miles and east to Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York for 1,603 miles. Although human and satanic inLervention has threatened its survival occasionXlly because of strain on our chronically borderline budget and by discouraging I,Jhite Cloud as t.he regular, permanent site f or our annlal Spring"M"Eti.,g, this f it f icldle i tays alive and rvell [o PIay an increasingly"beautifii symphony of Home on the Trail for the NCTA and for all rvho roam on the NCT.

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NCl'A IIIi:Al)()tlAIi'l'l':li:; I s HISTORICAL SCHOOLIIOUSE FROM MICHIGANiS LUMBERING DAYS Ci ty r nol{ a ghos t This 100 year old schoolhouse was once used at Pork after Pork location presenL town. The schoolhouse was moved to its and then used l-800's la te the City, a lumbering town, was abandoned in After that 1950. late until for- [.he Birch Grove neighborhood children CommunitY and School it was used as a Community Building for Sunday t'Iee t

ings

Headquarters. It was donated to NCTA in L979 to be used as our National This wiring. and roof Much repair \^/as needed including a-new basement, bY donated money and 0sterial work hai been done wit.h volunteer laborr NCTA members.

The building is also an American Yout'h Hostel' The NCTA annual meeting is held here each May and.is used throughout The use increases the year by members hifing and working- on the trail. in 1986 and also overnights 42 fi:om one year to rhe next wiih

"i.uiitydaytime use. much

ch3irs, f olding could'r use donations of t.he f ollowing items: f oldingf or bathroom Datnroom or araa r^rnnJ c rnrra rrqad rof ri oeia t-or. linoleum Iinoleum IalgIeum rigeratorr, refri , tables, ^l-r ^o large wood stove, used ref silverware kitchen, for pans , iet and pots paint, ifoot,'whitE exterior moneY! and pump for the well, labor Anyone interested in using the building is to conLact me.

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Ginny Wunsch, tleadquarLers Manager Route #4 MundY Lane ldhite C1oud, MI 49349 616-689 -6876

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and complete plumbing for Lhe Heaclquarters Building is getting slowly pipe for commitments tlor"r Io realizat.ion. Cilry Wunsch has ing. driIl weIl and "i"iaify f rom Jim l^/armels, et al, and labor f or installation and I readers aI Contribut,ions are needed to purchase a pump' Any and friends are asked to send thbir donalionsr ilo matLer how small or bis,

wi th our Ginny. Remember, we are a non-profit grSgltzaLion now veEy tax nu*L"r. Let us do our best to beat the IRS for this next good time legal purpose. t{hen you visit the Headquart.I: Building f lush. own very your be puil can you thit tire thui,

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is used in the sub-title of [lris essay rather than cour iZ," i.or spi::i.t is a quality tlrat incl-udes, and goes beyond, courage. of To knorv Peter is to know a spirit in a man that goes t.o t.he depths appearcxtcrnal [rirn as a [)crson vrfticlr i.n t'lo lvily <l irrr inislrcs his utri-c1uc

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peter was on his rvay f rom Florida to l"lichigan this Pas t March , 1-987 on Lo the North CountIy.- t'le took the tirne to pass his seasonaf pilgrimage "where t.he Edi tors had the gooci f or tune . to- j us t t.hrough fmporiuml Pa . trappef; Lo b. vrhen the Chamber of Commerce President, Barbara's brother, Service Station called to say that an thl-Postmaster -.itrr.. and the Atlant,ic was i.f Iooking f or "the Liro irunks", ali, -gray-haired man" Smithipps , rvho uJ"re a part. of t.he NCT. I,ie kners immedi"!el-y--who ii \/as alrhoulir iotally surprised (g very big trait of Peter's ) . lie quickly hopped"into our-Bronto (Ford), raced into town, searched !hrough it, did'not find him and got on the road rvest to Lry tracking-!l* <iown. Having f aiIed, tr{e retlrned to Lown, s topped- at th-. pos t of f ice f ot our mail ind were t.old that The Wolfe was thought to be right nexL door at the Atlant.ic Service St.at.ion wait.ing for his truck to be repalred. being Later we learned iL was being tuned up. can you imagine anything in tune with Peter except a hiki-ng Lrail? And therein lies this profile of spirit, one that is uniquelY Peter, incomparable as well as ineffable and it is Lo be experienced in his int.ense eyes; in the sense of it when in his presence. l,Ihen Thoreau talked about the majorit,y of people "living lives of .quiet' he was not Lalking-aboui people- in despair of material a..p.rition", athings; weaitf,, clothing, a hoile r Possessions. He was not t'alking NCT to the dedicaLed are rvho bout"the likes of Peter and t.he res-t of us and other trails in the country and to nature and to all that. is bright and beautiful, great and smal1. He was talking about th9 majority of af f luent and the bored subf luenL, Americans rvho bElong t.o the boring -whetl'rer Ltrey be poli ticaI, medical, t.hose bits and piecEs of sys Eems, other societal entrapmen!.; legdl, blue collar, labor, high Lech or those who are in tlie voluntarlly imposed <iesperations of conformity and who smolder their lives away under the influence of societal expectations. PeLer l,Iolf e is, f or us r a symbol of shleet and simple perspective and a living example of lif e in the spirit,ual zone. .

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NUMBER 3

TOMI,S

TREK

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L9Bl

r ide of otlr SecretarY, Tomi The following is i) conLinttatio n of thc NCT l"londaY and was described in the Lou Spyker. Her s tory began o n apages 8 and 9. I t is norv TuesdaY, the NEWSLETTER, Volume VI, Number 22, second daY:

IeisureIY breakfast at.five a.m. to have a(In Tuesday: I meanL to get uP did mv book, alarms are not wake till six and prtk-rp. I overslePt on the road in aam Part and bannLd on vacations). I skiP lhe le isure morning Penesky. just as dawn begins to lighten the nigh t t The bout an hour, -risP peace. s foggy cold, Yet retains Iast trates with a the Dogs bark and sreet ref e-and L: Y"-!1":^?l::9 :l:,1:i*;,, i"'?ilr?"; map

i:3;.::";."'l;"8;;;:y"Ii'rL*.;";;.9-,XJ^poin."l :.11::r^h:l::,:l"l"II Ler[;-;;:'a;;;;i"e - 50'"'l:u' iB?:"::'il:':';i;.i;i :Tf:..'^:r3::i] [:T; the y'l1'I ?;..T":; ?i::i'lriilv'a'oil";;;;-to'u'J' ;:.: :l I::5I-f::u [?!Eui"" i : : "' ;; " i t i ll- i'"u]il5" n;leii ; ;;; tL'"'" !'y.:-l':l, l::": i li,o, 3"o IIE"f;;"ri.!'1.,"'it''l'li"a'!;-g;y."-tl,;'l:;;::-!:::"1,,'?I: low lving ros' l;: ;:ffiiXE lil"ii*ni"I*,rii.il-i,;, i;;"riy pun.rraLed rhe ?::o?l,Hl"I"]l

Although running fult bank, Rocky Fork is easy to cross-:I:l ?":tg:::l ;;:-,,;;;;'=;';;"i *" foIlow-" .r uD L :;:'J';: ;:i:i;::" I.)L ILl6(:. :t :i:::]Ts":t;:::fln,.1:".113!"; *"V Thinking Jefe 'if,: Uu thirst; "o*,rii. ::"11^t?I:":l^:::"t5:i:ri? dolomite rhe exposed see.L^r can r ;;.:ii:'-a'.rol"' tlno a way to i?il";"i";";; . r +!.io ohnrr]rl he be a ".".r should - said -^:r this that geologisl-t"I,*y..t"uai"g a 1"t cliff. I am not escapeNiagran escaPethe Niagran Iongs to the - it belones ^.,^* ^-1't at "Peeb1es". "p-ot t oi" -,1: Silurian Age 'rlayer-caffid is u" ment over *,,"i:^:^iTu.:;;:'. arrhough rirrr.-""i ;:i:':?1,^*f;t1f,';'ui'ii;;"s ?::: Sl^i: ;^:l U"ti.a deeply il"".uth glacIaI debrls, except here alrrng Rocky fork. had adequate time to "goldbrick"' I once I have determined Ehat Jefe has downstream to the real gorge area' ;;;;t ut and we head on a detour the dolomite; Sorge.throu[h Rocky Fork has carved itseii a handsome-rock than the (earlier The llfinoian"glicier once again due to the gf""i.t. I'Je bedrock, through a new outlEt Wisconsin) forced Lhe stream to cutthe-cieek rvonderful a to come we unt'il follow Cave Road northeast aio"g Jefe along the road r walk out onto overlook near the road. Teth;;i;g me. i-..E the "Budwieser" blooming a' the redge - others have been befoie give me a momenLary sense of vertigo long the way. Sheer grey "fiii" sione and watch the Rock Doves (otherrvise but I sit. quietly upon lhe cool the goi[.:.. A l.arge slump rock of doloknown as pigeons)sweep down-into - it wa!9;; Iike Lhe-proverbialis ship mite sits in midstream parting the called is out fbund i lut", probably is ..if.a ship'ro.[.' (a"t,.,.IIy; t-he gorge walls I have my ut,i'a1ong rock tf,. oi top On Steamship Rock). rhe No.lr,uril 1^/hir; cEdar (Arborvitae)' firsr sighr of rhe graci.l-ruri., I take several min-

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t.heir presence makes Lhe air Seem f resher ' utest,osit'andabsorbtn"-"it',thesoundandthe:i:ll-:l-tl:^Y:'?::"UEES tO SIL A Further downstream there 'rs a fOre returning-Uo Jefe lo geE^my camera. many uniqu" plants such as sullivanside stream cilled cave nui tha! has f ascinating ;.li;', iu*it, lld several ria, trratking [.'ern, alother"gi;;iri is allorved' he where only caves. Bur today I have LeEe with me ";a;;;o (fo be continued) Somehow

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VOLUI.lE VI

NUMBER 3 1

C)C)O

990

AUTUN{N, 1987

MTNIIS 1'IIRIiII

that too distant a fuThe 1990 End-To-End Trail Hike looms in not allthaE will be used widely in hike the ture. t^Je are fooking for a name for are calling out members board and officers The NCTA ;;;;.ring rhe evenr. and f riencls Lo givc us yguI ul-,1:y-,lt :!:^":ltes [ ' ;;;i" ro''aIl rnernbers the name should be To date we have a tot.al of eleven. Keep in mina that LhaE the winner of catchy and noL Loo Iong ancl curnl>ersonlc. llclnember also the contest gets to hi[e the enLire trail free of charge' as a The editors want to offer a theme for the hike not as a name but Recent emphasis. The theme is that of "Hike America Too". ;;i"t-.f and by r'rorld the over all hiking in t. years have seen an increased interes rvith keeping in is movement This ,iy-"f a multitude of special tours. of aIl countries are .uiry ot.her events and acti.rities whereby *3.y

Pggpf: is a p"rt of the 8!od elrth.- tfrii kind of sharing mutual ,f,rii.g each;lh;.i. togethls in ;;;t-c3m*endable rhing because it"brings us all closer thing and let an on-going be that .uring for th; only wErld we have. LeL own body' our with share can uS of uS roi forget. our own spoL that each our own love and know we more mind and soul, it being t.he case t.hat the others. all wiLh it, iurf , t.he *or" we care f or, and share be preBy our August meeting, a basic organizational modus operandi yill a be will The.hike sented to the officeis, board and membership. and palticipation monuof Tanyt mental event requirl-ng'equatty colossal ef iort in place your for piease yourselves 6. r".Jy'to volun!""I -a.uas ;;;y-people. publicity, are: hetp for the effort. The three preseitly conceivecl fund-raising, and trail hike leadership' must be prepared Lo Pyt down on Pap-eT..,9t 31236 miles be- hiked each mire of of certified rrail bur ideniifiable trair that can be clear and clean will the way. It also does noL mean that each miledoes mean that each of t'he It. with markers and blazes and bright lights. to g? inside way lhe with seven states must be ready to piovide"hikers a total of 180 is ifs own borders. For examPle,'in Pennsylvania.!!.I" through tl,. Allegheny ied cerLif ur" LLg .g of if,oi. miles miles of trail. three short on and trails Forest National Forest, in the Baker and cookpart The Stat'e' Keystgl" the of of trail in t.he west central and Clarion a!-olg """li.ons 60.1 miles is readily identi-f iable ,"*rining .th. between three short AIlegheny Rivers to Parker t.heir wesLward into ohi6 Educational Environmental mileage secLions of certified trails in-Jenny's Parks' Centei and in Moraine and McConnelIs Milts State And away we go into the last. decade of t.he Twentieth Century head first in to the Twen t.Y Firs t . By 1990 we of

NCTA

Co-ediEors Smithipps

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LYME DISIIA.SE

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a TIC, a TAC, a T'OI1:k :'rEditbr t s" translati-on -s6 t.ick,-ryiII aLtack your ".toes' and any pl.ace else also goes. A Tick is a brg t.hat is more respectf ully called an arthropod and is, therefore, in the same insect family as the mosquito. It is also a vector becausc it caln transrnit discasc from an infect.ed animal to man. Ticks come in four stages; egg, larvae, nymph and adult. Each of these forms can transmit disease Lo each other and other animals, including man ; hor.rever , the mos t common is the adu I t bug . Ticks can transmit. disease because they are infected themselves wifh one of f ive t.ypes of micro organisms ; Richitts:i-a, SpirocheLe, Bact.erium, Virus and Prot.ozoa. There are a variet.y of disease forms t.hat can appear in man and depends on the prevalence of specific ones in dif ferent parts of the United Stat,es. They are known by the names: L. Rocky Mountain Spott,ed Fever 2. Lyme Disease 3. Tuleremia 4. Colorado Tick Fever 5. Babes ios is 6. Relapsing Fever 7. Tick Paralysis 8. Q Fever The one most common in t.he Northeastern United SLates is Lyme Disease, so named because it L,as first idenLified in a clust.er of residence in and around Lyme, Connecticut. This condition prevails all the way from one end of the North Country Trail to the other and beyond. The disease is best, discussed by its three slages as described in the following paragraphs. Stage f (the Acute Phase) - This stage occurs during t.he months of JunE and July when the adult t.ick is out and about. Sympt.oms begin within a few days to abouL a week af ter Ehe inf ected bite. The most common and cliaract,eristic early sign is a skin errupt,ion that occurs at the site of t.he bite. It begins as a flat or slightly raised, inflamed patch which steadily expands over several days reaching a diameter of from 5 to 60 centimeters. As expansion occurs the borders continue Lo be bright red and Lhe cenLer gradually becomes clearer. The lesion resembles L.hat of ringworm, although usually much larger. There may also be smaller, annular, satellite pat.ches around the initial lesion t.hat may conLinue to appear for several months in an untreat.ed case. Other earLy symptoms include; malaise, lethargy, headache, fever, chills, muscle and joint, pain, stiff neck and lymph node srselling. These symptoms may be intermitLenL over a period of several tueeks and can mimic f1ue, mononucleocis, measles, meningiLis and drug erruptions. The diagnosis must be made on the basis of alert meciical judgement -13-

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VI,

LYME DISEASE

NUMBER 3

Aurut'IN

L987

aL this stage' for there are no tests available to confirm the illness stage develops af ter several weeks St.age II (The Subacute Phase) - This cardiac symcertain"neurological and t.o several months. At thi;-li*" into December' The pt.oms appear ..a shouIC U""foot.a for f.o*-AugusIat. the beginning of anEibody tiLre blood serum test becomes-potitlve week af ter onset of illness ) and this st.age (by the end 9! the third rvilI conf irm that. t.he illness is def initely Lyme Disease ' can conLinue to be positive for It is the case that the blood test during that t ime. The antibodYsPend months or y"ui, and may fluctuate who iitr. can lf"o-vary vrith re-infection for t.hose individuals much time in infested areas' - This^stage develops from Stage III (fne Chronic or Art,hritic Phase) 60% of patient's' The weeks to y.ur" iutut and is-est.imated rc-LffecL the knees' arthrit.is most commonly afiects larger joints, especially Tetracyclin' Treatment. - The treaLment of choice is the antibiotic made and is be pos?ibly Ir. is srarted as early as;;.-ai;gnosi"-.u1 Treatsymploms' 6f on:ht duiation given for 10 t; ZO-a"V", aefenain[ compliand Eure .the disease '"f menL during Stage I will usirally j[tgt" II anielgYg"t'III along with io ,r"a cations. Tet,racyclin "uo "o-ir" Ind arthritic complicaspecific treatmenL for n""tofogf".1, "uidi.c tions; however, it, is not as tifettive as in Stage I' who may be exposed prevention - The hallmark of prevent ion for those of the body q"9.careful It is to tick bites is thorough claily inspecti;; ' ected f ingers ' removal of the tick wit.h tn.-"'"u of f orceps or- prof alcohol ' diihwater derisky ro clepcnc.l on petroleui J"rf Vl. "uii-["riin, do not complet'ely ret,ergent and the hot mat.ch b."i,r""- [h."t *Ltt"ti that are tef t behind ' move the t.ick or t,he inf ecied salivary ";a;;iiot't addition to a case of Lyme The mosL you can get from;h; h;t mati:fr-in hot foot for the Disease for yo,ri"Eff and a-second degree burn is a t ick. an in infested areas it can be For ihose of you r.rho live, work and playtest titre ant'ibody serum -io you havl. a'blood expedient .or,'"iJ"rulion that line is and to have base what'-vo"t i.,oro done once or t,wice a yu.t 'ii-lf.,"-gooa old summer Lime and one done when there are acute slmptoms and third stages' when experiencing symptoms of tfie-second be long -gone but the micro Remember this; t.hat the t,ick that bit may on and on ' org,anism i t leaves Uefrind in Your bodY goes Pathogenesis of LYme disease

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VI,

NUMBER 3

AUTUMN, L987

THE PEOPLE, YES! WE

'fHE

PEOPLI'J

ACalIForAnAinendmenttoTheU'S'Const'itution D. Igi:,.President, National EDINOTE - Follovring is an address by Jay and t,he ttLu'tt 5i-st Annual t'teetingparaI^liIdlife Federation presenLed at' rhese 25. pa'e Ls87, prinred in N";;;;;i.ilil;ri;;, ioJ"""lj"rv, that proposed a veryininterspe-ech the o.,." graphs arg the opening the about esting ancl exciting idea tf,ai we hopl to- f''""t rnuch'more similarly wish' future. It merits the atteniior,..d ""ppoti-oi aII r'rho need.

want and here-to aclcl an environmental en"One of the goals rvc havc establ-ishcd be our most to the Unit'ed Stat'es consti tution-maY q"riiiV t the right to

, tha ""."8*."t . W. n.,r. said , loudly 'r.r9. clearly during act to free sPeech ano e healthful environment is as inalienable as Lh right freedom of vrorshiP. I am proud t'hat the As a member of the National wildlif e Federation,endorsed ln Environmental delegates to lf,i" Annuaf erieii;;-;;;"i*o""iy the. first step' It rvill i"-;;ii ;f-.oitr., That, Amendment. Qualiry volunteers across our great take long hours and dedicaled i'rork by .any houles of Congress and threenation t,o p.r"rruJl Lwo-thi;;;;f-b.t[r quarters of t.he s tates t,o iuiif V a Cons Litutional amendment ' the proposed consLitutional amendment: Listen again to the words of clean'air, pure l"'gter,.productive soi-is and 'The people have a right. t; historit. recreational,re-est,o the conservation of the naLural,environment' "..ii., America's natural oi-ttr. thetic and economic valuesp.opr.., yet Lo come ' generations including sources uero"t-'i.-"rI the shall conGovernment StIttt unilea As trustee of these t."orti""r-ti. benef it of all people ' ' serve and maint.ain them f ;;-;f-t. lofty. Much like the ConsEi|uThe words are clear. The senLiment, is and seeks t; safeguard human values tion itself, our proposed amendment a is Selieve our goal improve the frumao'"ohdition. Eor Lhat tl'"o1, I historic one.

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October 16'1E, L987 4-H Center, Front RoYal, Vtrginia Friday Night

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NUMBER 3

AUTUMi!

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on our A sad story of Bones and Molly, two porcupines: tlat once lived spotted theyIt was around noon, one beautiful-day in June and trail. NoRTH this large beautifuf N.C.T: sign. It was Bones'downfall totoskip The c. plain (;;-y;;iii rater) and starl on couNTRY which is .. O was .,othing and then t.hey had a good time turning the N next.' letter ".. upside down for they bot6 could chew U up at Lhe same time' They took a short break and had.Tl saved the R for a rainy day' Of course, the las t let, t.er, you' ll have to f igure out Y ' Now, onto TRAIL and so f irst. t,hey took time out f or T and then R was put reaside for each Lo have one on thit rainy day. Bones looked'at the the on himself maining three IeLLers AIL and felt ill.- LIe then patted st,omac6 and said, I for me and told Molly to go to L' Both filled up; Bones decided that. he needed a toothpickr. so.splintered for the NORTH sig;r Lhe long $/ay. WiLh t.his in his mouth, he'headeg-IEsT like NORTH to turn a snooze undEr a big tIee, but that toothpick wanted the long pointer on our compass. It got Lrosswise in his throat and he choked to death. under our partially chewed up sigl just.north of YoutIl see his remains y1L23 and will knbw how he got his nam.e-from the pile of Brevoort, Lake on bones and needles that were left behind. Mo1ly wenL off a}l by herself and is now working on_our side by warning all porcupines not Lo mess wit.h our N.C.T. signs. POOR B0NES' \^Iere eviWe believe t.his t.o be truer ds we went down the Lrail...there chewed were dences of no hunti.g, no tiespassing and keep off -ilgns t'hat upr but the N.C.T. signs still stood and stood still. One for ourselves, but, we have a long way to go ye! t.o train others in the woods thaL we are all working foi the same goal...recreation, inrâ&#x201A;ŹIaxthe and cooperation - for we aft can enjoy oui sports together aLion'bpen spaces that was provided by mother naLure. wide Please help Molly to help us preserve our signs and markers' Au

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NUI"IBER 3

AUTUMN, L987

MARTHA'S MESSAGE

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of Virginia l:9, l1t rvith IN VIRGINIA - In L7L6, the-governor iu" so taken or-ii;C]:]:: ::9 knights up. !!. Irr.r. Biclg-e vo"'iui''' the the valleys below and mountains their mag,nrtr""r,". that,-he'"iui*ua ioi King-George I of England' J.t' ' and Anderson , Frank Sha i r9r z Joseph c9* ' In Lg27, Myron Avery , t1. c-. the f or claimed them _,t.'." the same mount"i"" and Joseph Cox, Sr. ciii,U.a the A.T. route was st,ill nebulous. APpalachian r."ir, Nlaine to Georgia - Nine clubs Thirt.y-one Clubs maintain t,he A.T. from of virginia which hosts one-quarter maintain the A.T. through iil; "tate mounfaiious that the National of the trail througll a mignificent ftu".-"i"i*ta area for Lhe American pubpark Servicell and U.S. forest-5"tti.u

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heart of t'he Blue HeId July 3rd thru 10th in Lynchburg, Virginia - the conferences I have Ridge Mountains - it was protably.oit ";-?h;-iihottest" tf't mid-high .99't with I hope ever attended - temperatures "ooristentiy-i". the most enjdyable and' humidit,y about f 5O7"i t t - U,r!,the -ul"9-l-?ne "t NCTA' ;;;;ii"1u1 for the growth of

exhibits in the huge The first, day and a half were spglt in setLing.up other exhibitors' Many Turner Gymnasium of t-ynchbuig 9;IIege^u"J-*tlii"L L6 Cuoigi" !h?i support the Appalachian of rhe 31 hiking clubs from-ilaine Trail were maintain sectioi" of the Aiialachian Trail Conference and help io*, ti-tb Atlantic to the ;;;;P;-f represenred, as were many "i1t.t hiking and elsewhere' pacific, plus hikerp from E;;l;"a, CaiaEa, [{t* Zealand supplies; trip hiking There were also exhibitors-oE hiking .q"iptl"i-and on a rew 1""' ror rartin[ trips organi zexs roi"sii;il;;.:wr;;:ii:;:f..Ta impretty a rivers in our country ' of the many Oeauiifi,f white waLer to promote the PreserDressive and porverful grouP of people IF otguni"a of "crlen Areas'' in the u's'A' ;;ii;; and Sunday interesting Workshops were scheduled throughout SaEurday UanJ .[]iiir'i;;'""i^5En) lve

nei[,hboring exhibitors g.a by "oIop.t"ting with allowing us f6r tttott pitiods of time were able t,o "cover" for uu.n btn.t interest' I was able to each to attend a i{orkshop oi t*o of particular lhe " (and hopef ully to some at,tend Lwo, "Fund Raisi,g.." neraEed to.-;[;-n.t. out brought which of both NCT), and "n""Lriri"e-iiEii"V"f""ieert", to NCT activities' and ippiita be could which inr,eresring i"i.iruilon our next meet'ing' which wiII b-";;;;EA-ufnng, io Board Memblis aE Saturday 3ld tYng:I-::r:::"til:.":;: There were General Meetings held both that the r ,,.,du'"tand Frrncl Ncrn tabre, r-anodrtr.tinn Lhe H:':"X';;.H'l:13:..;;;:;"E.o,ghr !_o . u, raLuLuov , r s u """"--',1niru Trail. IiSloll':;*3;t;;d;;;"F;; paE Keynote >peaKer (Thank you ,".r"iul ref erences Eo the Nort'h Co-^.^', .:-î, 4ni ac qnrr rporrests Eo ;;a; Sevefar maqe Noonan ! ). It broughE a number of interested sropped l:Ô::::":û:*,1"3Y?;t: with us, mv to chatahnrrlq?ty persons-who 3[l[1"'o?;;t :::'?il;'r,_til t^^1.'la rtrlr o'?H]"?g:o*:.?o:::r::: i';:.::fi ;;";i"r^st:;i';6:t' 1:I: ::*:Yh:: next conrerence' oi r l--^^L:^^f(sv t6e heard Sinlll'iofi"ilIi t.,tt\ ! I )' drasiit'rrv have .r,,ntea ?il:'1"!u'""ntages

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NUMBER 3

AUTUMN

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()vL'lI'trc cxlr il-i i Ls wt'l-(: l;oLlr :rcLiv(r ;lll(l wt'll ;rltt'tttlt'tl es ' cycl many our slide shorv \^/as well received ancl llan

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rvcck-cncl, plus

you start and terminate r.rhere he most of ten asked question r{as, "l^Jhy do'in Vet:mont to the Iiast (N/S tr:ail ou do; why cln.,it VnLr'join thc t.orig in the [i]est (from the TraiI !rail in Vermont) ancl In" Pacific i,Jorttrwest concerns which aOther Montana)?" Pacific to the Continental Divjcle in much trail is on "Horv rvay?": the rose h,ere: "Are there shelters along ntuch oi the trail Book?": "How citv streets?":rt r "Is r.ll there a Trail Cuide . I land?". is''proctected' y Monday noon, most pggple interested in exhibits of any kind 1rr9 assed tfrrough the 10b"(i), non-air conditioned Turner Gy* ung h3d So by Nlonurned their-energies to soaking up sunshine on the trails. of Iiterature pieces only anq ay evening aIl eihibits were clismounted emained oi the tables for-the-taking by a ferv stragglers, Elsie uld I ad made the unanimous decision to retain our air conditioned dormitory

, ;;'"' (;; ..rpi"e on the unshaded athletic f ield as origina-Ily. planned) the in tliking days. three the next for nd wâ&#x201A;Źr too, to5k to the trails lue Ridge Plountains is a tiroroughly delightf uI exper j-ence. e Entertainment Comnnittee of the Conference plied us with great hapenings every evening from concerts and dancing to movies and slide hows'of hiking the iorld over. The organizers of this L986 Conference eserve a huge vote of appreciation for-ttreir unEiring efforts and dediat.ion to mating this a most successf ul anci Lruely enjoyable event. It as indeed and a+ affair. Thank you for allowing me the privilege of

t Lending.

Martha K. Jones NCTA Representative at the AT Conference, Lynchburg, VA

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SIICOND I]IiST

NOW: A

TRAILS AI,ID GUIDES

AUTUIIN, l-987

PROPOSAI, ITOR TI1MPORARY ROT]TII DIIVEI-OPMENT

bY l'rles I3oYd President NCTA Board Member and Sout.hern i'ti.higut' Chapter

has come since 1980' you look at how fat the North Country Trail Much his been accomPlished: b't so it's easy to have mixed.toiit"". impossible' much remains t.o be done that sometimes the task Seems ilmost to the quality-Butof !h' I'm sure we would all like to have theittrail Ietrs f ace next year, too ' Appalachian Trail -- and like Lo have ' it; it's a long Process. the ApPalachian Trail (and theIt Benton McKaye first proposed Lhe idea of it"if)'i" early 1920's' lhtdepres-sllqly genesis of rhe idea bf tf,. North Countr| little was abouL tg't7 before ,.,yorL Look him .Z,tio"tfy, ?nd ConCivilian depression-era had been done bt-if,l *iaifgiO;", when !h. arm and m?ny -miles comLhe in shot a trail the servation Corps'grr. pleted. The irail was noL marked from end to end until after l^lorld

l^lhen

War II.

Lg57, forty-five.percent.of !h" caII LittIe known fact: as recenLly as the p"i servite would today what or, located was TraiI Appalachian years to of federal dollars in recentTrail' Despit,e masSive i;f;;io." trails. ten APpalachian the fgt wey purchase land for a p.r*.r,"it-right.f ter af i'"o.,.,."ii.,! years seventy Eections"- today, percent is stifi-i" Benton McKaYe.

with each other' For come, here we are among friends; rye 9an be honest users, it's bepot'ential to trail the 1990 hike and for promotion of lhea-wf,of" even if much of it triil, coming increasingly neces";;t-io-h.tr" Iinking routes" ied is in connecting sections r oI even ,r.,rutlta-isugges Lhe guidebook' need l"-i.ltoil-(we that the user must consurL "-g"iJ.u."t i;;; but t,hat's an achieveablE goal by 1990)' is going to be disillusioning Having a fragment,ed lrail of steppingstones -a 99*Prete . Hiving both to tt.re potential user-""a-tb'tnE developer. with both in-deafing inialuable rudi*.r,l.ty? how trail, no matter TifI.be of pat'tern known a Given and p.irr"i"'individuals. government than secLions connect'ing U. much .rsi.r t.o imProve existing use, it. wilI"g"r,"i." since use of lot' a that. may noI 8et it is to develop a cerLified traii incomplete' still are ua3oining secEibns a fully certified trail While consLrucLing t.he North Coultry Trail as and one we should not lose from the end to end is an admirable'go?l the f orseeable f uEure I unless it's rlot liket;-;;-[;rgg; i; Tharrs sighr of unlikely. ;;Ei;ryi. prt_oriries changl radiciity. for "second best"' Some might charge that, in doing tlrisI we are seLtling somet'hing But, *u't" better of f to have In t.he shorL run, this is truel than comfirst a perfect route thaL is that is second best nowr rat,her pleted end to end in 2087. Aooalachian Trail Lomorrow, and l,tre're not. going to get something like the trlit, we're going Lo have even unless we E"t 6usy developing conLinuous ;;;. than 6o Yeari catching uP to do ' -'1.9-

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The sil-uaLicln

SIMPLY SACK

(IIOI

SIMON)

AUTUI.IN

L987

Irr spite of a hugc i.:; si.trti-l.:.rr oll Lhc l'rrc i. I'ic Ct:r:s l- T'r;t i.l is Public owned Iands along its rouLe, a hea I t.hy percen t age

percentage of stifl "cEnnecting secEions" with anyone According to my figures (which do noL neccessarily ag.ree certif ied or 6ith.t is currentiy Trail else,s) 427. of t,he North C;;;trt connecting sections, with more i" t,he works; the hope is for 507" by 1990' of We would not be that far along were it not for the unstinting support has trail th9 majority -of new the U.S. Eorest Service,,po.,-rto"" lands news in that s tatement : s bad there' But igab. been cons t,ructed since Development;h;;"is 1ot a lot of foresL service land left to develop' publiclycooperat.ive less into out to move have t,o of the trail i;-t"i"g held Iands. Yet, in 1990r wâ&#x201A;Ź have a plan to walk t.he whole trail from end to end!

see the Nort'h Country Therets a lesson here. While we all would like t,oLo be ashamed Lo be i,rify certified, I d;;it think that v/e need i;;ii located on roads, snowforced to temtorarily'd"tr"top "o.,tecEing sectigo".true in areas where land like.' This is eEpecially mobile rrail"l-;;a-ri'," like that, we're gois predominant,Iy held in private ownership; in Lt.." ir,g'io have to iake whaL ire can get and like it; temporarily may come t'o mean a long time indeed. They will need Developing such sections is not exceptionally-d.rf f icult. with "o*. sort of btandprdized marker, and scatrered *"r[i"el-h;;;i"iIy ;;;i"trat,ion of If,e "brr,."i'i.,g secLj-ons wit.h t,he National Park Service and the North Country Trail Association. SIMPLY

SACK

(not sacks ) From the desk (kirchen r.abre) of Ruth sack MembershiP NCTA the BuckeYe TraiI AssociaAoril 24-26 - I attended t,he annual meet'ing ofOhio. State Park near PerrysviIIe, ffi;;frtnican to Jim Sprague' Yes Emily Gregor has passed the leadership-"f the BTA of us at the NCTA" many EmiIi, those ripples that V""-.i."t.ed' inspired

of t,he American Hiking !.oc,l."ty'pict'ures .Pre;[;" "Hike-A-Nation - 1980-81" ' Th-" sented her excellent slide were taken as Susan and tr"t-[ioup t it"a f rom the Pacif ic Eo the Atlant'ic Susan Henley, Execut,ive Direct.or

from Alexandria, Virginia' Also f ea Eured was Jeane t t,e Fitzwilliams Trails Council! Jeanette is the founder of the National wild June 15-19- - I joined 43 hikers in ald around onaway,Mi"ligan's Big iffi8eon.[.iverCountyis-known)..DebBeckwithandRuthAnne in Wendrow executed a week of'w.tI planned hikes. My favorite d?y was a and s-wimming was the beaut,iful area of tf,e Ocqueai Falls where there planfor family Thanks ro new NCTA members the Lassner ;i;";;d-picnic. cookout ning our up my summer's Art Holland's long hike in lhe UP will wind August 23-25 groups - and I am hi-king activities. I find NCTA members in all of t,hese amas I sure that they are enjoying this interact.ion as much -?-o-

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NUMBER 3

TAHQUA

FRIENDS

TRAIL

AUTUMN, L987

FRIEND

distance hike' I While scouting lhe N.C.T. for the Lg87-100 mile long f'aIIs River to visit drove up Lhe Tahgua Traif ,-ufo"g--th" -Tahquamenon trail-member's mother) ' with May Nelson (goU, one of o.,i hard *;;[i;gLef and Elsie Demorest up for iriends, She told me to bring my ".o.ti;; coffee the next morning and so I did' friendly, has lots of Mrs. Nlay Nelson is a super wonderfyl person; Ygry f eL ' I'rIe had a great time ' interes ting s tories to teIl and makes- good iof scouLing to do, so departed but finally realLzed. that. we had a tot-*oi. after hearing one of her stories about the trail in 1981' between the Some people were working, scouting ancl hiking on lh" EraiI SIate Park' One of the ladies lower Tahquamenon Falls-and the Rlvermouth by another' Later' three men broke an arm, so was taken-to Lhe hosp|ta1 the Lwo ladies being lost in about were outside her place,,r.rf-"o"."i""h the swamp near the trailthere were ten more in May invited them in for cof f ee, !-ot re3lizrng that happened to the latha part.y that she didn't see. She told them what two week her they atL uP diesi she served them several pot" of.coffee, overnight, gaI of cookies, then ended up keeping the broken arm ""ppiy wh'iie'the oLher stayed in the state park' be 9Yt working on the trail Grateful, kind people like May Nelson may-not re-routing around !h" flooded like her son Bob, clearing be'aver dams.i'afor this North Country Trail areas, but they are a great encourQgemenL in becoming a i:ea I i ty in the near f u ture ' your help Thank your Mrs. May Nelson, and all other super nice people for all along the trail. Art HoIland THE LITTLE PEOPLE

Country Trail AssociSo often we forget. the "Little People'of the North well-beitg, its iLs growth, io its ation', who arI-fii*p..a""t-f.opf""

Iiving.

that. are of ten tedious, These ttlmportant PeoPIett do t.he lit.tle things ofLen thankless in so many too repetitious and overlooked and remain all organ izaLions . and envewe all know who they or we are i the lett,er writers, the stamp the people, Express t;p;-ituf f ers and lickers, it staplers, t,he Pqny

" the proof readers, lhe organLzets' etc' the fypi=ts, aIl-errand rrrnr,.t", 'runirirrle derailir' *r.l make'up and keep every organizaLion ;;-";-;;;t ning smoot.h and in Lune. ImportanE Hundreds (someday it will be thousands!!!) of these "Lit'tle Countrv rhe NorLh i;;;;i;;-*;k;' ;;-tn"-uorth couniry TraiIupAssociation. and all one so it may cheer lhem -combinedr'make Trail Association wants them Lo'stand called one tolossal ef f ort' for Lheir aai-ry-.rioit" th;;, the North CountrY Trail. -2L-

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,iNTATIVE SCI{EDUI-E FOR'I'llli t'Al.l- i'lUrl'fLNG Olr'l'Ltli i"lORlll-l C0UN'fliY TIir\IL ASSOCIATION IN I'ltNNIrlSO'l'A: liorrrc[ rncrnl)crs (l i.(l l]oL sctlcl :rrly corrccLious

ot.her than Smith/l{ipps \{3nt Io canoe. The rive:: ]-errel is Iot"- The Iate surnmcr ra ins rni gl-r L cotnc . DESPERATE PLEA: l"linnesota illernbers pleasc.l.et me l;-not'r yoLlr availability and help Iocate sponsors Lor tl-re col-fce br:caks attd recognitior-r l-uncheon. STUDY THE SCI-IEDULE ACAIN AND OTF'liR [I]]LI,, PI-EASE. RECOGNITIOI\] AND RECREATION

ocToBER 9, FRTDAY

7:00-10:00

in the Doug las Lodge llee t ing room, "Lleritage Room" (:rrris. is not a dinner meeting, non-

BOARD IIEETING

N{.

board members \\relcome). ocToBER

10,

SATUR DAY 9:00-10:00 A M.

10:00-10:30

10:30-11: O0 A

11:00-11:30 11- :

30- L2:OO

LZ:OO- 1:00

i'I .

A M. A P

M. M.

NCTA FAI-L BUS INESS l'lEETING , Fores t Inn COFFE[ BREAI( ( Sponsor needed ) ED SOLSTAD: TRAIL BUILDING IN TI.IE BOUNDARY I'/ATERS AND ]]ItE I]EAUTY OF TIIE ROVERS TRAIL I UNDING tIII(ING '1'RAILS, A CASE EXAI'1PLE - LAI(E SUPIlRIOR I{IKING ASSOCIATION C0t"t"Illi BltljAl( (S1-,<-,nsr-rr Nceded) Tr-tE 1990 3200 I.1rLE END-TO-END Hrt(E PLAN, BUDGET, ItOUI.'II, JOHN tlIl.'PS (['ennsylvanier) aud ART HOLLAND (

1:00-

00P

ttictr igan

)

ItICOGNITION OI,"I'IIE CER'I'IFIED TIIAIL IN CTIIPPE\iA NATIONAI- I"ORIiST LUNCLIEON ( Sponsor needed ) , Douglas

Lodge Dining

Roonr

DISI{ ( f f you don ' t know what a "Hot Dish" is, you must read Howard I'lohr ' s book, "Hoiv to Ta lk Minneso Lan" bef ore the meeting). MENI

MINNESOTA I,JII-D RICE tlOT

IlECOCNITIOI{ 0I Tllll I.'li],VATII Lz\ND OhrNEItS, TITAIL I'lAIN'TENANCE VOLUNTEET1S AND CIIIPPE\"/A FOREST SERVICE: TOI'1 RIIIMIiRS , ( llew York ) pnns rDENT N. c. T. A. 2

:00- 5:00

CHOOSE ONE:

HIKE

OUTDOOR

ACTIVITY

TII.1E

aud D. N. R. personnel r"ill Iead a hike on the EraiI in IEasca Sta[e Park eligible for certifica-

Tom Reinters

tion as North CounLry TraiI. (nrvnn T.EVEL rs LOw) ART HOLLAND rvilr lead a canoe trip I-ronr Lake Itasca dorvn the i'lississippi to I{anagan i-anditrg. (ff yoLl plan to canoe and can brj.n g your ot{n canoc please do. Ilen tal canoes f rom tl're Pa rk can' t go down rj.vcr. MinnesoLa members help locaLe additional canoes ) . [,oop the 1>ark on tra j.l and r"i. lderB ICYC],]1 (f,n truC YOUR 0l{N): 3. rlcss <.lr.i.vc - 1.8 tni.lcs. I-liADIill, NIiliDIlll.

CANOE:

(continued on nexL

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VOLUME

PAUL

NUMBER 3

AUTUMN, 1987

BUNYAI'J

4. 5. 6. in Leres t ing. DINNER ON YOUR

OI^]N

8:00- 9:30 P.M.

TIME, MEETING ROOM DOUGLAS LODGE' In the evenitg, Ioggers would sit around telling tall

PAUL BUNYAN s

tories

will lead campfireless singing (I"n asking you now) RUTH SACK will recite "casey at Bat" (I'* asking you now) ftffUfnS HIKING STORY: "The Hike was going just ereat until we stumbled across a EOLLaNO'S CANOE STORY: "It was one of those canoe but tripsr You wished everything Yq"ld go^rigl!, no was it So wouldn't' yo,r'kneiv in your heart it surprrse thai ..." BIKERS STORY: "Biking wilhout. dogs chasing you can be a joy, but -.-.--" RUNNEB,S- StOny: "I was running in perfect harmony reality with coa-ana lhe universe, when a little no could I so U"g"" knocking ol my consciousness African an of story the is ignore"ir". This i;;t;, Fractured Fable. HORSEBACK RIDERS STORY: "You know trees are not as t.all as theY used to be" ' DERECK BLOUNT

9:30-10:00 P.M.

VESPERS (rqO PIANO OR ORGAN AVAILABLE) CLERGY VoLUNTEER.

OCTOI,ER TL-L6

RECOGNITION AND GUIDE PREPARATION HIKE MrLE SEGMENTS) (68-MiaEs rN APPRoxTMATELY

THE RECOGNITION HIKE OF TIIE CERTIITIED NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL THROUGH FOR SEGMENT EACH FOR CT{IPPEI,trA NATIONAL FOREST. TRANSPORTATION AS MANY AS YOU HAVE TIME. BACK PACKERS GO AT -'oOiirr DAY HIKERS. HIKE yOUR Ot47N pACE. FOnCsT YoUP. WATER FILTER. EACH HIKER I{ILL EACH SEGBE ASKED TO WRITE DOI,IN T}IE MOST INTERESTING FEATURE FOR THE IN MENT. THEIR COMMENTS I^IILL NB COLLECTED AND INCLUDED SHOULD TRAIL I'IAKE GUIDE FOR THE NCT IN CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST. THIS AN INTERESTING AND I{ELPFUL GUIDE. IIr. NoRTI{ STAR has given me permisg}on to go canoe:ng. .I.will be

rvill start' mail agaii afLer Aigusl L4' On Augggt 1? I rtde/tace' "nrrlting f;' ;; rirst century- ut:l:r:100. There is ;t-;;;ai?i"ri;s-;;;;';;Drop nie a Iine if you plan to'enter the HEAbtTATEilS f or the af ter small town German Res t,aurant in Park Rapids ;-;;";t (continued on next Page) -23-

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AGENDA

NUMBER 3

tho r..lco monl. Tho Nortlr Corrntry Marathon is thc samo rvcokcnd, So rrr:ryltc Llrosc t-tI yoU wlto ilru t..tllllluL'S ciltl joi.rt uS. NORTH COUN'I'RY 'I'ITAII- IJVIiN'fS

IN MINNUSO'I'A: 100 l} lcY(ll,l': ltA(:l':,

l'n

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I{n

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SEPTEMBER 262

I,JAI-KER/NORTH COUNTRY MARATI]ON ANd 1-OK RUN N.C.T.A. FALL MEETING AT ITASCA

9-10: OCTOBER 11.16: OCTOBER

RECOGT{rrrot{ HrKE OF CHTPPEI{4 NAT.IONAL FOREST

NORTH COUNTRY

TRAIL ASSOCIATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

October 9, t987 It,asca State Park Heritage Room, Douglas Lodge Lake I t.asca , Minneso ta 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

. 1. 2. 3. 4.

Call the meet.ing Eo order -

AGENDA

Tom lleimers

Minutes of Diredtors meeting of May L5, L987 - Tomi Spyker Treasurerrs report - Ken Gackler Activities reports a. Membership - Ruth Sack b. Finance - Ken Gackler c. Headquarters - Virginia Wunsch d. Newslet.t.er - John Hipps/Barbara Smith e. Membership developm.ent. - Pat. Allen f. NPS brochure - Pat Allen g. 1990 tin<I-to-End llike Art. llollarrd/Joht'r llipps h. National Park Service .- Tom Gilbert i. 1988 annual meeting program - Tomi Spyker/Virginia [,'Iunsch/John Hipps

LoLll organizing commit.tee - Chris Bredlow 5. 01d Business a. Appalachian Trail Conf erence meet.ing_-.Martha b. fliifs Syst.em Improvement Act - Tom Reimers c. One-hundred mile hike Art HoIIand j.

New Business a. NCTA policy regarding snowmobiles on b. St,atus of NCT Advisory Council c. Appointmenl of Nominating Committ,ee

d. Olher matters from Directors

7. Adjournment

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Jones

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"A RArNBow suRpRrsE"-EoR Hrpps JOIIN

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' 1987

II TPPS

name"'HIPPS often hear him saying the spelling- of his I yet ptayful sof ,,you HIPPS...You wiitrkis it are sitti"*Z;iandlng o., tn"*"'...il. says impish chuckle. little boy-who never grew up": " John is the epitome of Peter Pan...t'The charm, he- is simply and sweeLIy, with his f orr[i.-ii"er ula fti"- ""troolboy A REAL HUMAN BEING. The members of the Nort.h Country Trail Association have knowh John as Country.Trail 1::otiation their edit,or of its NewsletLer "i.,"" the North two oliginaI. (Glnny of and t.he NewsletLer's inception in 1980. One uog fun-loving attilude toil sweat, Iabor, being the oth;;i-*"*U.i"r'ti" Nort'h Country Trail oLher have poured into the Newilett,er and'Ehe *?ly North po!), Associarion p;;i.;;; (lik;-irr.-goId into tha -keeping.the just a rvhim noL Trail Association C;;"i;, Traii uia Lhe North Couitrytrue' but a fantasy/dream that y41 come Manv members of the Associat.ion have commented often that the Newsletter us rrail and the AssociaLion and what. pul-ls i]""t.-";;;-fp"r".i -i"g"ther.- WeIl,;i-rh; Hipps then...John pulse th9 is if the newsleLt,er -is "if the heart...thaL hai kept the Newsletteq coming ouL 3-4 times a year for the past seven years (ii's a Rainbow!!!!!!!)!!! . Members and all who are lucky enough to know John Hipps will agree. the on fitting more be could .NoLhing "To know him, is t,o love himi'. . Hipps. .. shirt,s leeve of t.his man. . .John

JOHN

(Hrp,

HooRAH TIMES THREE AND A BIG THANK "YOU") HrPPS HOORAH

Barbara A. Smith, :| :i1.A,

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INFOzu.IATION DATA FO}t}4 I'OR PRESEI{T AND PROSPECTIVE MEI{BEIS

Present

Name

Member

Prospect

Address Phone:

Home

Spouse and Children

How

dtd you learn of

NCTA?

Where

Prevlous Why

NCTA member? Yes

are you not PresentlY a

member?

Other Trail or 0utdoor groups of whlch you are a

Dla a NCIA member

soltcit you to Jojn I{CTA?

l.Iho

Mtscellaneous Informatlon

Membershlp AppllcatJ.on Form

al - 1,\)-

Yes

member

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