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Treeline Memorial Gifts came from the estate of a member of the Damascus church whose son was an A.T. hiker, she said. “I think the thing that has meant the most has been the letters,” Hayes said. “I was glad I did this, just to read the letters. People said the nicest things. And, a lot of the hikers will be coming here in April to help us clean it up and get it ready for Trail Days.” Hiker John O’Mahoney, who helped coordinate the hiker contributions, said that a ceremonial presentation of an oversized check for the hiker funds will be made at Trail Days, the town’s annual celebration of hikers and hiking, scheduled for May 19–21.♦ Deaths Guy Waterman, author and maintainer UY WATERMAN, AN INFLU- author of books Gential on wilderness conservation and the history of trail-making in the northern Appalachians, froze to death February 6 near the summit of Mt. Lafayette, on Franconia Ridge in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. His death was ruled a suicide. He was sixtyseven. Mr. Waterman was an avid climber and longtime volunteer with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC). With his wife, Laura Waterman, he had adopted the section of the Appalachian Trail along Franconia Ridge, carefully building walls and steps to keep hikers from damaging fragile alpine plants at a time when overuse was causing extensive damage to the above-treeline ecosystem on Franconia Ridge. The Trail work done there by the Watermans and others is credited with helping trampled vegetation recover. It became a model for trail design in similarly fragile alpine environments. The Watermans, a husband-and-wife writing team, were authors of the influential books Backwoods Ethics and Wilderness Ethics, both instrumental in the Appalachian Trail Conference’s 1995 policy mandating that the primitive character of the Trail be preserved. This policy has since been integrated into all Trail and resource decision-making affecting the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Their most extensive work, Forest and Crag: The History of Hiking, Trail Blazing, and Adventure in the Northeast Mountains, contains numerous references to the early history of the Appalachian Trail. It took more than a decade to prepare and is without equal in documenting the trail and mountain history in the eastern United States. Before moving to Manhattan in the late 1960s, Mr. Waterman had been a successful jazz pianist. His career included work as a campaign speech writer for Presidents Eisen-hower, Nixon, and Ford. He met Mrs. Waterman, who became his second wife, on a climbing trip with the AMC New York Chapter. As soon as they were able, they moved to a primitive twenty-seven-acre farm in East Corinth, Vermont, Since our last edition, donations to the Appalachian Trail Conference were made in memory of: RAY BROWN • By Roberta K. Tower CLARA CASSIDY • By Marylee M. Armour, John and Dorothy Hughes, Larry E. Kinley, Bernie C. Klemanek and Pat Callahan, Leila B. Lange, Dell Loyless, Robert and Tobey Milne, Joe and Miriam Nokes RICHARD B. CLARK • By Marguerite T. Clark ART COMEY • By Bill and Iris Baird CHRIS DEFFLER • By Edwin and Margaret Deffler EDWARD B. GARVEY • By Jim Stoltz KENNETH E. HOPPEL • By Anonymous, Thomas and Carol Anderson, Bradley and Bonnie Awe, James and Ruby Barron, Sondra Bartley, Thomas and Anna Lois Beumel, Linda Clark, Ronald and Wanda Goodnight, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hartig, Hoosier Backpackers Indiana, Kevin and Darlene King, Robert and Gail Lehr, Louise Lutz, Elizabeth Lyon, Scott and Janet Mohler, Mohler Technology Inc., Clark and Laura Moranz, Neal Scruggs Family, Larry and Alice Wildeman CHARLES THOMAS JACKSON • By Bill and Iris Baird FRANK “SHADOW” LEMIEUX (’97) • By Cathie “Fruitcake” Cummins WILLIAM J. MILNE • By Paul Restuccia HAZEL MONROE • By Piedmont Appalachian Trail Hikers BETSY NOVICKI • By Piedmont Appalachian Trail Hikers ORION MEADE PAISLEY • By Ernest and Elizabeth Jones GEORGE SAYRE • By Loren and Betty Schroeder, “The Kansas Kids” PAUL S. SCHNARE • By Dorothy H. Schnare MARSHALL STONE • By Roy Anderson, Robert and Therese Chaisson GUY WATERMAN • Bill and Iris Baird CHARLES WELLS • By Piedmont Appalachian Trail Hikers GEORGE F. WERNER • By William and Elaine Herrmann, Paul and Joan Housworth named “Barra” after Water– man’s Scottish ancestral home. The couple cut by hand all their firewood, grew their own vegetables, and made maple sugar. At Barra, they wrote by kerosene lamp on an old typewriter. More than 200 friends and admirers attended his memorial service at the Congregational Church in East Corinth on February 17. Music included a medley of piano works that Mr. Water-man had performed and recorded to be played at his funeral. ♦ 16 MAY–JUNE <strong>2000</strong>
“2,000-Milers” for <strong>2000</strong> The Appalachian Trail Conference has received 550 reports of complete hikes of the Trail—either by thru-hikes or in sections over a number of years—since a similar list was published in last May’s ATN. The reports from persons listed below are grouped by the year in which the hike was completed. The database and other records from which this list is derived were prepared by intern Matt Rice and volunteers Fred and Joanne Firman, with the assistance of Laurie Potteiger and Lauren Post of the ATC Information Services Office. 1978 J. Andrew Walsh, Scituate, Mass.; Christopher J. Yambor, Annandale, Va. 1986 Kent H. Kannegieter (O-D-Doe), Glen Allen, Va. 1988 George A. McDaniel III (Telephone Man), Independence, Va. 1991 Richard M. Callahan (Mike), Annapolis, Md.; David P. Ransom (Spoons), Waterville, Vt.; Louise S. Ransom (Spoons), Waterville, Vt.; Dana D. Thurston (Stryder), Yarmouth, Maine. 1992 Frederic L. O’Connor (Chooch), Moran, Wyo. 1994 Keith Kimball (Wolf), Clifton, Va.; John Robblee (Packrat), Salem, Mass. 1996 Zaz Brelsford (Sunbeam), Putney, Vt.; Bob L. Lively (Lively), Cary, N.C.; Matthew Sweeney (Aussie Crawl), Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia. 1997 Jennifer E. Baehre (Hat Trick), Annandale, Va.; Michael D. Baehre (Dingleberry), Annandale, Va.; Jonathan E. Haas (Eagle), Philadelphia, Pa.; Michael W. Kemner (Wings of Desire), Lebanon, Ohio; Timothy S. Schoolcraft (Vermontster Green Bean), Randolph Center, Vt.; J. Harmon Steiner (Harmony), Atlanta, Ga.; Colin S. Thomas (Easy 8), Chapel Hill, N.C. 1998 Laurie M. Adkins (The Umbrella Lady), Catawba, Va.; Leonard M. Adkins (The Habitual Hiker), Catawba, Va.; Brendan O. Bogan (Brendan), Rolla, Mo.; Morgan Briggs (Old Smoky), Pigeon Forge, Tenn.; Eric Brunet (Eric the Red), Longueuil, Quebec, Canada; Kierstie Clark, Newport, R.I.; Jason Corry (Aeneas), Watertown, Mass.; Ryan A. Crawley (Crawl-dog), Roanoke, Va.; Janis H. Eisenberg (Swimmer), Woodbridge, Conn.; Howard W. Emerson (Assman of the Emerson Brothers), Great Bend, Pa.; Justin R. Gallagher (Muledozer), Vail, Colo.; Rich C. Gambale (Greenleaf), Tyngsboro, Mass.; Melissa S. Goehrig (The Hare), Flagstaff, Ariz.; John F. Golle (Longdrop), Palmers Green, England; Nat Greenspan (Polar Bear), Jamaica Plain, Mass.; Matthew C. Hasuly (Rimrunner), Greer, S.C.; Chris A. Ingraham (Free Spirit), Lawrenceville, Ga.; Brian Kelly (Too Obtuse), Sanbornville, N.H.; Aaron K. Kraft (Still Thinking), Minocqua, Wis.; Courtney L. Mann (Mogo), Round Hill, Va.; Jonathan R. McLamb (Woodpecker), Roseboro, N.C.; Jeff E. Murkett (Can-Do), Crested Butte, Colo. (completed twice); James R. Ohler (Jim), Severna Park, Md.; John L. Ohler (John), Queen Anne, Md.; Ronald L. Ott, Jr. (AT 2), Muncy, Pa.; Andrew L. Petersen (Alpo), West Fairlee, Vt.; Sharon L. Petersen (Quilter), West Fairlee, Vt.; April D. Peterson (Trail Gimp), Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Philip W. Piaski (Gnatcatcher), Newton, N.C.; Jamie A. Rankin (Lemonhead), Epworth, Ga.; Warren P. Renninger (Lake), Muncy Valley, Pa.; John R. Rist (Patches), Fallston, Md.; Janet L. Roberts (Shutterbug), Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada; Gordon C. Rollins, Jr. (Gooner), Orlando, Fla.; Jordan T. Snow (Wandering Bear), Thomaston, Ga.; John Starr (Yo Yo), Minneapolis, Minn.; Robert E. Strootman (Silverfeet), Jackson, Wyo.; Junius R. Tate (Model T), Woodlawn, Tenn.; Claudia Tuor (Swiss Miss), Plons, Switzerland; Jerry I. Ziemer (Goat Legs), McHenry, Md. 1999 Michael R. Adamo (The Gambler), East Northport, N.Y.; Daniel R. Alexander (Butkus), Homewood, Ala.; William M. Alexander (Sticks), Atlanta, Ga.; Ben P. Allen (Uncle Ben), Sartell, Minn.; Mark R. Allen (YN0T2K), Sartell, Minn.; Matthew C. Allen (Caboose), Long Beach, Calif.; Huma Alvarado (Morning), Asheville, N.C.; Thomas W. Anderson (Tommy Sweats), Vienna, Va.; Christopher K. Andrews (Wood Doctor), Hixson, Tenn.; J. Blake Andrews (Spoonman), Alpharetta, Ga.; Bruce L. Andrus (Sidewinder), East Hampton, Conn.; Jeffrey J. Apolinario (Patches), Peekskill, N.Y.; Brian T. Arntz (Grubby), Greenville, Mich.; Heather Lynn Arsenault (Moglo), Townsend, Mass.; Richard N. Ashley (Zip Drive), Arlington, Va.; Jason S. Badders (Duke), Otsego, Mich.; Anonymous Badger (Anonymous Badger), Coudersport, Pa.; Chris Bagby (Spur of the Moment), Atlanta, Ga.; Carol D. Baker (Snowy Egret), Houston, Texas; Lissa C. Baker (Stowaway), Houston, Texas; Ronald B. Baker (Leafhopper), Houston, Texas; John H. Balentine (Zin Slojourner), Westerly, R.I.; Bill Bancroft (Gaseous), Bryan, Texas; Ted Barnette (Little John), Spartanburg, S.C.; Anthony J. Barrett (Only Tony), Hingham, Mass.; Shawn A. Basil (Bearpaw), Bowling Green, Ky.; Charles E. Baughman (Chief No Pecs), Hendersonville, N.C.; Linda M. Baughman (Mom), Hendersonville, N.C.; Sonia Beaudoin (Huayna),St-Christophe D’Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada; Leonard C. Bechler (Rhubarb), Oakland, Calif.; Monika Beckmann (Monika), Stockholm, N.J.; Stephen M. Beggs (Dr. A), Middleburg, Va.; Jean-Francois Belzile (KayBek), St-Augustin, Quebec, Canada; Omer Benayahv (Timeout), Bet-Yannay, Israel; Bryn A. Bender (Dragonfly), Perth, Australia; Gary M. Bissaillon (Mr. B), Skaneateles, N.Y.; Bryan W. Black (#1 Gopher), Savannah, Tenn.; Andrew J. Blubaugh (Semper Fi), Wadsworth, Ohio; Alison D. Bochner (Bugbite), Deerfield, Ill.; Vincent C. Bochsler (High Country), Rock Springs, Wyo.; Brad K. Boehringer (Orion), Doylestown, Pa.; Gabriel R. Boisseau (Luna), St. Johnsbury Center, Vt.; Justin D. Bonnett (Ragweed), Forest Lake, Minn.; Molly A. APPALACHIAN TRAILWAY NEWS 17
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