Comments on: Coolest people you’ve met on hikes

By: Dan Mitchell

Dan Mitchell — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:36:37 +0000

I’ve met quite a few, but one who sticks out in my memory is a women that my wife and I met near the start of our first two-week Sierra Nevada pack trip. We were one day out when we met “Sig,” who was hiking alone on her first long pack trip - and perhaps her first pack trip period. She was very unsure of herself but figuring things out fast. She was also of an age that I considered “old” back then - about the age I am now - and I was astonished and impressed that such a person would head off into the wilderness alone.

By: tom

tom — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:56:23 +0000

Randy: that’s very cool: I tracked their progess across the country on the blog here.

By: Randy L

Randy L — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:34:26 +0000

It was very cool meeting these two in October of 06 while on a hike at Mt Diablo. Robin (Laatsch) Grapa, and her mother Patty. At the time this photo was taken they were just completing their cross country hike on the American Discovery trail to raise awareness and money for bone marrow diseases.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/121/274788533_0223af1b01_o.jpg

More info is at their website:
http://www.ourhike.com/

By: Randy F

Randy F — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:13:19 +0000

Running across 4wheelbob on that Two Heel Drive meet-up at Las Trampas earlier this year was pretty special.

By: tom

tom — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:57:41 +0000

And of course I’ve omitted all the cool Two Heel Drive regulars I’ve hiked with: Russ, Dan, Cynthia, Bob, Randy, Steve, Rebecca, John, two Ricks, three Toms … chime in if I’ve forgotten anybody ….

By: fedak

fedak — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:23:44 +0000

Jack English, the ~85 year old Korean War vet that lives in Pine Valley the Ventanas.

http://www.fedak.net/photos/MillerMountain/IMG_2877-standard.html

By: Stephen Braunlich

Stephen Braunlich — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:25:13 +0000

Back when I was on the American Frontiers Public Lands Journey we were backpacking in the Gros Ventre when we came across a man by the name of Chuck Streeper. I wrote about it here, but this is the brief description:

“[T]his odd fellow was a true to form mountain man by the name of Chuck Streeper. In 1969 he went out into the woods on a horse for a short trip