<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'll be leaving y'all for a bit = starting this Friday evening.  Once again going on my annual cross country back = packing trip.  This year it's the entire JMT from end to end in the = California High Sierra, (about 250 miles).  I'll be going with three other people I = haven't met before but they haven't met any of each other either so that makes = us all even.  We're looking at about 19 days for completion and 50,000+ =  feet altitude gain/loss.  I typically loose a pound a day on these trips = so I should come back a mean, lean, tuning machine.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Attached is a picture from one = of my last trips I did in this area.  Do I look cool?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, = NV</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>