Snowcreek to San Jacinto

[Cy Kaicener]

thanks Jim but no luck. It looks very complicated

[Hikin_Jim]

It's not so bad.

HJ

[bamm321]

Thanks for the writeup and pictures. I am really looking forward to doing this hike in the spring!

[zippetydude]

Hi Ellen. Loved the pictures! One of them looks strikingly like the view I had on Black Mountain, which is not surprising since I was replenishing the cache at the (unknown place). Nice job on completing another PCT! I remember discussing the "Blair Witch" sign and the ghost forest when we did the trail a few years back. Now lets see if we can get through the following winter without you spending any nights in the Ski Hut!

Hey Arocknoid, I thought you would be interested in this. The poem by Sandburg actually begins "The fog comes on little cat feet."
Upon reading your allusion I thought, "Hey, isn't that supposed to be, 'The fog creeps in on little cat's feet' ? So I looked it up. Seems I added a few words! Thanks for the interesting comments you post. I don't figure them all out, but I enjoy them when I do.


Incidentally, the term "catlike feet" appears to be from a review written about a reading of the poem by Bette Davis. (See the article from Wiki below). The two are of course very similar.

In 1959 and 1960, Bette Davis and her husband Gary Merrill toured the nation, putting on The World of Carl Sandburg, a dramatic staged reading of selected Sandburg poetry and prose, culminating in a one month run on Broadway (with Leif Erickson instead of Merrill). One review described highlights of Davis's performance, including:

... as if on catlike feet, she makes "Fog" seem new; ...
—Howard Taubman, New York Times, 9/15/1960, p. 44


An interesting turn of phrase.

z

[arocknoid]

50,000 kudos to you zip, for handling that curveball I tossed; I'm amazed and delighted that anyone would "get it" and google it, as you did. (the meter is obviously off from that of our Broad-Shouldered friend--but heaven forbid we thread-drift into poetry on our outdoor forum. Crikey, next there'll be some Greek mythology intrusions *insert eyeroll here*.) "Catlike feet" also references Ellen--but I tread respectfully into that metaphor.

Back to the main point: the deft and apt distillation of Mountain Essence by yourself and Ellen and so many others on the fora in word and image. That is especially appreciated when access and Time on Trail are encumbered by other duties... Please keep the postcards and TRs coming, sirz and ma'amz.

And what of the camper's query, "Are you lost?"
The White Rabbit reference (with a nod to Martin Gardner RIP and Lewis C): our intrepid explorer searches for and pursues this enigmatic Lepu-zoid endlessly in Wonderland. He is a symbol of the quest for knowledge and the spiritual awakening and enlightenment one may find with these mountain peregrinations.

Which might be lost on the camper, who just wants to know if the hikers are lost...

Sometimes a hike is just a hike.

Now where's my freeze dried cappuccino?

kind regards,
arocknoid

PS Hiking poetry nexus: PrufRock!!

[Hikin_Jim]

I'm just here to read 'Noid's posts. I don't even like hiking.

HJ

[towbradley]

Wow, what a great t.r., thanks ellen. Always love the pic's that bring the account to life, but your words alone put the experience into one's mind. Once again,thank you

[Ellen]

I'm just here to read 'Noid's posts. I don't even like hiking.

HJ

Arocknoid's posts are more entertaining and educational than any of my other recreational reading

[Ellen]

Howdy Arocknoid



So Σίσυφος is Greek for Atlas! Good to know

I wish Atlas David could have dropped that rock on the jr pinheads who vandalized and robbed his car

Miles of smiles,
Ellen

[Ellen]

"Catlike feet" also references Ellen--but I tread respectfully into that metaphor....