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    I was up in the Whites last week and spent a couple of nights at Joe Dodge Lodge in Pinkham Notch. I was privileged to have had Cimarron as my roommate for a night (evening of Thursday the 18th). He had come down off Mt Washington on Thursday and needed a ride to the Mt Washington Auto Road the next day so he could catch a van back up to pick up where he left off. I gave him a lift ... dropped him off at the Auto Road around 8:30 Friday morning. He was expecting to be back at Pinkham Notch yesterday or possibly today, I think, where he was going to stay another night before moving on.

    He's an interesting guy and you've got to admire him, doing this at his age and after some physical ailments. He was in good spirits and feeling well.

    I hope I'm still alive and kicking a** at his age!

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    BTW, he told me he turns 89 in another few days.

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CIMARRON!

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    It's still a wonderful story
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    ChinMusic, thanks so much for that link.

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    Great guy with lots of interesting stories. He can be a little cantankerous, but at 89 we probably all will be too.

    How many folks would have a hip replacement just so they can hike the Appalachian Trail ?? Not many !!!
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    Applause! Applause! for Cimarron!--Kinnickinic
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    Cimarron is BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    The old guy went home, licked his wounds, and is now heading back to Maine.

    GO Cimarron GO.
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    He is determined for sure. I can think of lots of adjectives to discribe him. Tough comes to mind too.
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    Yes, Cimarron is back on the trail. His trailjournal has been updated. He has about 1000 miles to go, and until February 24, 2012 to complete in one year. He is now up in Maine, and will be summiting Katahdin and working his way south to NH. After that he jumps to MA/VT and continues south, to finish up around Daleville, VA, if I am not mistaken. Once he gets out of Maine, he will have an easier time on the "middle section" of the AT, and hopefully will be able to get much done without being waylaid by winter weather. At least he has already completed the worst of the Whites.

    He is a stubborn old man and I wish him all the luck on his quest. I truly hope he is able to finish this. It would be a record which may well stand for a long time, at least 44 more years (when I am 90).
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    I met Cimarron at the Velvet Rocks shelter just passed Hanover. Then again at Hiker's Welcome right before the Whites. He happened to show up the same night that Goldie Locks and Havoc, the youngest thru-hikers on trail, were there. It's funny how things work out here. He was a wonderful gentleman and I wish him the best of luck!


    here is a great interview with Cimarron from earlier this month: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=WPH5OesuOTM

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    Is there any news on Cimarron and did he finish his thru hike ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnybgood View Post
    Is there any news on Cimarron and did he finish his thru hike ?
    Also would like to know this

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    He completed a little over 1000 miles....pretty impressive.

    Here is his Trailjournal:

    http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=362032
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    Thanks for the head's up and links. I perused his journals and finally found someone with some reasonable daily mileage numbers---avgs between 4-10 miles per day. Now this is more like it. I know he's old, but he can teach us to Slow Down.

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    Thanks for the link. I met him on the trail in 2013(?) in NC, he had a lady named Starcatcher watching out for him IIRC.

    Much respect. Sleep soundly, Sir, you led a very full life!

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    May he rest in peace
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    Sorry to hear of the passing of Cimarron. I met with him in 2011 on the trail just south of Seth Warner shelter. He was looking for the shelter and had fallen on some rocks on the muddy trail, he was pretty banged up. Facejacket and I showed him to the shelter and I helped him clean and bandage his arms. I talked a good bit with him that evening. He told me he took his trail name form the town of Cimarron, NM which he had visited when he went to Philmont Scout Ranch.
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