Reply #20: A miracle! Dean hiked the length of Vermont. [View All]

slinkerwink, I think Howard Dean is a great human being and I would vote for him should he be the Democratic candidate. But, with all DU respect, I disagree with you on questions of his character, leadership, and electability. You probably know his back was healthy enough to let him hike the entire length of his beautiful state. While that is something many people don't know, I'd bet two people who do know about it are named Rove and Bush. And it's a near-certainty they'd bring it up in 2004 should Dr. Dean be the nominee.

Green’ governor finishes hiking ‘green tunnel’

The Herald of Randolph
June 7, 2001

RANDOLPH, Vt. — Five very tired, very wet, very determined seventh-grade girls from Randolph, Vt., helped Gov. Howard Dean achieve a personal goal Monday — his own end-to-end trek of Vermont’s 250-mile-Long Trail.

In return, the girls got a note excusing them from the next day’s phys ed class at RUHS. The note was signed by a doctor — Dr. Howard Dean.

Nine students and leaders from the White River Craft Center set off with Gov. Dean at 8:30 a.m. from Route 242 near Jay Peak, headed north toward Canada.

The group had stayed overnight on the trail the previous evening, bedding down at the Laura Woodward Shelter. They wanted to be on hand bright and early when the governor arrived, intent on finishing the northernmost 13.3 miles of trail. It was the only section that Gov. Dean hadn’t hiked so far.

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http://www.aldha.org/howdean.htm

There's even a nice picture.