[pct-l] Mountain Education's Spam Schedule

[David]

Jon,

Have you ever met & talked to any of these individuals you're ripping?
 I've met Ron at the local Mt. Hood chapter Chapter PCT meeting & Greg
at ADZPCTKO, though neither would remember me.  These are guys with a
lot of passion for the trail who were long distance hikers long before
trying to make a buck off other hikers.  OK, Ron maybe makes a buck.
Greg - How much did you make off hikers last year??  To the best of my
knowledge these guys have other lives and careers outside of the trail
and until they show up at the next PCTA meeting with a license plate
on their Mercedes that says "thxpct" I continue to applaud the energy
they throw at the trail!

David D.


On 12/1/06, Jon Danniken <danniken at comcast.net> wrote:
> K Murray wrote:
> >
> >... how do you explain your post here?
>
> This problem is not only limited to Ned Tibbits spamming this list (and
> other
> backpacking forums) for his Mountain Education company, but is indicative of
> what a growing number of entities who insinuate themselves with the PCT are
> doing.
>
> You need look no farther than what Greg Hummel does with the ADZPCTKOP to
> see an example of this. By encouraging and providing a place for commercial
> interests at the event (Leki and Six Moon Designs, amongst others), the
> collusion between those who have established themselves as structures within
> the hiking community and corporations motivated by profit becomes
> established.
>
> Look at what Ron Moak is doing, President of the ALDHA-West, and oh, just
> coincidentally, the founder and owner of Six Moon Designs, which makes tents
> and other gear for distance hikers. That such a man assumes such a position
> of leadership in a hiking organization while profiting from it is
> despicable.
>
> Remember the row at Dick Cheney's former involvement with Halliburton and
> the company's involvement in the Iraq war? Imagine how much worse it would
> have been had Mr. Cheney been the founder and owner of Halliburton, as Ron
> Moak is with his company.
>
> Beyond these reasons, they are encouraging this trail to become populated by
> individuals whose sole expertise in hiking is that they plunked down money
> to pay for their trip, similar to the "culture" of well-funded "mountaneers"
> that currently infest the slopes of Everest.
>