[pct-l] Yogi's PCT Book in PDF

[Len Glassner]

> Social structures attract people, and it is for this reason alone that I
> detest those who seek to impose them on the PCT.
>
Hmmm...I wonder if the PCT-L would qualify as a social structure?
Why, yes, I believe it would!  It must take a great deal of courage
and inner strength to participate in something imposed by the real
estate developers of the PCT.  But why participate in the first place?

And on another note (which I apparently deleted),  Jon recommended the
tarp construction info on Henry Shires tarptent website.

In the past, if I recall correctly, I believe Jon has characterized
people who sell tents and the like to hikers (money! money! money!) as
'whoring out the trail'.

If Jon uses info supplied by someone he considers a PCT pimp, does
that make Jon a john?


On 4/1/07, Jon Danniken <danniken at comcast.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pea Hicks" <phix at optigan.com>
>
> > ok, and you're trying to introduce some concepts of self-reliance to
> > people who have not attempted to be self-reliant before. so why should we
> > listen to you?
>
> My point is that the great thing about the PCT is that it stands on it's own
> as a wild trail.  Unlike the AT, which is packed by people who have no
> problem cramming together in "shelters" or hiking on pavement, the PCT, at
> least when I "discovered" it, was still relatively "wild".
>
> There are those here, however, who see the PCT as a blank canvas, and like a
> real estate developer, only want to impose their own vision of backpacking
> on it, complete with "parties" and "introductions to hiking" or whatever
> vanity/profit driven motivation they have.
>
> Social structures attract people, and it is for this reason alone that I
> detest those who seek to impose them on the PCT.
>
> My statement is clear: leave the PCT alone for those who want to hike it on
> their own in peace.
>
> DON'T "AT" THE PCT - JUST LET IT BE!  (yes it's corny)
>
> Jon
>
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