[pct-l] Words about the HERD

[yogi]

So.........it appears that you would support a
gathering -- at Tahoe City as stated in another PCT-L
post -- as long as the clump caused by the gathering
happens AFTER Agua Dulce.

yogi
www.pcthandbook.com



--- dsaufley at sprynet.com wrote:

> I am extremely sorry to hear that you two feel that
> way. 
> 
> We don't think it's a dead horse at all. We LIVE
> with it. We have to get READY for it.  We have to
> think about it, prepare for it, and try to manage
> it.  It is very REAL to us. And to the other trail
> angels, trail towns, post offices, etc. So, maybe in
> Kansas City, it's not an issue.  How nice for you. 
> It's like I've always said -- the organizers and the
> party-goers (and let's not forget the retailers with
> a product to sell) enjoy the party and go home, and
> we out here -- out of sight and out of mind -- get
> to deal with the aftermath.  But apparently it's too
> tiresome to be discussed in the forum meant for such
> discussion.   
> 
> You'd think that since we live out here, and host
> nearly 100% of the hikers that have come through ikn
> the past 10 years, that we might know a thing or two
> about what's going on. 
> 
> When I raise the issue, it's "blah, blah, blah."
> Geez, for all we do for hikers, and in fact have
> done for the both of you, you think we'd deserve a
> little more respect than that. Sorry that what we
> see out here, and what we have to say about our
> observations, has no weight in your opinion.
> 
> I will go on being a broken record, and take the
> heat as necessary (but don't expect me to not fire
> back).  I will raise the issue until it's resolved. 
> And it will be resolved -- either by our choice as a
> community, or it will be resolved for us as a
> community by means that we will not be able to
> control.
> 
> L-Rod
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Slyatpct at aol.com
> >Sent: Mar 12, 2007 7:11 PM
> >To: yogihikes at sbcglobal.net,
> pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
> >Subject: Re: [pct-l] Words about the HERD
> >
> >yogihikes at sbcglobal.net writes:
> >
> >This  thread is like the bear canister thread,
> hiking
> >with a dog, guns on the  trail, illegal 
> immigrants,
>
>the-most-snow-EVER-in-the-history-of-the-world..........blah,
> >blah,  blah.  It's beaten to the ground every year
> >around this time as people  get stir crazy.
> > 
> >--------------------------------------------------
> > 
> >Mark 3/12 down as the ADZPCTLBTDHSD  aka Annual day
> Zero PCT-L Beat  the Dead 
> >Horse Start Date.  : )
> > 
> >Sly
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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