[pct-l] O.d. Coyote

[Andrea Dinsmore]

Very nice post Roger.............

PCT MOM


On 11/3/07, Roger Carpenter <rogercarpenter at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  I'm finally catching up on the posts from the last couple of weeks.  It's
> a shame that O.d. left the list, and it's a shame the action between him
> and the list got to be too negative.  For those of you who have met O.d.
> and (hopefully) seen one of his slide shows you will remember him as a very
> colorful person yet very opinionated.  In the early days of ALDHA-West in
> the mid-90's when Jardine ran it Jardine banned O.d. from attending the
> gatherings simply because O.d. did not agree with Jardine's philosophies
> of long distance hiking.   O.d. stayed in touch with ALDHA-West by
> re-joining under the name name ":Dutch Chocolate"!  After Jardine abandoned
> ALDHA-West O.d. eventually knew it was safe to come back to the gathering
> and he gave an amazingly entertaining slide show one year.  His photos would
> include things like bugs he watched while hiking the AT, and perhaps
> he spent much more time observing things like bugs and less time trying to
> make his miles for that day.  He would also show up with a printed manifesto
> called something like the "Slackpacking Journals" which I have kept in my
> personal library of long distance hiking materials.  One thing is for sure,
> O.d. was, and still is, very passionate about what he does when he goes on
> a hike.  Nobody personifies the expression, "hike your own hike" more than
> O.d. Coyote.
>
> My point?  Appreciate the positive things someone like O.d. brings to the
> community and try to understand that his opinions are based on a passionate
> sense of his beliefs and approach to long distance hiking and not some
> attempt to prove that his way is superior than anyone else's.  I have met
> one other person in the distance hiking community who was equally as
> opinionated (not someone who posts to this list) as O.d., but that other
> person was really dangerous, verbally abusive and had issues that I would
> rather not get into.  To me O.d. is a refreshing voice who could be
> misunderstood, but means no harm.  After reading his posts I could see why
> someone would construe his words as flames, but in this case I would let
> O.d. be O.d., and just appreciate the guy for who he is.
>
> *Roger Carpenter*
> *Vancouver, Washington*
> *www.elkpass.com*
>
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