[pct-l] Take care of our own

[montypct]

Guess she needs to know too.
Bob, thanks for the heads up.
She's headed this way soon.
Your's is not the first story, though she can also be a nice person too.
You may have just made it a better hike for a few people.
How about a new trail motto:
"Be nice, or be gone."


Monty

Warner Springs Monty
Pacific Crest Trail 2650 Miles .....Again.....and Again
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Lee (GAMES)" <elee at microsoft.com>
To: "bob mayon" <bobmayon at verizon.net>; <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hikertown guests of 2008


> Bob wrote:
>>
> Please read my blog at:
> www.hikertown.com
> How not to act when you're
> a guest at HikerTown.
>>
>
> The subject of Bob's blog is Wheeew, the same thru-hiker who was called 
> out here on Tuesday for flinging extra food into the bushes along the 
> trail (as she described at 
> http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=224476).  She wrote about her 
> HikerTown stay at http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=225034.
>
> I'm generally not a fan of discussing people when they're not around to 
> defend themselves, so I'm not sure how best to articulate what I'm 
> thinking here.  I guess I'll just observe that a self-absorbed attitude is 
> a very corrosive thing and it's something that long-distance hikers have 
> to guard against.  Unfortunately, it's an all-too-common problem.
>
> It's all too easy to get caught up in the epic proportions of what you're 
> trying to do and to start thinking that the entire world must be admiring 
> you, rooting for you, and exists only to help you.  It crops up in how 
> people treat water caches, how they treat trail angels, how they treat 
> town facilities, and how they treat the trail itself.
>
> If you start becoming self-absorbed, the best thing to do is to take a 
> step back and remind yourself that you're not the center of the universe 
> after all.  Don't expect any outside help, and be sincerely thankful for 
> any little help that's offered.  You didn't get everything that you 
> wanted?  Hey, you're lucky you got any assistance at all.  That person 
> didn't owe you anything and whatever you got was an undeserved gift.
>
> In other words, it's all about humility and graciousness.
>
> Eric
>
>
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