[pct-l] Level playing field

[Reinhold Metzger]

Tortoise,
Old buddy....You and JoAnn seem to miss the point.
Scott & Joe are not out for a walk in the park.
Following the exact route on a record attempt KEEPS the playing
field level by them not having an advantage, over subsequent record
attempts, by not taking a perhaps easier alternate route.

Like Scott Bryce said  ''That is the nature of the trail. It is an 
unlevel playing field.''
There are ups and downs, some hikers encounter more snow or rain.
Some go UL some carry heavy packs.
Some wear running shoes, some wear waffle stompers.
Some eat hot gourmet food, some eat cold black beans.
Some have many zero days and trail town binges, some hike border to border.

Let's see now, how would JoAnn make a level playing field out off this 
diversity?
You would have to put a canopy and rope on each side of the trail from 
Canada
all the way to Mexico to ensure everybody follows in each others foot 
steps and
and is exposed to identical weather conditions.
Everybody would have to carry the same weight pack, take the same zero days
and eat the the same food.

Let's say JoAnn creates that level playing field, what criteria would it 
be based on?
I have an idea.....Scott  &  Joe are veteran PCT hikers so lets create 
this level
playing field based on Scott  &  Joe's criteria.
You better get used to minimal creature comforts and cold black beans.

You say you want your thick full length Therma Rest and hot gourmet food?
But Tortoise, you would be violating Scott  &  Joe's level playing field 
rules.
Ooohhh,...I see,....You and JoAnn want that level playing field to be based
on your and JoAnn's hiking criteria.....Still sounds like socialism to me.

I wonder if Scott  &  Joe would like to play on that kind of field?

I say.....''LET  FREEDOM  RING''....Let each hiker determine how he
or she wants to hike or play the game.

JMT Reinhold
Fierce defender of individual freedom and  HYOH  advocate

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Tortoise wrote:
> Reinhold old friend,
>
> Since when is playing by the rules or a level playing field considered 
> socialism or marxism or communism?
>
> In most competitive endeavors, there are rules for the competition and 
> those that get caught violating the rules usually are usually 
> disqualified.
>
> Scott and Joe's hike may be their personal best. HYOH doesn't mean the 
> rest of us have to approve of the hike or consider the record legitimate.
>
> Tortoise
>
> <> He who finishes last, wins! <>
>
>
>
> Reinhold Metzger wrote:
>> Say Joann,  Why did the others not have the chance to do the same?
>> Did they post different signs with different instructions for the 
>> others?
>>
>> Besides, this  ''level playing field''  sounds to much like Socialism.
>> Karl Marx was preaching it 100 years ago, they tried it in Russia and 
>> even there the playing field was not level....seems like it was a 
>> failure
>> wherever they tried to force it upon people.
>>
>> Why do you thing it would be a success in a free society like the 
>> good old USA.
>> Free people like to choose for themselves the field they want to play 
>> on and what kind of games and at what intensity to play.
>> Not all people like to play the same game or play at the same 
>> intensity level.
>>
>> I say...''Let Freedom Ring''...let people choose their own playing 
>> fields and games and intensity levels.
>>
>> Besides, you might not like it, if under socialism, the ''level 
>> playing field'' the game and intensity were geared to Scott & Joe's 
>> level.
>> Would you be happy playing the game at their intensity level?
>>
>> JMT Reinhold
>> Fierce defender of individual freedom & HYOH advocate
>> -------------------------------------
>>
>> JoAnn wrote:
>>
>> "what's the problem??"   ...Others didn't have the chance to do the 
>> same, i.e.,unlevel playing field.
>> are we there yet
>> JoAnn
>>
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>>
>> Andrea wrote
>> If they were allowed to continue through the "closed" area with out 
>> being
>> fined, arrested or hauled off the trail by the 
>> authorities.........what's
>> the problem??
>>
>> PCT MOM
>>
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