[pct-l] Section hiker vs. thru

[ed faubert]

REMEMBER, even thru hikers are section hikers til they reach Canada so lets give some respect here.......


--- On Thu, 12/4/08, Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> From: Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Section hiker vs. thru
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 7:46 AM
> I did not mean to imply that one was better than the other.
> After  
> all, as someone who did not even make it to Oregon, I am a
> section  
> hiker, too. And actually, out on the trail I kept thinking
> how much  
> section hiking is superior. I wouldn't have had some of
> the  
> uncomfortable experiences I had out there and I certainly
> wouldn't be  
> so underemployed as I am now. I tip my hat to anyone who
> can section  
> hike the entire trail. I don't think I'd ever have
> that kind of  
> determination.
> 
> Still, I think the experience is different to be out there
> months at  
> a time. It seems that the difference may have something to
> do with  
> how much concern people have over gear and the possibility
> that  
> something "bad" might happen. Maybe even has
> something to do with  
> some of the ardent criticisms over whether people follow
> all the  
> rules or not or carry certain items or not. I don't
> know. I no longer  
> worry so much about any of that anymore. In life or on the
> trail. I  
> did not feel that way before.
> 
> Well, I guess I'm not even a PCT hiker anymore anyway.
> I'm now just a  
> Santa Barbara backcountry hiker again. Where 16 mile days
> are really  
> long days and sometimes you are lucky to hike 1 mile an
> hour clawing  
> your way on your belly through brush because the trail is
> gone. Where  
> ultralight is sort of a joke because you have to carry
> loppers and a  
> saw. Ahh. Home again.
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