[pct-l] Missing Hiker

[cvano at tmail.com]

Funny thing, I've been hiking for 45 years, almost always alone and 
usually without leaving a hike plan.  The only time I ever got in 
trouble was with a group, when several friends had my detailed 
itinerary....

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 4:56 pm, Greg Kesselring wrote:
> Well put, MoonPie. 
>
> Welcome to the group.
>
> I have always said that the most dangerous part of any hike is the 
> drive to and from the trailhead.
>
> Greg
>
> katherine becksvoort wrote:
>
>> So, this is my first post on this listserve...have been enjoying all 
>> the rants, raves, information and encouragement by reading a smidgen 
>> each day from everyone.
>>
>> To say something like:
>> And I had thought seriously about hiking the AT.
>>
>> made me feel very sad. CNN had suggested that it was a thru hiker, 
>> etc...but how often does our media like to embellish the truth? This 
>> poor woman was not thru hiking...and I'm sorry to hear that the AT is 
>> getting such a bad rap, again, for violence.  Violence in proximity to 
>> a trail is very different from violence due to being a thru hiker.
>>
>> I am also a female who thru hiked 99% of the time alone on the 
>> AT....it  was an incredible experience. The first question people ask 
>> me as a female when I either told them I had hiked, or that I am 
>> planning a PCT thru this year, is "Aren't you afriad of hiking alone? 
>> What does your family, boyfriend, brother, etc. think of that? If I 
>> was your (fill in the male blank here), I wouldn't let you do it."
>>
>> That just makes me want to prove them wrong. And I have once already, 
>> by hiking the AT alone. It was the best experience of my life.
>>
>> It also makes me feel sorry that they are so afraid of something so 
>> beautiful.  Unfortunate things happen everywhere...driving a car, 
>> eating at a restaurant, sitting in class....it shouldn't make us stop 
>> doing what we dream of doing.
>>
>> MoonPie
>>
>>
>>
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It's not the Mountain that we conquer,
but Ourselves.  Anon.

Ol' Three Toes aka Chris
S/V Drifter ~~~_/)~~~
Anacortes, WA.