[pct-l] This was interesting...I think

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Apr 23, 2009, at 7:35 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> ---- Postholer <public at postholer.com> wrote:
>> Not sure what to make of this:
>>
>> http://ramaloke.org/expansion-into-smaller-spaces
>
> What's the plan here? Sounds disturbing. Or maybe just disturbed?
>
> "Suddenly we have ?medieval? access to a long long long strip of  
> land, forests, lakes, parks, towns, and states, without purchasing  
> a thousand acres to do it. We can start working on actual on-site  
> construction techniques and ideas, and initial Village processes  
> like farming, agriculture, animal husbandry, etc, while also  
> exploring the surrounding area, the PCT and other possible sites.
>
> Next we start looking at the PCT to find other people, groups, and  
> locations that would like to become participants in a network of  
> stops where people can get room and board. We would also start  
> looking for an appropriate site for the central Village, as well as  
> other satalite sites. Now with the purchase of less acreage we can  
> gain hiking, riding, and traveling access to thousands and  
> thousands of acres of natural landscape, while also building a  
> network of friends, associates, trade partners, and more  
> importantly, people."

It sounds like a sort of "re-wilding" thing, or rather, a bunch of  
people wanting to drop out of modern corporate capitalist society and  
forge a way that is back to our 10,000 years-ago agrarian roots. I  
have a similar plan but it involves my social security check, my  
backpack and the PCT (and possibly a single-wide in the desert) and  
doesn't involve any kooky groups of people trying to build a village.