[pct-l] Trail names

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "At Rerunner" <atrerunner at gmail.com>
To: "Bob Sartini" <r.sartini at rcn.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>; "George Wysup" <georwy at charter.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trail names


> I'll have to respectfully disagree with the "....must be bestowed by
> another thruhiker."....opinion. I'm not sure what a "purist" is, but
> having walked end-to-end on the AT in 1972, I was honored to have met
> perhaps some of the very first people who adopted trailnames, and both
> of them were self-chosen. The two young women end-to-enders that i met
> had both chosen Native-American names, one of which meant
> 'little-mountain', and the other translated as 'bear'. I'm not sure if
> this has any bearing on how things are done on the PCT, since they
> were on the AT, but since at the time there were less than a hundred
> end-to-enders of any combination of Trails, their choice stands as a
> historical precedent, to me at least.
>
> fenu
>
> On 1/22/09, Bob Sartini <r.sartini at rcn.com> wrote:
>> A purist would say a trail name must be bestowed by another thruhiker.
>> That's how I got mine.  Thus I approve. IMHO many people think up way too
>> cool names of their own.  If your not careful though you end up being 
>> named
>> Campmor or something else gear based. I really don't like people naming
>> themselves after popular TV shows and movie characters but that's just 
>> me.
>> If your kids name you Papa Smurf (I know of at least three) you must just
>> say thank you and live with it. You can tell what year people hiked based 
>> on
>> the movies that year. There's an awful lot of Gandalfs and Skywalkers out
>> there. We're destined for a few Obama's this year. Also many names based 
>> on
>> flatulence and other bodily functions I think we can do without. Perhaps
>> Rangers or Ridge Runners can issue tickets for the truly awful names.
>>
>> One bad name I recall "Snotrocket" , who needs that for 2000 miles?
>>
>>
>> "EVERYTHING is in walking distance,"
>>     ......Bamboo Bob
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "George Wysup" <georwy at charter.net>
>> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] BEAR AVOIDANCE
>>
>>
>>> JMT Reinhold,
>>>    You make some excellent points [and why wouldn't you].
>>>    I believe that's common PCT practice, the hiking a couple more hours
>>> after dinner. Certainly would make bear avoidance easier. Leave the 
>>> smell
>>> (aside from a little BO) a few miles from your camp, and camp far from 
>>> the
>>>
>>> madding, bear-attracting crowd.
>>>    Q. What does Billy Goat do? Relative to bear avoidance, that is.
>>>    To try to make myself a little more clear, black bears are little or 
>>> no
>>>
>>> danger in day time when you are wearing your pack. All bets are off 
>>> after
>>> bedtime. I am getting a message that many thru hikers actually sleep 
>>> with
>>> their food. Then we consider the poor Boy Scout who should not have 
>>> taken
>>> candy bars to bed with him. Go figure. Seems to me the bears get bolder
>>> when the hiker is sleeping. Me, I won't even sleep with my toothpaste.
>>> Hair tonic I leave at home.
>>>    Speaking of all this, I don't recall anyone mentioning my least
>>> favorite rat as a trail nemesis. I'm referring to the Marmot (possibly
>>> named after the Marmot Driclime windshirt I just bought for $48? - on 
>>> the
>>> recommendation of folks on this list). Those marmots don't just eat your
>>> food if they get half a chance. They will even eat your non-food! Like
>>> sleeping bags and pads - anything that smacks of a little salt. They'd 
>>> do
>>> anything for a taste of Switchback's hat. Luckily you're not likely to
>>> encounter these marauders under 9500', at least south of the state of
>>> Jefferson.
>>>    So, I ask meself, why am I making all these comments? I just wanted 
>>> to
>>> jump in and hit-&-run once. Here I am, involved. But one last shot: 
>>> What's
>>>
>>> the deal with the trail moniker? Can one make up his (or her) own, or 
>>> must
>>>
>>> one get christened by another hiker? I'm thinking about becoming AKA 
>>> "Old
>>> Fahrt", which is derived from the German verb "fahren" (to travel). Ya
>>> think?
>>> George
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