[pct-l] Unsafe trails and personal responsibility

[Bill Burge]

All right!  It's "pick on" time!  :-D

I agree with AsABat!  But I've still been driving hikers all over  
northern LA county this past month.

The important thing is that people be ABLE to survive without MY  
driving, HIS "water obsessions" and YOUR communication facilities.

It's nice to be able to meet and help hikers, but they SHOULD be able  
to live without it.  As long as everyone does their part to properly  
prepare for the trail and approaches it with the attitude that any  
portion of support may fall apart at the most inopportune moment,  
everything will be OK.

THEN, when it doesn't, and the water report is complete and the caches  
are full and everyone checks in online when they said they would and  
posts pretty pictures and we drive them for better groceries and  
replacement gear - it's a holiday, and a party and a chance to make  
even better memories and friendships.

BillB
The Transporter
(not a trail name, I haven't hiked YET, more a job description)
NYETI
(a play on Russian for NO and Yeti, as well as "No" and "yet" since I  
haven't hiked YET, it's my acronym for "Not Yet Entitled to a Trail  
Identity")
YouAgain
(my REI name, 'cause that what they say when I show up with another  
load of hikers! ;-)

On Jun 7, 2009, at 2:39 PM, Postholer wrote:

> Asabat writes:
> "I am a strong believer in individual responsibility"
>
> Eh? Exactly how many gallons of water did you lug around the desert  
> this
> summer? Obviously, you don't encourage nor expect others to practice  
> it.
> Dare I say you breed a far more 'dependent' or 'entitled' or  
> 'grateful'
> group of hikers every season.
>
> I'm not pickin' on you Asabat, I'm just, well, pickin' on ya. :) It  
> was just
> an odd statement given your 'hobby'.
>
> -postholer
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