[pct-l] In search of hiking buddy

[Tortoise]

Hi Bob,

I'm interested in seeing your 10 rules of hitchhiking. Send it to me 
direct, or perhaps post it on the list for all of us to see and discuss.

Maybe we can refine and then add to Postholer's info.

Tortoise

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."

--H. L. Mencken

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Trekker4 at aol.com wrote:
> Hannah,
>     1. DON'T tell Mom you'll have to hitchhike  several times to hike any 
> long trail.
>     2. Do tell Mom that driving down any road,  especially over 30 mph, is 
> more dangerous by a factor of 10 or more I'd guess.  Even flying, the safest 
> form of travel otherwise, is more dangerous. 
>     3. Start when you want, but hitch back to ADZ if  you do. Consider 
> starting with the pack from ADZ, when there will be plenty of  people on the 
> trail to ease your mother's false worries; I'd guess the chances  of actually 
> finding a partner at ADZ are slim due to no means of communicating  your 
> needs, other than trying to meet all 600 people there. [ADZ SUGGESTION: a hiking 
> partner board, in addition to the ride  boards] 
>     4. Tell Mom that the bad guys and girls (the kind  of girls Reinhold & 
> Switchback like to meet) simply won't do the  work to get on a trail and 
> course trouble (which is why the 2 not-so-gentlemen  above are always 
> frustrated)..
>     5. Email me off list for an old, old document,  which perhaps I should 
> cut & paste to pct-l once a year), named Bob's  Ten Rules for Hitchhiking. I 
> wrote it back in my AT section hike days, and  pasted it to the at-l a few 
> times.
>     6. Also DON'T tell Mom that your own stupidity  or careless is far more 
> likely to hurt you.
>     7. If you're over 18, and not dependent on Mom,  & Dad, just go hike; 
> there'll be many things in life they'll worry about, or  not want you to do. 
> I'm not saying that going against their wishes, or defying  them, is easy.
>     8. Lastly, your gut will keep you wary of Dirty Old  Men, like 
> Switchback, Reinhold, & me? Just look for any gray hair.
>  
> Bob  "Trekker"
> Big Bend Desert Denizen, and...
> Naturalized Citizen - Republic  of Texas  
>
>  
> In a message dated 10/21/2009 11:38:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> hannahrmorgan at gmail.com writes, in part:
> I need  a hiking buddy. I'm wanting to thru hike the trail, starting in  
> early  April. I've heard some discussion about a "trail kickoff" where  
> you  can meet up with others, but was kinda wanting to have something   
> quasi-established beforehand as my mother is on the verge of cardiac   
> arrest as it is. So yeah... somebody hike with me! Thanks!
> Axe murderers  need not respond (says mom).
> Hannah  Morgan
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