[pct-l] It Kinda Sucks.

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning,



A few years ago I did volunteer work for Oregon State Police patrolling a
section of Columbia River beach that was posted, “Clothing Optional” --
meaning nude.  The nudes sunbathers didn’t really need patrolling; I was
just there to chase off gawking kids and heavy-breathers.  A wide variety of
people used the beach and I can say, based upon that experience, most of
them would have looked better clothed.



I tried nude hiking once but it was a flop, or as Squatch once said, “It was
a drag”.  My biggest concern was that I might “take a soil sample”, meaning
I might trip over a rock or root and fall flat on my – everthing.



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09


On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Sean 'Miner' Nordeen <
sean at lifesadventures.net> wrote:

> >I've never been one to follow fads, or for that matter, try to
> >start one, but this pink bandana thing got me thinking. What
> > day is it when thru hiker's hike the trail naked?
>
> The problem with hike naked day (summer solstice) is that the naked human
> body isn't always something attractive to look at.  Having to see a bunch of
> middle aged overweight men hiking naked seems more like having to
> participate in a bad punishment game after losing a contest at something.
>  Maybe some people were more fortunate to hike with the Sweedish Bikini
> Team, but I wasn't exactly hiking around attractive people that day and was
> very grateful that they remained clothed.  If they had stripped, my whole
> hiked could have been ruined by going blind and then falling off a cliff.
>
> Don't preach to me about that BYOA (Bare Your Own @$$) garbage as some
> people showing their naked body could be considered an act of terrorism.
>  There needs to be a standards commitee created to determine those who meet
> some minimal requirement before they can bare all in the wilderness as such
> an act can either enhance or completely destroy the natural beauty of the
> wilderness experience.  I wonder if such a commitee could be added to the
> ADZPCTKO to audition potential naked hikers with a special stamp being added
> to approved thru-hiker permits; Licensed to Bare All.
>
> As a side note to this issue, I heard a few stories of postholing up to the
> crotch while naked... Ouch!   It was bad enough postholing up to my thigh
> while clothed.
>
> -Miner
>
>
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