[pct-l] Why must there be a "Right Way & wrong way" to hike the trail?

[Wireless Rascal]

Thank you Reinhold for your call for moderation, acceptance and simply
getting along! This issue strikes a particular chord with me because I have
personally been the target of so much mean-spirited, discriminatory behavior
simply because of my own unusual choice of equipment, which I’ll explain. It
seems incredible, but I’ve been told that I’m not even wanted on the trail
at all. As a lifelong conservationist, volunteer, leave-no-trace adherent
and, I think, generally nice person, it really feels lousy to be the object
so much mistrust and unfair criticism. I can’t tell you how many people have
even gone so far as outright lying about me – accusing me of things that
simply aren’t true – just to keep me off the trail. Reinhold’s sentiment, *“I
SAY...Let them go on their journey their own merry way....and let them enjoy
their journey their own special way.”* couldn’t ring more true to the ear of
a “turtle,” a “rabbit” or, in my case, a mountain biker.


You get my point...I hope.