[pct-l] CHD

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Wow, that's really funny. Good job, Yoshihiro.

I think 6 million steps is just one thru-hike, right? What about my  
triple crown? Maybe you should prescribe 18 million steps. Yeah,  
that'll cure me, right?

Ok, enough pretending. I am not a thru-hiker and never have been one.  
I'm just a lowly section hiker. But even a section hike (or 8 in my  
case) gives you the disease.

Any of you who haven't stepped on the PCT yet and have aspirations  
for some kind of career or other kind of worldly success. One word:  
DON'T! The PCT is an evil entity. It's a virus. It's the Borg. Stay  
away if you want to have a normal life.

On Feb 10, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Yoshihiro Murakami wrote:

> Dear Shroomer
>
> You are too talkative or made too much writing.
>
> Compulsive Hiking Disorder ( CHD ) is a new diagnostic category, so I
> simply disclose my thinking.
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> // Symptoms
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> They are occupied by the obsessive thinking of hiking or hiking
> related equipments, events, etc.  When they were prohibited to hike,
> they tend to indulge daydream of hiking, or they develop a syndrome of
>  flashbacks of hiking. So, it is very difficult to sustain their
> strong hiking drive.
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> //Major complaints
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> They frequently fuss about when they missed the free beer, the free
> Hamburger, the free BBQ, etc.  Then the more social welfare is needed,
> for example, the trail angels, especially the free beer angels.
>
> // interpersonal relation
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> The interpersonal relation  is quite good among the CHD patients, but
> the interpersonal relation among another patients is unknown.
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> The mental disorders of human kind are divided into two major
> category: The representative disorder is CHD, and another disorder is
> called the Couch Potato Disorder(CPD). The recent handbook of DSM-IV
> only described the subdivision of CPD. So, much is left unknown about
> CHD.
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> // Treatment
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> Their prognoses are poor, because CHD might be caused by the strong
> genes.  The patients, who got CHD in their young age, tend to develop
> more serious syndrome. The patients, who got CHD in old age, tend to
> develop more mild syndrome.
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> There is no established treatment technique. But, there is a
> possibility to treat CHD, because the compulsive drive can be
> suppressed by the strong physical activity.
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> The treatment technique is :
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> for Ultra Light Hiker:  The patients should hike more swiftly, with
> more simple, more light equipments. Then the physical stress will be
> maximized.
> for Heavy Trucker:  The patients should hike moderate speed, with
> more load, more complex equipments. Then the physical stress will be
> maximized.
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> Of course, need very long term treatment is needed.  It may be a
> 6,000,000 step or more program.
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> Sorry, my patients, the trail head of JMT Hospital is full. I am not
> sure I can fly to USA in August. But, I will try my best.
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> 2011/2/11 Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com>:
>> Diane, Jackass, Kevin, you're all very ill.  The Dr. is out,  
>> literally in
>> Japan, so there's nothing to it but to work your steps.  And yah,  
>> maybe the
>> 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 step program aught to fix it, depending on  
>> your
>> stride.
>>
>> Step one:  We admitted we were powerless over the need to take  
>> step two,
>> then step three, then.......
>>
>> We're in trouble!
>>
>> Shroomer
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> -- 
> Sincerely
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> Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
> Blogs http://completewalker.blogspot.com/
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> Backpacking since about 1980 in Japan
> 2009 JMT, the first America.
> 2010 JMT, the second America.
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