[pct-l] Scary!

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Funny you should think I am talking about you, unless you are Stabby  
McBackstabber.

Nobody doubts you are man enough to go the distance or macho enough  
to kill and eat a rattlesnake. It seems to me that the people who  
fail to complete more than a hundred miles or two tend to be those  
who go out thinking they will find one kind of experience and find  
out that it's not like what they expected. The PCT isn't a "Man vs.  
Wild" kind of thing. It's probably not a "finding yourself" thing and  
it's certainly not a solitary wilderness experience. People who don't  
take the trail for what it is tend to be disappointed and go home. I  
know from experience. (Duh, I should have known a "Crest" trail  
wouldn't have me hiking along the creeks in the canyons.)

Anyway, I would rather hike the trail with people who don't hit the  
ground running with a prominent oppositional personality, fists  
swinging at the outset. Those people tend to have disappeared by  
about Section E, usually because either they have gone home or they  
have changed.

Good luck with your hike.
Diane
On Jan 8, 2011, at 6:05 AM, Mike Chapman wrote:

> Im sure you have nothing to worry about,even though you sent me an
> e-mail that said I would not do what I said I would do,and adding some
> other little insulting jabs. I dont hold grudges and would flat out
> give you the sweater off my back,or cash out of my pocket if you were
> in a jam,but please dont question the determination that burns in my
> heart. For the record,unless im on the way to the ER,I WILL NOT stay
> at Tangels houses(hold me to it,watch for the smile),I love outside,I
> camp and hike the pct all the time. For the past 15 years ive used it
> as my personal fishing superhighway! Im back and forth from boreal to
> the lakes basin above sierra city all summer long(when not working).
> Ive used it to train my cagefighting friend(great cardio). I snowshoe
> like a madman,and would be shocked if im not standing at the northern
> terminus in september. Dont ever let anyone scare you,people who
> attempt to scare woman are worms,and should be eaten like snakes,or
> fish.
>
> On 1/7/11, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes
> <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
>> Sounds like there are some scary folks hiking the trail this year. I
>> think I'll start any hiking in Section E, well after they have
>> dropped out. I don't think anyone with such attitudes ever makes it
>> beyond about Section C anyway.
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