[pct-l] Monkey (9yrs old) is YOUNGEST to complete PCT

[Daniel Zellman]

Hear, hear!

On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Gary Minetti <gary.minetti at gmail.com>wrote:

> Toga,
>
> I appreciate and agree with your perspective - your final comment - " We
> need to be extra judicious in our discussions about children" strikes the
> right balance.
>
> Nice job.
> Gman
> On Nov 9, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Melanie Clarke wrote:
>
> > I have not followed this thread but I want to comment on the few postings
> > that I have read:
> >
> > Please be aware that this thread is a discussion involving children!
>  These
> > postings can get personal and angry sometimes but most of us are adults
> and
> > we can get past this.  Please be mindful of the unique sensibilities of a
> > child.  I understand that people are trying to figure out who the oldest,
> > youngest, slowest, fastest etc. as humans can be competitive by nature
> but
> > let us not pollute the experience for a child.  I just feel bad that no
> one
> > seems to ask anyone else to "prove" they hiked the complete trail, it's
> > kind of on an "honor system" and we leave it up to the person to define
> > their own experience.  Yet, I perceive a degree of cynicism in this
> thread.
> > Are we holding these children to a higher standard?
> >
> > I read the book, *Wild, (*Strayed) and *A Walk in The Woods*, (Bryson).
> > Neither claims to have hiked the entire trail but at the end of his book,
> > Bryson and his partner, Katz; come to the mutual agreement that "in the
> > spirit of the experience, they feel like they indeed hiked the trail".
> > This is an experience unique to every person.  We allow adults to define
> > their experience so maybe we should give this deference to children.  Let
> > us respect the joy and experience that these children walked away with.
> > Also understand that parents like to brag (excessively sometimes) while
> > the children hate this and are just rolling their eyes about the whole
> > thing anyway.
> >
> > I don't want the perceived threat of ridicule or "losing face" to force
> > parents into making bad decisions on the trail regarding their children.
> > Let's not turn this into a "pissing contest".  This is an experience!  We
> > need to be extra judicious in our discussions about children!
> >
> > Toga
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Nathan Miller <erccmacfitheal at yahoo.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Do these young folks...or their parental units...have online trail
> >> journals?  (I looked on trailjournals.com and found one for Balls and
> >> Sunshine [seem to be the pair mentioned elsewhere on this thread].)
> >>
> >> -Nate the Trail Zombie
> >> Newberg, OR
> >>
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