[pct-l] Karen's Hero

[Cat Nelson]

Ah, chivalry, those were the good old days. Gentlemen, no matter their
political views were gentlemen.
On Nov 23, 2012 8:03 AM, "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger at cox.net> wrote:

> [pct-l] Trail Humor
>
> Fireweed,
> Did it ever occur to you that if you consider another person's opposing
> political vie a personal attack against you, that perhaps that other
> person may have the same opinion about you?
> It is best to keep politics out of hiking.
> Since you hiked with them for several days you must have enjoyed their
> company until politics got involved.
>
> Why must we dislike people of different color, religion or political
> belief?
>
> I  ASK  YOU  WHY???
>
> A nice person does not suddenly become a nasty person just because you
> discover that their political or religious beliefs differ from yours.
>
> I don't care if you are black or white, liberal or conservative,
> protastant,
> catholic, or none believer....it is your character and personality that
> will
> either make me like you or dislike you.
> The fact that your political or religious beliefs may disagree with mine
> will
> have no bearing on whether I like or dislike you.
> I may disagree with you....but that does not mean I have to dislike you.
>
> I say HYOH....don't preach morality, religion or politics and don't dislike
> a person just because their religious or political believes differ from
> yours.
>
> I know that this statement will probably put me under heavy fire from those
> who disagree with me or don't like what I am saying.
> But that's OK,...I have been under fire before...the type of fire that
> comes
> out of a barrel.
>
> Say Fireweed, I don't see anything wrong with a man carrying his wife's
> or girlfriend's pack....if I am not mistaking it is called "CHIVALRY."
> You may, or may not know know what that means, but it was quite common
> in the older days.
>
> Hey, I remember my first Mt. Whitney hike in 1968 or 1969 with my wife,
> hauling a monster pack and wearing combat boots.
>
> BTW...you ain't "Hard-Core" until you hiked Whitney in combat boots.
>
> I was a bad a$$ recently discharged Marine "Grunt" used to hauling heavy
> packs and treating my women right.
> It went against my grain to burden my recent bride with a pack
> So, everything went into a "Marine Grunt Pack" and onto my back with Karen
> (my wife) skip hoping along and me grunting all the way....that may give
> you
> guys a clue why they call the Marine Infantry the "GRUNTS."
> BTW...I also had to carry "Schatzy", our miniature dachshund most of the
> way.
> But Karen coooing into my ear..."Reinhold you are my hero"...made it all
> worth it.
> That is all I ever wanted to be ....."Karens Hero."
> Of course I was Mitzy's hero also.
>
> Say guys, I understand now-a-days you guys make your women carry their own
> packs.
> Yes,....things have really changed from the days when Switchback and
> Reinhold ruled
> the trails.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> "Karen's hero"
> -----------------------------
>
> Fireweed wrote:
> Yes--hiker demographics are changing. Although your message was humorous
> I have found a definite incursion of more conservative political
> viewpoints on the trail. It seems that conservatives are actually
> adopting the long distance hiking venue as a way to express the good old
> Protestant work ethic. I hiked for several days on the Arizona Trail
> with a couple from Globe, Arizona. We hiked together amicably for
> several days. But on one night the discussion turned to politics and I
> was shocked at how far apart out viewpoints were--the man pontificated
> on so many right wing Rush Limbaugh party lines (while his wife cowered
> in their tent, not taking part in the "discussion") that it was
> tantamount to a personal attack on me and what I believed. I left camp
> the next morning early and never hiked with them again. I felt sorry for
> his wife who was constantly berated by him on the trail with his demands
> to carry her pack because he didn't think she was hiking fast enough.
>
> I was used to thru hikers having a more progressive bent, but this is
> not so anymore. It definitely isn't so in the rural areas that we have
> to traverse to get rides and services--I will face this in March when I
> do the Grand Enchantment Trail in Arizona and New Mexico. Luckily,
> people are kind when they don't get to the point of having to indulge in
> their political viewpoints.
>
> --Fireweed
>
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