[pct-l] Night Hiking in the Mojave / Vagrancy Issues

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I once drove by an FT thru hiker thinking he must be homeless because his gear was so oversized and shabby.  Then I saw the muscles in his calves and turned around and picked him up.  Just one more way to differentiate the homeless from hiker trash.  (In all fairness, his pack weighed more than 60 lbs.)

Joan





-----Original Message-----
From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
To: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:56 pm
Subject: [pct-l] Night Hiking in the Mojave / Vagrancy Issues


/ Yes,
t is very difficult to tell "hiker-trash" from a  "hobo"  or "homeless."
 mean, let's face it, what is the difference between sleeping on the trail
omewhere for 5-6 month or sleeping in an alley somewhere?
ot much,.......except you will never see a self respecting "hobo" or 
homeless"
ear "Gortex".
nother way you can tell a "hobo" or "homeless" from "hiker-trash"  is 
leanliness.
Homeless seem to be much cleaner.
Homeless" also seem to look less malnourished and don't have that wild, 
eranged,
ar away look in their eyes, like "hiker-trash" does.
So you see, unless you know what to look for,.....it is very difficult 
o tell a "hobo" or
homeless" from hiker trash....they are the same breed of cats.
ne prowls around in alleys,.... the other prowls around on trails.
JMT Reinhold
our JMT prowling alley cat
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 BF wrote:
....have any of you PCT thru hikers ever had any //problems with being
onfused being homeless during your travels on and off //the trail? /
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adar wrote:
 was viewed as a 'hobo' by the driver who picked me up outside Mojave
n that same trip.
ome people don't seem to even comprehend what backpacking is never
ind the more esoteric experience of long-distance hiking.
adar
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