[pct-l] Post walk across America. The PCT Next?

[Nicole E. Phillips]

Well said.
On Apr 26, 2013 2:08 PM, "Hollywood" <100marathonsorg at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd encourage people to take a step back and consider the different ways
> the PCT can help people deliver a message.
>
> Last year I hiked for a cause, multiple sclerosis.  My images and stories
> gave me an interesting story to tell that people want to listen to online
> and in person.  I was able to use the internet to raise over $11,000 for
> the MS Society this way.  I used that story as a way to start the
> conversation and ask for support for MS.  BUT I didn't carry a sign or try
> to disseminate my cause on trail.  I'd talk about it if asked, but in
> general many hikers I was around didn't even know.
>
> My point?  Use your story, not the trail, to spread your message.  If the
> PCT is part of your story, more people will want to listen to what you have
> to say.  The people you meet on the trail will become much more than
> contacts to give your message to.  And those outside of the trail community
> will connect your story and cause much more naturally than your hiking
> friends.  People on trail are so loving, transient, and broke anyway that
> you can't convince them to be more accepting (they already are) you can't
> get them to volunteer more than a day (when would they hike?) and you cant
> get money from them (they don't have any) :)
>
> Cheers
> Hollywood
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 6:22 AM, Nicole E. Phillips <nephils at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Yes please leave politics and social issues at home. Most people coming to
>> the trail are seeking refuge from that stuff. The last thing I want to see
>> is any type of activism.
>> On Apr 25, 2013 8:57 PM, "Ron" <chiefcowboy at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> > I strongly agree.  Leave politics out of it.
>> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Smartphone
>> >
>> > David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >While I support your cause I don't think this is a good idea.
>> > >
>> > >If you want ot hike the PCT then please just hike the PCT everyone is
>> > >welcome on the trail.  What I don't want to see is ANY political
>> activity
>> > >on the trail.  I go to the trail to get away frrom news, publicity,
>> > >politics, normal life issues, etc.  The PCT is an attempt at a
>> wilderness
>> > >experience - ask yourself:  will I do doing something to harm that
>> > >experience for others.   Being out there looking for media attention
>> to a
>> > >cause - any cause - takes away from the purpose of the trail.
>> > >
>> > >Hope to see you out there - but as a hiker enjoying the wilderness -
>> not
>> > as
>> > >a poltical activist using the trail for there own agenda.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Day-Late
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >> I am exploring the idea of walking the PCT with a bunch of like
>> minded
>> > >> equality folks. Anyone up for talking about it?
>> > >> Richard Noble, Walk Across America
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> *IN THE NEWS LINKS*
>> > >> Walk Across America
>> > >> I<
>> > >>
>> >
>> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/richard-noble-walks-across-america-to-spread-his-dream-of-lgbt-equality/
>> > >> >
>> > >> Walk Across America
>> > >> II<
>> > >>
>> >
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-fernandez/richard-noble-walk-across-america_b_1597142.html
>> > >> >
>> > >> The Prophecy of Marriage
>> > >> Equality<
>> > >>
>> >
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-m-russell/richard-noble-on-equality_b_758321.html
>> > >> >
>> > >>
>> > >> *ENDORSE THE PLEDGE FOR FULL LGBT EQUALITY*
>> > >> *HERE<http://www.actonprinciples.org/thepledge/>
>> > >> *
>> > >> *NO BULLIES VIDEO HERE <http://youtu.be/trqW3OAaduI>*
>> > >>
>> > >> *Richard Noble, activist *
>> > >> *WALK ACROSS AMERICA*
>> > >> *760-992-4172*
>> > >>
>> > >> .
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