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

Sat Apr 27 11:26:55 CDT 2013

Agreed, I couldn't have put it better. By "activism on the trail", I was imagining a scenario where somebody would stop me and ask "Have you been saved?" or handed out pamphlets... though I seriously wonder how long such a person would carry that packet of pamphlets before doing the weight calculations and making an executive decision, cause be damned!

On 26 Apr, 2013, at 11:14, "Nicole E. Phillips" <nephils at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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