[pct-l] Thru numbers

[Cat Nelson]

I never thought of it that way. Next year I will be starting my hike. So I
will be on the trail rather than at the trail, so there will be one less
angel at the trail. After that I'm sure I will back, paying it forward, for
the blessing of the trail. There is room for all of us if we are all good
stewards of the PCT.
Cat
TA/PCT14
sagegirl51 at gmail.com
On Jun 8, 2013 10:51 AM, "Diane Soini" <dianesoini at gmail.com> wrote:

> The trail can be successfully hiked without establishment-type trail
> angels and without water caches and coolers left for hikers. I'm not
> saying that these things are not appreciated. They are. But I did
> notice that I started to expect a cooler at every road crossing and
> started to feel not just disappointment but something a little more
> greedy than that when it wasn't provided. It bothered me that I was
> having these thoughts and feelings, actually. I felt ashamed of
> myself. It might be helpful for restoring the experience of the trail
> if there was less help rather than more.
>
>
> On Jun 8, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> > From: Evelyn Dybowski <lilacs007 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] ] Thru numbers
> >
> > "It's pretty clear that for better or worse there are major changes
> > coming to
> > the trail angel system that thru-hikers have enjoyed for the past
> > decade or
> > so. ?"
> > With the number of thru hikers increasing is there a way to
> > formalize the "trail angel" work? ?Maybe with people hiking
> > contributing to food/water costs or getting sponsors etc? (or
> > contributing to organization of trail angels and their needs)
> > Or formally figuring out where the spots are that most people would
> > need water/food etc and as a group focusing on those?
> > Maybe stupid idea.. but with the stores going to kick off and
> > selling goods- could they be asked to contribute to the community
> > by helping trail angels have the funds for or actual food/drink? Or
> > do they already do this?
> > I'm just working on a charity organization (from ground up) and we
> > were able to get a small grant to offer our community (medical
> > expenses related). Maybe a site like Kickstarter could also help in
> > this case? You could give bandanas or whatever to certain level
> > sponsors.
> > BTW I'm from sales and business development.. so if any of this is
> > stupid SORRY, I always go back to my "sales" life I guess!
> >
> > Evelyn
>
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