[pct-l] Through Hiking as a job

[marmot marmot]

I really don't know the whole story. It was on the pct-l some time in late July.  I believe they found the dog north of Sierra City. Does anyone know more.   Marmot 

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> On Oct 13, 2013, at 10:42 AM, "Tracy Fisher" <tfisher9 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I too am sorry the hiker didn't stop, I would have as I am sure many others would have. 
>  
> Regarding the hikers who saved the dog, can you give me more details on that one?  I remember in N. Cal. going past an empty camp with a note on a rock saying that their dog was lost. From there I spent the next couple of hours whistling and calling out as I walked north in hopes of the dog hearing me.  Nothing happened and I always wondered what happened. 
>  
> Tracy (aka Running Commentary)
>  
> > From: marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com
> > Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:13:15 -0700
> > To: dannywormington at gmail.com
> > CC: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Through Hiking as a job
> > 
> > I am horrified. Maybe there is an excuse but I can't think of one. Remember the hikers who saved the dog north of Sierra city. This year I met some south bounders who went out of their way to find a home for a kitten found on the trail near. Burney Falls. That is what is normal In the past 20 years as a long distance hiker I've heard so many stories like these. I am sorry for someone being so uncaring. Marmot
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> > > On Oct 10, 2013, at 11:47 AM, "Danny Wormington" <dannywormington at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > My wife and I recently hiked from Steven's Pass to Steheken. It 
> > > was early September and before all this snow and terrible weather. We 
> > > only had three days of rain and miserable drizzle. We met many through 
> > > hikers and they were very pleasant for the most part. One hiker had 
> > > stopped briefly at Lake Sally Ann and when he passed us he said he 
> > > wished he could spend a zero day there but there was no time. That was 
> > > when I realized that for most of these through hikers the hike is a 
> > > job. It's as if they don't have any sick leave left so they have to 
> > > plug on and on. They don't have time to stop and enjoy, they only have 
> > > a deadline to meet even if it means pushing the envelope.
> > > At one point in the trail a huge tree lay across a switch back so 
> > > that you had to climb down a vertical slope to the trail You had to 
> > > cling to slender tree roots, digging your toes into the soft, wet duff 
> > > to make your way down. As my wife climbed down, a tree root snapped 
> > > and she bounced to the trail below, laying on top of her pack like a 
> > > turtle on its back. There was a through hiker who had just caught up 
> > > with us and was waiting impatiently for us to finish our short descent 
> > > so that he could hurry on to meet his schedule. Time was a-wasting. 
> > > When he got his chance he danced down the steep slope danced by my still 
> > > prone wife. And hurried out of sight without a pause or a word. Time 
> > > was a-wasting. I checked my wife out, helped her to her feet and only 
> > > then did I begin to wonder what was so important about a through hike 
> > > that you didn't have time to help another hiker in distress. Well, I 
> > > was there, so I guess that took the load off him, and his job was so 
> > > important that he didn't have time to slow down.
> > > Just a thought. Perhaps it is the same kind of thinking that drops 
> > > a hiker unwittingly into chest deep snow without warm clothes or enough 
> > > food.
> > > It isn't really a job.
> > > 
> > > Danny
> > > 
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