[pct-l] Help for Harry

Mon Apr 21 11:07:43 CDT 2014

I grew up near and educated in the city of brotherly go F yourself.  For
that reason I am less trusting of people.  In Philadelphia if someone asks
you what time it is they are just judging whether your watch is worth
stealing.

Once on the AT I was hiking with 4 other people we come to a road crossing
and a guy pulls up and offers to slack pack us 1 mile to the next road
crossing.  Well 4 out of the 5 of us threw their packs into the back of the
truck.  I was sitting there with my pack on and the truck pulls away.  I
asked the people that threw their packs into the back of the truck if they
knew the guy.  They looked at me like they saw a ghost.  Because no one
knew him.  When they got to the next road crossing luckily their gear was
there.

So, sometimes people make bad decisions with their gear, and get away with
it.  Other times people make bad decisions with their gear, and someone
else gets away with stealing said persons stuff.

If the business doesn't allow backpacks inside go to the next business.
 Maybe I am a jerk for not caring when peoples unattended gear gets stolen,
but I don't care one iota.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MT3CihStFQ

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Gail Van Velzer <vanvelzer at charter.net>wrote:

> Sad.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie McDonnell" <yogihikes at gmail.com>
> To: "pct-l" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 8:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Help for Harry
>
>
> > Gail -
> >
> > MANY restaurants and stores will not allow hikers to bring their packs
> > inside.
> >
> > Yogi
> > www.yogisbooks.com
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Gail Van Velzer
> > <vanvelzer at charter.net>wrote:
> >
> >> I guess I just never let those things out of my site.  Not on the trail
> >> and not in any public place.  Maybe I've been in the city too long! LOL!
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie McDonnell"
> >> <yogihikes at gmail.com
> >> >
> >> To: "pct-l" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> >> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 7:48 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Help for Harry
> >>
> >>
> >>  Hikers walk away from their packs all the time:
> >>>
> >>> Leave it outside the Post Office, a store, or a restaurant.
> >>> Leave it on the trail when you go off trail to pee/poop.
> >>>
> >>> Packs get stole in these situations more frequently than you might
> >>> imagine.
> >>>
> >>> Yogi
> >>> www.yogisbooks.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Gail Van Velzer <
> vanvelzer at charter.net
> >>> >wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  I'd like to know how a backpack gets stolen from under your nose?
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Matt Signore" <mpsignore at gmail.com>
> >>>> To: "David Frauzel" <dfrauzel at gmail.com>
> >>>> Cc: "pct-l" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> >>>> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 6:55 AM
> >>>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Help for Harry
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> > "Knowing your stuff"  includes not leaving everything you need for
> >>>> > the
> >>>> > next
> >>>> > 5 months unattended in a US Mexico border town.
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>> > On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 1:56 PM, David Frauzel <dfrauzel at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>> >
> >>>> >> I just met a gentleman named Harry (I think, I am awful with names)
> >>>> >> at
> >>>> >> the
> >>>> >> San Diego / Otay Ranch REI. This poor guy had his entire pack
> stolen
> >>>> >> at
> >>>> >> Campo a few days back and has been rebuilding his kit since. I
> >>>> >> missed
> >>>> >> catching him on the way out to offer a ride or anything else he
> >>>> >> could
> >>>> >> possibly need, and feel pretty bad for him. If anyone happens to
> >>>> >> meet
> >>>> him
> >>>> >> on his way north, I imagine he could use a little help. (Or maybe
> >>>> >> not,
> >>>> >> he's
> >>>> >> done the CDT already, knows his stuff!)
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> He isn't on this list but I'll wish him the best of luck from here.
> >>>> >> Better
> >>>> >> luck than he had in Campo at least! :(
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