[pct-l] Skipping

[Peter Necarsulmer]

Right on!!!!!

Peter B. Necarsulmer
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> On Jul 2, 2015, at 5:46 PM, Mel Tungate <mel at tungate.com> wrote:
> 
> Every step, whether 2650 miles of them, or 2649 miles, should be celebrated.
> 
> 
> Whether one hitched from the Anderson's to Hughes Lake to avoid that road
> walk, or got off the trail to go to Tehachapi at Willow Springs Road then
> got back on the trail at Hwy 58, or did not walk 20 miles of road to bypass
> the 4 miles of PCT that is closed, is totally irrelevant.  And, if one would
> start today, there are at least two fire blockages ( and maybe 3 ) plus a
> full chunk that cannot be walked now.  So, would one who went say 2600 miles
> today, and walked every step one could, be classified as a non-thru  hike?
> 
> And, what dang difference does it make whether one flips once, or twice, or
> none, or ten times.  It still is 2650 miles the last I checked, and I will
> have walked ( if I did the full trail ) 2650 more miles than my next door
> neighbor.
> 
> What award someone else gets is of no interest to me.  Zero.  Nein.  Zilch.
> Zip.  It neither adds to nor diminishes what I feel from the part of the
> trail I walked.
> 
> Mel
> 
> 
>>> Hey it's just that I've watched over the years award ceremonies , , 
>>> certificates  and metals been presented to those I know for a fact
> skipped
>>> 50 to a couple hundred miles .   Don't get upset over it ! I'm just
> stating
>>> I couldn't  do that!  If anyone wishes to that,  fine... Lol. Go for it!
>>> 
>>> "Sent from my iPhone"
>>> 
>>>     Brian
>>> 
>>> Who are we to judge?
>>> That is also why the whole idea of awards and triple crown is blown for
> me.
>>> Never hiked to lord it over another.
>>> Like a Shinto priest:
>>> "We dance."
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