[pct-l] do you like to run on the PCT?

[JPL]

I always get on the downhill side unless it's unsafe...

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim & Jane Moody
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 4:46 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] do you like to run on the PCT?

P.S. And if I do scoot over to let a non-horse traveler come by, I make sure 
I am up against the UPHILL slope, not on the "fall-off-and-die" side.

With horses, I've found it helpful to ask the lead rider which side of the 
trail I should move to, uphill or downhill? Apparently some stock get 
nervous if a person is above them. The riders always seem to appreciate me 
asking, even if doesn't make any difference to their mount.

Mango


----- Original Message -----

From: "Jim & Jane Moody" <moodyjj at comcast.net>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 4:27:59 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] do you like to run on the PCT?

I was crowded onto a narrow lip over a steep slope way down south in 2010, 
heading nobo. Another hiker and I were going uphill, and a single runner 
(though not in a race, apparently) came barrelling downhill at us. I edged 
over to let him pass, but afterwards I thought "why shouldn't he move over a 
little, too?". Later the same day I was sitting on a creek bank, getting 
water, right below the trail. He came by again and splashed right in the 
creek, stirring up sediment. I yelled a word or two of displeasure at him, 
but his only response was to yell sorry and keep running. At that moment I 
resolved not to give way to runners unless they were on horses.
Mango

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Brick Robbins" <brick at brickrobbins.com>
To: "CHUCK CHELIN" <steeleye at wildblue.net>
Cc: "PCT" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 2:55:53 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] do you like to run on the PCT?

2015-03-14 11:44 GMT-07:00 CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>:
> Only once in all my years on the PCT: In July of ’99 I was hiking SoBo 
> on
> the PCT, and after descending the skirts of Mt. Hood and crossing Hwy-35 
> at
> Barlow Pass I saw another person approaching from the south. He had
> running gear and a number on his singlet so I just said, “Hi” as he 
> charged
> by.

Steel Eye:

were you "asked, commanded, or bullied to step aside" or made to feel
"belittled, and even disrespected as a "lesser" user of the PCT" or
were the interactions with the runners similar to interactions with
other trail users?
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