[pct-l] Marmot

[Jeffrey Olson]

What happened to the fellow who had a stove collection, walrus mustache, 
who lived in the northwest somewhere.  Can't remember his name.  He was 
active on the listserv 20 years ago...

On 7/14/2020 5:55 PM, David Hough reading PCT-L wrote:
> The myth of the class of 1977 that I either heard or imagined was that it was
> the first ad-hoc group of non-related though hikers.
> I don't recall hearing of any other through hikers/riders on the PCT other than
> individuals and couples prior to 1977.
>
> I'm glad to hear that the myth had some substance to it but, as usual, the
> reality was more complicated than the myth.
>
> No doubt there were "classes" on the AT for decades before that, though I
> don't know whether they were called that.
>
> On the CDT I have no facts, but always supposed it was mostly individuals
> and couples, but the class-of-1977 phenomenon might have already happened
> there.     It sounds like the CDT still offers
> the other pre-1977 PCT experiences here and there -
> vague routes, too many routes, not enough routes, etc.
>
> On the Camino Francés in Spain in 2003, people tended to self sort into
> small groups that traveled at the same speed and had a common language.
> If anybody thought to call them "classes" it would be all those who
> arrived in Santiago on a particular day.
>
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