[pct-l] Marmot

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Monte Dodge

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> On Jul 14, 2020, at 4:58 PM, Jeffrey Olson <jjolson58 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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