Re: [pct-l] Re: pct-l-digest V1 #1014

[Owen <jim_ginny_o@attglobal.net>]

William M. Stenzel wrote:
> 
> I haven't checked my email in a week or so and didn't realize the yearly
onslaught of sanctimonious "hiker attitude" posts had begun.
>     I find it odd that a long-distance PCT hike is defined as a "success"
if a hiker starts at the arbitrary border line at Mexico and ends at
> an equally arbitrary line at Canada, and is a "failure" if for some
reason, the hiker in question does not hike this enormous distance. Hey,
> the pacific crest runs from Chile to Alaska -- maybe everyone is a
failure because they've only hiked a tiny portion of the total distance.
> 

And other assorted nastiness -----

While Will probably managed to upset a lot of people - there's a lot of
truth in what he says.  In fact, there's nothing that's totally untrue.  

His problem is that his attitude sucks swamp water.  

He might want to read what I put out on this list about a year ago -
it's titled "Thruhiking - What If...." and can be found at:
http://trailwise.circumtech.com/storylist 

As has been said before -- thruhiking isn't for everyone. Sounds like
Will learned that thruhiking isn't for him, so his hike wasn't really a
total waste, was it? 

Walk softly,
Jim  
AT-92, CDT-99, PCT-00

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