[pct-l] bikes on the PCT

[reynolds@iLAN.com (Reynolds, WT)]

Joanne-

The point of your post was the *arrogance of these thruhikers. Imaging them
asking for water. Anybody knows you need to carry water!* Isn't this
correct? 

The point of my response is that the bikers sin is no different than
*Imagine walking thirty miles and yet being suprised at getting blisters.
And, imagine no real medical kit in the wilderness*

My point being that thruhikers, backpackers etc. look just as rediculous to
others as they do to us.

BTW. I was not commenting on your actions, just responding to your post.

-----Original Message-----
From: Joanne Lennox [mailto:goforth@cio.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 10:22 PM
To: pct-mailing list
Subject: Fw: [pct-l] bikes on the PCT




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> From: Joanne Lennox <goforth@cio.net>
> To: Reynolds, WT <reynolds@iLAN.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] bikes on the PCT
> Date: Thursday, January 25, 2001 4:59 PM
> 
> I did not say I had any water to share!  you have made a number of
> assumptions here!
> 
> Suppose you were hiking and you started from scissors crossing with two
> quarts of water. And somebody started much later than you and would
finish
> much sooner than you and they decided to carry no water.  Would you offer
> them your last remaining water, when they passed you????  so you think
that
> this is the same as walking away from an injured hiker?  
> I have helped many injured persons in the mountains even through I
consider
> most of those injuries to have been avoidable.  But I certainly don't
think
> that I am responsible for remedying the mistake of every person I come
> accross.
> 
> I have never allowed any bear to get any food that I have had.(In forty
> years of outdoor experience).
> I attribute this mostly to awareness, not to any particular precaution. 
> You can tell where bears have been and which areas they frequent - just
> look!
> 
> I probably hike slower than you, but I don't think that the speed has a
lot
> to do with savoring a landscape.  and I am not sure that enjoyment and
> savoring represents a very wide range of the wilderness experience.  I
> suppose much could be said for fair weather sailing, but real sailors
might
> think that those fellows are not really"out there" either.  either
attitude
> induces an exclusive outlook on the world.  I would prefer an inclusive
> one, but I see bicycles as a saftey issue and as an escalation into a
much
> more mechanized area that is not really immicable with walking and
> wilderness.
> 
> the thruhiking experience is a different experience not necessarily a
> better or worse one
> 
> I never use Gortex.
> 
> Joanne
> ----------
> > From: Reynolds, WT <reynolds@iLAN.com>
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