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[Slyatpct@aol.com (Slyatpct@aol.com)]

In a message dated 7/3/2001 2:31:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
CMountainDave@aol.com writes:



>    Your post has emboldened me to speak out on something that bugs me. 
> Someone posted that surely we all support what's his name that's trying to 
> hike all three long distance trails in one year. WELL, I DON'T GIVE A HOOT 
> WHETHER HE MAKES IT OR NOT. There - how's that for being negative? The way 
> I 
> see it, the dude is just doing it to feed his ego and has the attitude of 
> LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME, SEE WHAT I CAN DO, I'M THE VERY VERY BEST.  He's 
> taking to the wilderness the very thing 
> that wilderness was "created" to be protected from.  A sense of 
> accomplishment and competition, two of the lynchpins of the Rat Race
> 
> 

Yeah, I say that's negative.  

The last time you climbed Ranier, did you feel a sense of accomplishment, did 
you feed your ego, did you tell anyone?  What difference does it make if he's 
climbing a mountain for a few days or hiking on a trail or three for a year?  
He pushing himself to his limits, the same most do when they bag a 14,000 
footer or do a single thru-hike, only he can do it longer and faster than 
most.  

I started out doing 8 miles a day, hurting and missing much of the wonders 
around me, now my comfort zone is double or triple that.  It doesn't mean I'm 
enjoying the trail and less, on the contrary, I can see and enjoy it more.

Anyway, he's now carrying a cell or satellite phone, you can call him of your 
displeasure.

Sly




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