[pct-l] I had to walk 5 miles in the snow to get to school...

[stillroaming@lycos.com (K. Scott Parks)]

Your right, screw it. I'm not going this year, it's just
too easy these days.

Striders glory days are over. Belittling the 
accomplishments of others and exaggerating his
own is his only joy left. Well, that and his
captive audience at ADZ party. By the time the
party is over, I'm sure everyone within earshot
will know how 'awesome' he is. 

If your over 50, over weight, self indulged and
have no intentions of hiking the PCT before you
wither away and die, I'm sure Strider's statement 
appeals to you. I mean, why bother going?

This is the oldest form of self promotion in the
world, ie, "When I was your age, I had to walk 5 
miles in the snow to get to school."

The thru-hikers of '98 that completed the trail are 'real'
bad-asses. Ask them about thru-hiking the PCT. If you
want to praise thru-hikers, talk to that group.

Scott Parks

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On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 12:10:18  
 >Message: 10
>From: Bighummel@aol.com
>Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 19:10:06 EDT
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Re: New On-Trail List?
>To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>
>I'll probably start a war over this one, but here it goes.
>
>The amount of communication that is available today on the PCT and related 
>trail conditions is so overwhelming relative to what was available in past 
>years that all of you hiking this year or in future years have it damn easy, 
>IMHO.  
>
>There is no need on the trail for pocket emails, separate trail conditions 
>list, barometer, altimeter, GPS, cell phone, satelite phone, short wave 
>radios, computers, magnamometers, gravitometers, or other well intentioned 
>and inappropriately applied technical communication strategies in an apparent 
>"wilderness" environment.  Not even a watch nor perhaps even a thermometer is 
>necessary.  I can keep relative time of day from the sun and the day of the 
>week is easily kept track in a journal if I need to get to a particular spot 
>at a specific time for whatever reason.  If it is raining, snowing or foggy, 
>then the amount of time that my estimate may be off adds to the flavor of the 
>experience.  
>
>Oh, sure, I find these gadgets just as fun as the next guy and even own a few 
>of them myself for entertainment, business and personal communication 
>purposes.  However, I find this phenomenal quest for collecting and access to 
>more and more information is bewildering and completely antithetic to the 
>"wilderness experience".
>
>The hugh amount of information and advice avialable to you current and future 
>hikers is entirely sufficient to get you there, IF, you have what it takes in 
>the other necessary categories.
>
>I put it to you; what is the fun of going out into the wilderness if you know 
>what time it is to the second, what the weather will be for the next minute 
>to week, what the trail conditions are over the next 100 miles updated every 
>hour, and you never, ever come even close to getting lost?
>
>IMHO,
>
>Strider
>



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