[pct-l] why do you like hiking?

[calliger@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Calliger)]

He also said that he could not ever grasp the fact that
grown human beings ruin a perfectly good lawn chasing
a white orb around with a funny stick.

At 11:39 AM 1/21/03 -0500, dude wrote:
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>> I can't fathom why anyone would like golfing.
>
>Although Mark Twain probably had it right when he said "Golf is a
>good walk spoiled", for people that live in an urban jungle where
>decent hiking is hours away on a congested freeway, Golf can provide
>some nice exposure to nature away from cement, traffic, and garbage.
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>> Why do you want to thru-hike?
>> Why do you like backpacking?
>> Why do you like hiking?
>>
>> These questions always floor me.  People can't understand WHY we
>> like this stuff because it's all foreign to them.
>>
>> I like hiking for the same reasons someone else likes golfing, or
>> playing softball, or running, sewing, reading, skating, surfing,
>> biking, WHATEVER. I like hiking because I enjoy it.  It gives me
>> satisfaction.  And I can't explain it to them any better than they
>> can explain to me why they like to sew or skate or golf.
>>
>> I can't fathom why anyone would like golfing.
>> So why would I expect them to understand why I like thru-hiking?
>>
>> yogi
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