[pct-l] Why Do I Like Hiking

[scottie.wujcik@xxxxxx (WUJCIK,SCOTTIE (HP-Corvallis,ex1))]

We all enjoy different activities because we're all unique as individuals.
My wife likes to spend her weekends in her garden.  I hate gardening.  I
like to spend my weekends hiking and backpacking.  She thinks I'm some kind
of demented individual.  We usually tend to migrate towards other
individuals that have the same interests as we have.  Nothing feels more
gratifying to me than to hike in the wilderness and see things that I've
never seen before, because I would never see them if I didn't hike.  When I
get home from a long day hike and all I want to do is take a hot shower and
get some rest, to me, that's a day well spent.  That's just me and who I am.

Scottie
Three lungs.


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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Section ve Thruhiker (Steve Courtway)
   2. Re: why do you like hiking? - Play some golf anyway ! (Steve Courtway)

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Message: 1
From: "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com>
To: "Reynolds, WT" <reynolds@ilan.com>,
   "'David hiking PCNST in bits'" <pcnst2@oakapple.net>,
   <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Section ve Thruhiker
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:36:05 -0800

On the contrary, one of my favorite times to hike is in the evening after
dinner.  The wonder of it all and sense of adventure and forward progress
comes back in droves after a good meal.  sitting around, sauce or no sauce,
is boring, if you've got the opportunity to crr-ui-ze !!!!

Steve

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From: "Reynolds, WT" <reynolds@ilan.com>
To: "'David hiking PCNST in bits'" <pcnst2@oakapple.net>;
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Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 5:13 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Section ve Thruhiker


> Between 7AM and 1PM while I am grunting up some 2000 foot climb the
> thruhikers that pass me do, indeed look fresher and are sweating less.
> However, since I can't see the size of the raw blisters on their feet
> it isn't necessarly clear who is having more fun
>
> However, between 1PM and dark, when I am sitting in my Slinglight
> having a sierra cooler and trying to catch a fish or two, the
> thruhikers that pass
me
> are having decidedly less fun.
>
> I find life an adaquate cure for depression.
>
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Message: 2
From: "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com>
To: "yogi hicker" <yogilists@hotmail.com>, <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] why do you like hiking? - Play some golf anyway !
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:43:07 -0800

on golf, one of the main reasons folks get addicted
to golfing is that it is played in hyper-real "natural" surroundings, one of
the main elements of the hike which strikes the hikers, as well.  So, you
can see, both sports are closely related.

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From: "yogi hicker" <yogilists@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 9:02 PM
Subject: [pct-l] why do you like hiking?


> 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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