[pct-l] Re: Southbound from Stevens Pass to Snoqualmie Pass

[scourtway at bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)]

those types of questions are the result of the inquiring minds of those
unable to fathom that type of commitment and distance as they have not
transcendentally broken thru the mental restrictions existance in
civilization instills and experienced the world of walk all day, everyday.
It's not so much a discussion of sporting stats, but something cool to
marvel at.

s.c.

(didja like that 1st sentence ?)

----- Original Message -----
From: "larry hillberg" <walkinglarry@yahoo.com>
To: <ietura@wanadoo.es>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Re: Southbound from Stevens Pass to Snoqualmie Pass


> This does not surprise me.  Many walk the first PCT
> miles in Washington along the road as well.  At the
> risk of inciting controversy, I'd like to add my own
> ridiculous opinion.
>
> In the past couple of years, most of the thru hikers I
> met asked me one or more of the following about my own
> thru hike.  How much did your pack weigh?  How far did
> you walk each day?  How long did you take?  (Not all
> the hikers were like this.)
>
> Since when did thru hiking become a sport?  It's a
> journey!  And it's the PCT!
>
> Larry H
>
> --- ietura@wanadoo.es wrote:
>
> > > Many had also decided to do the road walk past
> > Cole's Corner
> >
> > >and Lake
> >
> > >Wenatchee State Park instead of the first section
> > of the PCT detour
> >
> > >aroundGlacier Peak.
> >
> >
> >
> > Many? now, this is weird. These people have been
> > hiking in the backcountry for months and now they
> > take a road. Maybe it's a psychological thing, they
> > may have set their minds in finishing the trail and
> > see the ups and downs of the official detour as a
> > burden but at the end that's what they've been doing
> > all this time. They're missing some beautiful areas
> > but then they've probably seen so many already.
> >
> > I don't mean to criticize anybody, I just wonder
> > what's in their minds when they take that decision.
> >
> > Inaki
>
>
>
>
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