[pct-l] Kickoff Party

[kraig.mottar at verizon.net (Kraig Mottar)]

What is ADZ? Speaking of initials and acronyms which seem to be used a lot here, particularly when talking about trails or T's, how about speaking English. About the only one I really know is PCT.
Or maybe someone could post a legend telling what all the initials and acronyms mean.

Lraig


> From: Karen Borski <kborski@yahoo.com>
> Date: 2004/12/13 Mon PM 01:58:49 PST
> To: pct-l@backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Kickoff Party
> 
> Hey Squeak!
> 
> Hope you are well.? Still hikin' next year?
> 
> As a hiker this year, I was quite shocked at how many
> other thru-hikers were all heading into and out of
> Lake Morena at the same time.? I think it would
> benefit the hikers and many of their support
> businesses (e.g. Mt. Laguna store/PO) -- not to
> mention, the trail angels and their water caches -- if
> the thru-hikers were encouraged to be spread out more.
> 
> In other words, a more vigorous advertisement of hiker
> car pool service wherein trail angels/Kickoff
> attendees could sign up to drive to designated places
> north of Lake Morena (e.g. Mt. Laguna, Boulder Oaks,
> Warner Springs....even Pines to Palms and Idyllwild)
> where they would pick up thru-hikers and drive them
> back to Mt. Laguna.? They could have multiple pickup
> times and locations, as well as commensurate drop-off
> shuttles.
> 
> This type of shuttling would take a lot of crowding
> pressure off of businesses, trail angels, the
> environment, and the hikers themselves.? Another
> benefit would be the "fun factor" -- hikers and
> ex-hikers and wanna-be hikers and kickoff attendees
> who really don't want to hike but enjoy the comraderie
> would have a chance to intermingle more during the
> rides back and forth.
> 
> I'm sure some other more experienced ADZ folks have
> better ideas about how to manage this problem, but
> crowding is most certainly an issue that is not
> limited to the weekend of the party.....it has
> repurcussions for the trail community all the way to
> Donna's house and beyond.?? 
> 
> The Kickoff is great.? No one wants to miss it.? But
> it is now so big and there are now so many more PCT
> thru-hikers, that the party has molded start dates
> around that one weekend.? In '04, the party had grown
> A BUNCH over '00 when I first attended.? I'm sure it
> will continue to grow.? 
> 
> Nocona
> 
> --- squeaknpup@yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> > Any suggestions ro differences you would like to
> > see.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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