[pct-l] a bit much

[yogihikes at sbcglobal.net (yogi)]

Please be nice to Donna.  She's one of the most amazing 
people you'll ever meet, on or off the trail.  The PCT is very 
lucky to have her in our corner.  
 
And in case you aren't aware of what it means to "come 
thru AD", well here ya go:  Donna does your laundry and 
smells your socks after they're clean, just to show how 
clean they are.  You get to drive the Saufley's cars to 
anyplace you want to go.  There's a phone and computer 
just for the hikers.  Movies and records.  A place to hang 
out.  A place to sleep.  A place to have a bar-b-que.  A 
kitchen to use.  "Coming thru Agua Dulce" means you'll 
be staying at the Saufley's place.  Donna doesn't HAVE 
to do this for us.  She does it because she wants to.
 
And I agree with Donna's assessment of thru-hikers and 
section-hikers.  We see it on the trail, too.  We can tell 
the difference between thru-hikers and section-hikers.  
It's in the questions each group asks, the gear each 
group carries, the experiences each group draws on.  
Thru-hikers have a certain "look".  It's not just the dirty 
clothes.  It's something else.  An "X-factor".  It comes 
from being emersed into trail life for 5 months.  From 
knowing that you've already hiked xxx miles and you 
have xxxx miles to go.  Thoughts of work and home are 
not as close to the surface for thru-hikers as they are 
for section-hikers.  Section-hikers seem more connected 
to the "other world" than thru-hikers are.
 
Neither group is better than the other.  It's just that for 
the most part, there are differences.  It's not a bad thing.  
Different groups are different.  That's all.  
 
yogi
www.pcthandbook.com
 


Trekker4@aol.com wrote:
Donna,
Remind me to not talk about what I "do" when I come thru AD next spring, 
on my 1/3 PCT section. I'll just tell you now that I'm self employed in 
several things. In what? Well, you'll just have to ask next spring.

Bob 
Big Bend Desert Denizen
(Naturalized Citizen, Republic of Texas)
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