[pct-l] hiker trash

[pcnst2001 at covad.net (pcnst2001@covad.net)]

> hikers really appear to be unemployed bums on a lark.  I'd say it's a badge of
honor -- wear it with pride. 

here's what Shaw has to say on a similar matter:

http://www.bartleby.com/157/3.html

starting about the third paragraph.
These stage directions are really a social-political commentary
set in... THE Sierra Nevada.

The social-political commentary relevant to this pct-l thread is just a few
paragraphs, but if you like opera, continue reading until you reach Don Juan in Hell.