[pct-l] PCT's birds and other critters

[blisterfree at isp01.net (Brett)]

The "stealth camper" needs to be careful not to let the
> responsibilities of their method fall by the wayside when 
> they're tired at
> the end of the day and end up stopping in a high-traffic 
> area because they
> havn't seen a bear in 50 days of sierra hiking or some 
> such......


"Stealth camping" is an abused term. AT hikers speak of 
"stealthing" behind the shelters, for instance. ALDHA 
defines stealth camping in the same way, and not 
surprisingly frowns upon the practice. Granted, stealth 
camping "well" is very hard to do on the AT, and shouldn't 
be recommended publicly. But there's also a lot of 
misinformation about the term that gives it an unnecessarily 
bad rap, and makes it a potentially faulty practice.

- bf