[pct-l] PCT resupply stops/questions - Hikertown

[metam01 at earthlink.net (Monty Tam)]

My mother always said if I don't have anything nice to say about someone,
don't say it.  I don't always listen to my mother.  Sorry Mom.

This ought to stir up the list a little more.

I arrived at Hikertown.
Within thirty seconds I felt crappy to be in Richard's presence. A
spiritual nightmare. Within five minutes I was listening to sexual
references he was making about a Trail Angel everyone meets and love a
couple days before getting there.  My leg was taped up with a stress
fracture and I could hardly walk.  He seemed upset that I couldn't work and
let me know.   He went to the store.  I retaped my leg and hiked on to the
next water source.  The relief of being out of there made the pain worth it.

I've heard stories from a couple hikers about nice things he's done, some
very nice.  Wasn't John Wayne Gacey nice to those 29 boys to lure them in.

There's a store a mile up the road.  The new owner is very hiker friendly. 
He may also accept packages.  If there's no water at the school, I may walk
all the way up there just to get water.

Yogi, thanks for opening the door a little.  I think your comment, like
your book,  is of enormous service to the hikers.

Warner Springs Monty


> [Original Message]
> From: yogi <yogihikes@sbcglobal.net>
> To: Jason Waicunas <pct2005@hotmail.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Date: 2/12/2005 12:33:34 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] PCT resupply stops/questions - Hikertown
>
> My personal opinion is that Hikertown is creepy.  Especially if you're a
woman.  Richard Skaggs made comments about the camera that was in the
shower.  He's a retired movie director, so the chance that he could have a
camera in the shower is not too farfetched.  When a female hiker's husband
called, Skaggs made lewd comments on the phone regarding the female hiker.  
>  
> In 2003, when it was being built, hikers were required to help build the
place.  I'm not opposed to helping out, but the way it went down was
uncool.  In the heat of the day, hikers had to put in something like 20
minutes of work in the heat of the day for every hour resting in the shade.
The construction workers who were hired to do the renovations on the home
didn't even work during the day.  They started working when the sun went
down.
>  
> I don't see many 2003 PCT'ers on PCT-L lately, but if they're out there,
I'm sure they'll have a story or two.  Maybe things changed in 2004.
>
> All in all, it's a creepy place, and that's why it's not in my book. 
>  
> yogi
> www.pcthandbook.com 
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> Jason Waicunas <pct2005@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who replied to my previous questions in regard to
water, 
> resupply stops, and, the WP guide data. To offer more variety from bear 
> cannisters, I have a couple more questions:
>
> 1. (Section E.) Is "Hikertown" on Hwy. 138 in Lancaster open and
available 
> for resupply?
>
> 2. (Section B.) Has anyone stopped at Pat and Paul's "Hiker Oasis" on 
> Gassner Rd. behind Camp Anza and is it a recommended stop?
>
> Thanks again,
> NaborJ
> (Jason Waicunas)
>
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