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[pct-l] Preacher Jim is not a troll!
calm down man, all in fun. who needs to take a hike heh heh? and what is
this snottiness you speak of ?
I think the spelling's cute myself.
s.c.
*In no way shall the above post be interpreted as a flame*
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gustafson" <jgus@sunbow.org>
To: <scourtway@bps-arch.com>; <cmkudija@earthlink.net>
Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:58 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Preacher Jim is not a troll!
> Heh heh yourself, smarty-pants. Preacher Jim and Jackalope are NOT
> trolls. They are 2005 thruhikers and they are my friends. Preacher Jim
> turned 21 in Idyllwild the day I picked them up to take them back down to
> the kickoff, along with Dr. Bob and 49er. Preacher Jim is the most
> positive, happy, shining beacon of goodness I have ever met.
> Unfortunately, he can't spell for s***, plus he is using a Pocketmail
> device which makes it hard for anyone to produce perfect text. I'm sorry
> he can't spell Oregon correctly, but that doesn't make him a troll.
>
> My friends started the trail at Campo before the kickoff, and reached
> Kennedy Meadows on May 26. Needing to flip forward *somewhere* they chose
> Ashland in the apparently *incorrect but understandable* belief, based on
> information posted on this list and elsewhere, that Oregon had received
> little rain or snow this winter, and would be abnormally dry. It's too
> bad that "winter" is turning out to be normal there after all, even though
> it's two months late, according to the local people who have helped them
> in the past few days!
>
> So Preacher Jim, in all innocence and goodness, has turned to the list for
> advice, and also to provide information for anyone else who might be
> thinking of flipping up to Ashland. It's way too early, snow is
> everywhere, they made a mistake, and they are trying to make the best of a
> difficult situation, stuck somewhere out in the middle of nowhere, trying
> to figure out what to do, and they are trying to warn others. It seems to
> me they are in somewhat the same situation other hikers found themselves
> in trying to deal with the San Jacintos, the San Bernardinos, and the San
> Gabriels, and the list was so concerned, and so helpful, and so willing to
> help those folks out. But these guys, for some reason, are getting a
> ration from some folks on the list. All you want to do is CORRECT HIS
> SPELLING and call him a TROLL? I expect a certain amount of heh heh
> snottiness from s.c., but Ms. Kudija you are a PCTA board member! Can't
> you cut a hiker a little slack? See beyond the unintended *slight* to
> your adopted state and instead make a responsible contribution to the help
> they have asked for, and thank them for the warning to others? I think
> you can, and should.
>
> I'm sorry I am writing this in anger, but I am very concerned about my
> friends, I know they are safe where they are (wherever that is) but I
> don't know how they are going to get the situation they are in turned
> around, so they can continue their PCT hike. These are two wonderful
> guys! I know you would enjoy meeting them and wouldn't dream of treating
> them this way to their faces. If you have any real assistance or
> encouragement to provide, please do so. Otherwise, leave them alone, they
> don't deserve to have their wrists slapped by other hikers. Also, Preacher
> Jim's email address is <jimjj@pocketmail.com>, which he stated in his
> email asking for help. Maybe you are so busy dumping on him for his
> spelling mistakes, you didn't even notice. The Striker-X email address is
> just the address of the *kind people who are sheltering them at the
> moment,* letting him use their computer, and you are now filling that
> *trail angel's* email inbox with stink mail.
>
> I suggest you take a hike. Seriously.
>
> Two Legs
>
>>> subject: lots of snow in origan.
>>> jackalope and i, preacher jim, started again in origan at ashland
>>> ..... do nknow how the rest of origan is, but where we are, trail is
>>> imposible
>>> to find. this snow is bad and can be expected anywhere over 6000 feet
>>> even at 5000 in some places. just a heads up.
>>>
>>> ~Preacher Jim and Jackalope
>
>> From: "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com>
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] subject: lots of snow in origan.
>
>> don't feed the trolls ontrail or not !!!
>> heh heh
>> s.c.
>>
>>> Please. It's OREGON, not origan.
>>> ...
>>> Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 1:44 PM
>>> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.netSubject: [pct-l] subject: lots of snow
>>> in origan.
>>>
>
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