[pct-l] troll?

[mgeis at yahoo.com (Matt Geis)]

Normally, I try to be really diplomatic in my
responses.  Maybe it's because it's Monday, but I'm
not quite feeling the love.  

Is the recent thread about "continuous trail condition
updates" for real or is it a troll?

Get outdoors, and experience the weather, good **and**
bad.  If you don't like the weekend forecast, stay
home.  If you can't abide bad weather, don't go on a 5
month hike!  Hiking through terrible conditions can be
awesome -- the fact that you're doing it and
succeeding is a great feeling.  If you're an
uber-hyper-ultralight hiker with only a pair of
underwear, no jacket, thin shirt, etc., well, maybe
you should have thought that one through a bit better.
 The ultralight hiker carries as part of his/her base
weight a certain assumption of risk.

Finally, if you have $5 million to give to the PCT,
don't use it to better enable a bunch of armchair
hikers to vicariously enjoy the PCT -- put it into
something like trail repair for the area that was
demolished in 2003.  Contribute to land conservation
efforts.  Contribute to lobbying efforts to help trail
construction / acquisition.

Iron Chef

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