[pct-l] troll?

[busterrey at speakeasy.net (Buster)]

ummm.... From a long time lurker on this list:
Well, I took it as a funny - a joke.
a bit of the sarcastic and satire and not meant to be real or a troll.
Just a bit of the odd humor these long distance hikers have.

Me thinks they need more oil cans. ;)

Andrew - Buster's best friend.

Matt Geis wrote:

>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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