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[pct-l] Hiking for Charity
Hey Yogi,
No hurt here. I always read things with a british
tone, it makes it more fun. (kidding, I know what you
mean). Sorry about the posting of the privates to the
list, I get confused about whether I'm recieving a
post or a private email, and sometimes i just hit
reply, others times I think "oh change the email to
PCTL". My bad.
Anyway, thanks again to everyone for their feedback.
If anyone wants to send me a private email with more
info, I'll try really hard not to mess up when I
reply.
--------junaid #41PCT2006
master of the confusion stick
-- oh boy switchback you've got some tag line
competition now. Ah who am I kidding, I can't come up
with an endless supply of these things. ;) --
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--- yogi <yogihikes@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> woah, woah, woah, this is getting a little crazy.
>
> Junaid Dawud sent me a private email, to which I
> responded privately. Now both private emails are
> posted here to the list.
>
> Junaid --- please understand that I do know that
> people who hike for charity do not keep the funds.
> I was not accusing you or anyone of anything
> underhanded. Once again, I think the problem with
> tone being unreadable has caused hurt on the list.
>
> yogi
> www.pcthandbook.com
>
>
>
> Junaid Dawud <jdawud@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Yogi, I will not be the recipient of a single penny.
>
> My hike is MY HIKE, and I have been and will be
> paying
> for all of it. My hope is that I can get some banks,
> companies and organizations to make donations to
> charity based on my hike. I'll let the PCTL know of
> my plans with a short email and link. It will simply
> be a heads up, not a request for anyone to give
> money
> to me, or even the charity. just a heads up.
>
> Apologies to all for cluttering your mailbox with
> this
> somewhat redundant post.
>
>
> ---------junaid #41PCT2006
>
> cage rattler and list lurker
> (thats for you switchback)
>
>
>
>
>
> --- yogi wrote:
>
> > Many people are associated with charities which
> are
> > close to their hearts. That's cool. It just
> > bothers me when people solicit me (a hiker) for
> > donations for their (also hikers) hikes. It's
> > strange. I'm paying for my hike, now you want me
> to
> > pay for your hike, too? I know, the funds don't go
> > to the person's hike, but it sure seems too
> similar.
> >
> > Like I said, though, there are ways to combine
> > hiking with financial support for your favorite
> > organizations. Freefall and Happy Jo had great
> > hikes PLUS raised a lot of money.
> >
> > yogi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Junaid Dawud wrote:
> > Hey Yogi,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply. Nice work on the handbook,
> > its
> > been quite useful in my planning.
> >
> > My desire to hike is the only motivation for my
> > hike.
> > The idea to hike for a charity came after reading
> > part
> > of a trailjournal from someone who had. As I just
> > said to Can'tQuit, if hiking for a charity is
> going
> > to
> > detract from the experience at all, I won't do it.
>
> >
> > I agree with you about not soliciting other
> hikers.
> > My idea is to get some local (Honolulu) businesses
> > and
> > such to donate.
> >
> > I basically want to have everything set up so that
> > when I leave, I'm just hiking and updating my
> > trailjournal periodically. Those who pledge, can
> > follow my progress via my TJ and will be notified
> of
> > my completion or (God I hope not) my dropping out.
>
> > Then they can cut their checks and send them to
> the
> > charity.
> >
> > Thanks again for everything, I hope to see you on
> > the
> > trail next year. Or at the KO at least.
> >
> > --------junaid
> >
> >
> >
> > --- yogi wrote:
> >
> > > To anyone considering hiking for any other cause
> > > than
> > > for the simple love of it:
> > >
> > > Consider NOT soliciting donations from your
> fellow
> > > hikers.
> > > This has happened to me several times on the
> > trail,
> > > and
> > > someone even sent me an email requesting a
> > donation
> > > last
> > > year. I suppose they got my email address from
> one
> > > of
> > > the internet lists.
> > >
> > > Fellow hikers Happy Jo (PCT'02) and Freefall
> > > (PCT'03)
> > > both raised money while hiking. Unless you
> logged
> > > on
> > > to their journal sites, you would never have
> known
> > > they
> > > were hiking for charity. I never heard them
> > mention
> > > it
> > > while on the trail. In my opinion, that's how it
> > > should
> > > be done.
> > >
> > > yogi
> > > www.pcthandbook.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > carol bruno wrote:
> > > I would be very interested in hearing the
> response
> > > to this. My son is in Iraq and I had considered
> > > thru-hiking the rest of the trail (currently a
> > > section hiker) for the troops---kind of a
> 'yellow
> > > ribbon' hike that could raise money for them.
> But
> > > there is a part of me that wants to keep it just
> > > about the hiking---the beauty, the pleasure, and
> > the
> > > intangibles that bless us along the way, and
> even
> > > those things we consider curses along the way.
> So,
> > I
> > > kinda blew that idea off. I admire the sentiment
> > but
> > > feel very ambivalent.
> > >
> > > Good luck to you and I would be the first to
> > > contribute, if that is your determination..
> > >
> > > HYOH
> > > Can'tquit
> > >
> > >
> > >
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