[pct-l] Why we hike

[enyapjr at adelphia.net (enyapjr@adelphia.net)]

>A couple great quotes from Ann & Myron  Sutton's "The Pacific Crest Trail - 
>Escape to the Wilderness" 1975;
>
>?A person may exercise a right increasingly restricted these days: to wander 
>at random.  This aimless roving may be contrary to the principles of 
>industrial progress, but for a wanderer nothing is better calculated to clear the mind 
>and enlarge the vision.?
>
>?In our opinion, the greatest pleasures along this trail are enjoyed not 
>necessarily by hikers who cover forty miles a day, but by those who do seven, and
>especially by those who are part naturalist, poet, musician, artist.  Getting 
>the most out of this trail involves all the senses, and if we hone these 
>senses during a hike along the Pacific Crest Trail, we are apt to return home 
>refreshed and more able to enjoy the miraculous in the commonplace that surrounds 
>us daily.?

Actually that's precisely what Chuckie V has been quoted as saying, but much more succinctly!  ; )
"First one to Canada loses"...

Happy trails!!!
 
 
Greg