[pct-l] Why We Hike

[StoneDancer1 at aol.com (StoneDancer1@aol.com)]

In a message dated 11/2/2005 2:31:58 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
PCT@DelNorteResort.Com writes:

>>>It has always seemed to me that the multi-day or section  hiker seems to be
much more relaxed than the big mileage, multi-month  hiker. With that said, 
pleasures certainly exist for the multi-month mile  slave that the 7-mile a day 
poet will never, ever  know.>>>>



Having spent more than 40 years as a "7-mile a day poet" and only the past  4 
as a "multi-month mile slave,"  I can tell you that the pleasures are  *not* 
mutually exclusive.  And... certainly your prejudices ( read that  without 
negative connotations) show.  I can tell you that, as a 7 mile a  day poet with a 
45# pack, I spent many days less relaxed than a multi-month mile  slave, in 
great shape and  doing  a 25 mile day with a 20# pack.  

"No Way Ray"  Echols