[pct-l] Why Hike?

[spiritbear2k at hotmail.com (Ginny & Jim Owen)]

Scott wrote:
>Provided you adhere to the guidelines deemed acceptable by the PCT elite in
>this community.

The "elite" in any community outside the military are only "elite" because 
someone has declared them so.  If you find them on the trail, they'll be 
sweating just like the rest of us - and many times, enjoying it less.

One of my many reasons to hike is that: A bad day on the Trail is better 
than a good day at work.  That has hung over my desk at work for over 16 
years.  There's no boss in this world that likes that philosophy.  But, like 
"elites," bosses need something from you - so give Ceasar his due, but not 
your soul.

Keep on hiking - and learn when to tell Mrs Grundy to take a long walk off a 
short pier.  <VBG>

Walk softly,
Jim

PS - to Monte - I'm still here ---- until April.  155 bottles beer on the 
wall!!  Wanta meet me in New Mexico?  <g>

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The only man who truly thinks is the one who, when faced with a problem, 
instead of
looking straight ahead toward what habit, tradition, the commonplace, and 
mental inertia
would make one assume, keeps himself alert, ready to accept the fact that 
the solution
might spring from the least foreseeable spot on the great rotundity of the 
horizon.

---- Jose Ortega y Gasset, Meditations on Hunting