[pct-l] Re: AT hiker "exploits charity and trust"

[rellinwood at worldnet.att.net (Robert Ellinwood)]

> It has somewhat wrecked my sensibilities to 
know just how bad people can be. Not good for mental prepping...

Understandable.   I do feel that the AT seems to invite unsavory individuals
to a degree that other trails don't.  However, the preface to my first AT
Log ends with a heartfelt comment thanking "the many individuals from
Georgia to Maine who, by our brief encounter, helped open my eyes to the
great kindness lurking out there."  

What is it the Arabs say?  Trust in God, but tie your camel?  Perhaps a
cautious mindset is not inappropriate...

Dr Bob


> Donna,
>  So very true. At least they caught him. What an opportunist! Doesn't say
> much for the evangelist that took him in, either. However, I suppose that
a
> small measure of comfort can be gained knowing that, within the hiking
> community itself, tales like this are so much rarer than in normal
society.
> TAKE THAT SATAN!
> 
>  Acts of human kindness tend to get very little press compared to violent
> crime and the darkest facets of humanity, easily  played to our naturally
> morbid curiosity. I am much more suspicious these days, maybe even a bit
on
> the paranoid side, since I adopted "Cold Case Files" as my favorite TV
show.
> Now I've decided to stop watching it (actually that is more because I
think
> I've seen all the episodes). It has somewhat wrecked my sensibilities to
> know just how bad people can be. Not good for mental prepping...
> 
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