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

[dsaufley at sprynet.com (dsaufley@sprynet.com)]

Yes, I've often pondered the vast spectrum of human capabilities.  Hosting hikers has renewed my faith in the overwhelming goodness of humanity, at least this small segment of humanity.  The few exceptions that have wandered in are easier to cope with because they have been such a miniscule minority.  Hikers are to me, to quote a young woman who came through in '99, "the antidote to the evening news." 

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Moorehead <jeffmoorehead1@cox.net>
Sent: Nov 21, 2005 11:27 AM
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Re: AT hiker "exploits charity and trust"

> It's really amazing that with all of the countless tales of goodness, of 
> absolute miracles, of the hands-down best of human character there is to 
> write about in the >world of long-distance hiking, that what makes the 
> press and gets sensationalized is the rare exception.
>
> L-Rod

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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