Re: [at-l] New GA Selter to be build.

Did anyone actually read what I said or did you all just scim through it.
 I didn't say I wanted to be completely alone, I did say I was going to
tent near the shelters.  Please reread what I wrote and do it slowly this
time.

Sparrow


On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 08:46:03 -0500 W F Thorneloe <thornel@attglobal.net>
writes:
>The real experience will be quite an eye-opener. In my sectioning, 
>especially with the "real" thru hikers in Spring, it is a very social 
>event. If you believe in LNT (and I hope so), you should 
>camp/tent/tarp 
>near shelters and well marked camp sites. This helps to preserve what 
>is 
>left of our wilderness for the future. The shelters can be very 
>helpful 
>during lunch breaks and suppers. You can even bring a bivy and set it 
>up in 
>a shelter if you are anxious to be rid of mice. A bivy or tent can be 
>a 
>great help for warmth, which to me is a bit more important than 
>worrying 
>about mice before May.
>
>But the AT is a lot like driving along I-95.  You may be alone with 
>your 
>thoughts, but there are many others around you. If solitude is your 
>goal, 
>consider a SOBO, or the CDT. If you want to avoid the social aspect of 
>the 
>AT, you probably will wish you had tried a different trail.
>
>OrangeBug
>
>At 05:17 PM 11/14/2000 -0500, Glenda D Hubbard wrote:
>>I don't know about Ron but I plan to avoid shelters as much as 
>possible.
>>I would like to use my tent more than shelters primarily to avoid 
>mice
>>crawling all over me, and because I'm not hiking primarily for the 
>social
>>aspect of being with other people.  I want to be alone as much as
>>possible on my hike with my thoughts.
>
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