[at-l] A HYOH opinion

[wb4pan@mindspring.com (Chase Davidson)]

Jim,

	So tell us more about the Black forest Trail:-)

chase

Jim Mayer wrote:
> 
> Last weekend another fellow and I did a round trip of the Black Forrest
> Trail in Pennsylvania.  We drove down Thursday night and hiked Friday
> through Sunday.  Our mileage was roughly 17, 13, and 13 which was pretty
> good given that I, at least, am hardly in thru hiker condition!
> 
> For the 17 mile day, we just got up early and had a relaxed hike.  We woke
> up (without an alarm) at around 5:30, started hiking at 6:30, and finished
> around 5:00.  We took breaks about every 45 minutes to an hour (and whenever
> there was a good view or the blueberries got too thick :-) ), and even snuck
> in a half hour nap at one point.
> 
> When we reached camp at 5:00 I could easily have done the stealth camping
> thing of eating dinner then hiking on another couple of hours.
> 
> Anyway, my point is that beyond the libertarian "HYOH" philosophy (i.e. my
> hike is my hike until it hurts anyone else), how far you travel in a day has
> a lot more to do with how long you hike than how fast you hike.
> 
> -- Jim
> 
> P.S. To head off any legalistic HYOH philosophy, I view hurting the trail
> itself as hurting all future hikers, and therefore covered by the "anyone
> else" "clause" :-)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DaRedhead@aol.com>
> To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 11:03 PM
> Subject: [at-l] A HYOH opinion
> 
> > From a '99 AT thruhiker and a current PCT hiker
> SNIP
> >
> > "We stop to talk to many of the people we pass. Not all of them, but many
> of
> > them. ALWAYS, we are asked how many miles we hike each day. Our response:
> > 20-25 miles. ALMOST ALWAYS, the people we're talking with tell us that
> we're
> > going too fast, that there's no way we can enjoy the scenery, the
> wilderness,
> > the experience if we're running down the trail.
> >
> > To those people, I say HIKE YOUR OWN HIKE.
> 
> SNIP
> 
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