[at-l] Trail Etiquette

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

This is a subject I would be interested to hear more on; my experience
was just the opposite - older couple, good hikers, would come to a
shelter at about 4:30 p.m. each day to be sure they got the best spots;
they'd be ready to turn in about 7-8 p.m., and then expected "quiet
hours to run from about 8:30 p.m. thru 5:30 a.m. next morning - they
tried to be quiet when they got up, but it was tough for them not to
wake others . . . it kinda surprised me to have them yell at us for
talking at 9:30 p.m. one rainy night when a single hiker came in late
and was trying to cook before hitting the hay . . . I guess the moral is
not that anyone is right or wrong, just that when it comes to sleeping
in a shelter, one has to be prepared for all extremes - which is why I
tended to become more and more interested in camping away from the
shelters as my hike wore on . . . but, I always liked the social aspect
. . . life is full of compromises! :)

thru-thinker

Martin Fors wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I thought I'd add a thread about trail experiences regarding good and bad
> etiquette.   A not so nice experience for me had to do with some sobo's
> last year.  These particular sobo's liked to hike into the night and show
> up at the shelter long after everyone was in their bags.  They rummaged
> around, talked loudly, cooked their food and, at about 11 or later,
> reluctantly decided it was time to turn in [after they were spoken to.]  I
> was up at about 5:30 the next morning and I heard from some others  [who
> were also sob's] that this group of three habitually did this and had made
> themselves unpopular.  He said that they usually got up b/w 8 and 9 and
> really could care less what others thought or expected.
> 
> I should've written down their trail names but didn't.
> 
> "...the music of the songs I love is found in the open air."
>         From a Danish children's song.
> 
> Martin R. Fors [marty aka rusty]
> 
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