[at-l] three cheers for Rocky

[orangebug74@yahoo.com (Orange Bug)]

I dunno, but I think quite poorly of conspicuous consumption, land
yachts, Titanium Mastercards and other efforts to demonstrate "mine is
bigger than yours." I think that the idea of living a monastic
lifestyle is admirable, but not the sort of thing that necessarily
translates into living better, either.

I suppose I am focused on HYOH without trying to impress others with a
score card - which is one of the reasons I like our sport. Those who
wish to speed hike, triple crown or climb Everest have my respect but
not my competition. I don't even see a thru hike that ends at Neel's
Gap as a failure - as the hiker gave themselves an opportunity few ever
experience.

Bill...
<Thinking about Lent in 3 days.>

--- kahley <kahley7@ptd.net> wrote:
> Bill, what would be the applicable and equal pejorative for a person
> who brags about how big his house or car is?  That kind of talk
> seems to be de riguer in this society.  No one blinks when someone
> talks about how expensively and expansively they live.  Maybe, the
> tendency to view the opposite...someone bragging about how little
> their impact as holier than thou is part of the problem?  If living
> minimally was a high status thang, we might be better off??


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