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[orangebug74@yahoo.com (Orange Bug)]

Yahoo is acting up, so I think my first attempt is lost in the ether.

In defense of Thru-hikers, I think there is some explanation and
consideration for the "attitude." The further north they get, the more
friends and acquaintances have fallen by the wayside. Like hardened
infantrymen in battle, there is avoidance of getting to know people who
aren't going to be around in a few hours or days. Their focus becomes
the mental struggle of the journey.

Of course, there are exceptional people eager to meet and great all
they encounter as well as those who aren't likely to be sociable in any
circumstance. The bulk are somewhere in the middle like the rest of us.
Even on this list, there are those who focus solely on the thru hiker
as having special entitlements. Heck, all of us are section hikers,
just a bit longer than others.

Bill...

--- kahley <kahley@ptd.net> wrote:
> Jan, this is coming from a non thru non section hiker
> and based on observations from the shadows <g>.
> Don't be surprised if you do feel a gap between thrus
> and others.  Not all thrus....I promise, but there is an
> attitude amoung some.  It is almost unavoidable.


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