[at-l] Sense of Wilderness and Town Stops

[DTimm65344@aol.com (DTimm65344@aol.com)]

In a message dated 03/21/02 1:53:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
RoksnRoots@aol.com writes:


> I thought I was talking to honest Trail 
> brethren who would admit when they were wrong and acknowledge the precise 
> point that was being made and why...
> 

And in a memo to Kahley on the subject, RnR writes:

The radio is not part of the transformation of the Trail from a remote place 
to one of 
connected infrastructure. The Cphone is. When a Cphone is used to arrange 
shuttles, make remote calls, or call for pizza it is a tool which serves to 
reduce the previously existing level of wildness on the AT. 

RnR -

You're right and I'm wrong.  I don't love my family.  I wish them to 
needlessly be concerned about my health and whereabouts.  It is far better 
for the world to die like a man in the woods if immobilized somewhere.  It is 
a far better thing to stand by a paved roadway (natural as it is) and hitch a 
ride in a natural pickup or van with total strangers than to track down a 
prearranged ride that is late.  Who needs (or should even want) a family, 
their job or their home to return to, anyway?

Plans (no matter how basic) are for wimps.  We should leave the radios and 
the cell phones at home.

You win..... yeah!

Black&blue



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