[at-l] Purism...Plus OT

[jplynch@crosslink.net (Jim Lynch)]

   I understand what you're saying.  I'm certainly not the arbiter for
all this, but I'd be willing to use in and out blue blazes to a shelter
that is recognized as an AT shelter and still feel comfortable in *my*
claim to have hiked the AT and claim a patch.  I think even WF said that
was ok for the Avery Award (right?).
   But I'm not so sure about the examples you're citing.  I personally
wouldn't feel comfortable with those the way you're describing them. 
But, hey, HYOH and have a ball!  Just go back to Felix' rule.

Leslie Booher wrote:
> 
> Jim Lynch wrote:
> 
> > "2000 Miler" is colloquial shorthand for "Hiked the Appalachian Trail".<
> 
>  Sure it is, but it leaves room for a little blue blazing, a town trip that
> doesn't return to the exact blaze you left from, a section that you hiked
> backwards from the rest, whatever.
> 
> Take Mountain Momma's, for example.  You can get there from a side trail
> that leads down to the GSMNP parking lot, then to the road, or you can hike
> all the way out to nearly the interstate, then loop back.  If you take the
> side trail, then walk the road to the interstate to connect back to the
> trail, have you nullified your thru?  Certainly not.  It's the difference
> between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law.  The spirit people
> are a whole lot easier to get along with.
> 
> anklebear
> 
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