[at-l] Purism...Plus OT

[garyticknor@starpower.net (Gary Ticknor)]

My personal goal is to see the entire AT. I realize that it changes from 
year to year. But I want to see a continuous path of white blazes from 
ME to GA (just in case they lied to me). So I don't skip anything.

I don't much care about the plaque. Nobody much cares anyway. But I will 
know, and God will know, and I will email both of you.

When (if) I do other trails I realize that this does not apply. And 
people I really respect have different, valid for them, standards.

Also, I'm a section hiker. The pressure is different. Most early thru 
hikers got lost occasionaly, or made mistakes, or whatever. A section 
hike is not a thru hike.

- Gary from Fairfax

> Leslie Booher wrote:
>>...  If you take the
>>side trail, then walk the road to the interstate to connect back to the
>>trail, have you nullified your thru?



Felix wrote:

> Tell me this...Why not go back the way you came? Why not start hiking on the AT
> where you got off the AT?...