[at-l] Religious meanings

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

Welcome to our campfire. I think that the answer to your questions will be 
as varied as the definitions of "religious or spiritual." Folks of all 
sorts of backgrounds hike the AT for a variety of reasons. Pilgramage is at 
least a part of it. There are several areas on the AT with a holiness 
associated with them, for instance the peak of Standing Indian in NC as 
well as Mt Katahdin. There are several places that are equally as defiled 
as the tables of the money changers - Bear Mtn and the motorcycles comes to 
mind for me.

I suspect you will find many stories, especially more important are the 
ones you experience.

OrangeBug

At 11:56 PM 5/11/2002 -0700, KT P wrote:
>Hey everyone-
>I'm new to the list and hoping to do the Trail next
>spring. I'm a grad student in Religious Studies at the
>University of California, Santa Barbara. My dream is
>to write my dissertation about the Trail. I was
>wondering if any of you had ideas or stories for me. ..