[at-l] Re: SeaWolf 42's Mailing

[sugardaddy@walking-wounded.com (SugarDaddy)]

Eggman (canadian, early 30s) and I had lunch with SeaWolf42 (american,
vietnam vet) in virginia on a day where I was....umm....chafing. We then
ran into him once or twice after that as well - he seemed like a decent
guy.

thankfully, i never finished (next year....), so im not in the directory
=-)

--sugardaddy


On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 23:07, Clark wrote:
>
> Anyone else out there meet SeaWolf42 in 2001 and want to comment from
> such personal knowledge, on or off list?
>
> thru-thinker
>
> Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
>
> > --
> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > Anyone else get the junk mail that looks like was gleened from the ALDHA
> > Directory today?
> >
> > It's from a guy (lawyer) that thru-hiked last year (Sea Wolf 42) asking for
> > donations towards treatment for kids in an eye clinic in Guatemala.  In three
> > years the Clinic aims to eliminate all avoidable forms of childhhod
> > blindness.  For his troubles he gets to climb Mt. Kilmanjaro.
> >
> > I have some problems with this.  #1 Although I get the analogy, what does
> > climbing a mountain have to do with the cure of childhood blindness, #2 why
> > not something closer to home, #3  how can a small clinic in Guattemala think
> > it's going to cure eye disease, and #4, is there a need to show a grotesque
> > picture of a young childin the flyer?
> >
> > Anyway, I've never been the type that supports "hikes" for charity, believing
> > time is better spent raising funds another way, such as putting together a
> > marathon or something similar in a group effort.  I guess I don't believe in
> > altrustic behaviour, and that a individual hike or climb should be for
> > oneself.
> >
> > It's like, "I'm going to hike the AT for the AT."  Yeah right!
> >
> > Sly
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