Re[2]: [at-l] Genuineness of Contemporary Thru-hikes (LONG)

[spiriteagle99@xxxxxxxxxxx (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

Weary wrote:
>
> >"...The big difference with hiking the CDT, as opposed to the AT, is tha=
t
>you
> >make you own rules and your hike is defined by them,"hinks Sly.
>
>=A0Hmmm. I don't remember that many rules for hiking the AT. A couple of
>places
>forbid fires during drought periods. In the Smokies and Shenendoah you had
>to
>have a camping permit. I did make a few rules for myself. I took all the
>side
>trails to waterfalls and scenic places, but that was purely voluntary on m=
y
>part, sort of doing it my way.
>
>Oh. You mean the rules for getting a piece of paper and permission to buy =
a
>patch for your jacket? That's totally voluntary also. No one forces you to
>fill
>out a questionaire.
>
>Does anyone issue pieces of paper and forms for the Continental Divide
>Trail? If
>no one does, my advice is to not succumb to the temptation of creating suc=
h
>a
>paper. It stirs up too much horse excrement and those western trails have
>too
>much of that already.


LOL!!! Yep -

There is no patch, there is no paperwork, there is no certificate, there is
no recognition for hiking the CDT.  You do it cause you love it - or you
don't do it.  I like it that way.  But then I also like having trail marker=
s
150+ miles apart, too.  To say nothing of bad maps, bad water, bad weather
and no shelters.  <VBG>

Walk softly,
Jim



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