[at-l] Monson/Greenville Report

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Those guys give we camo'd folk a bad name...something I can manage without ANY help. :-)
-"Camo"

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> Hi folks, 
> Out on the Golden Road at the trailhead to the 100 Mile I met Traction's 
> Dad, young brother, and friend who were awaiting his overdue arrival. We 
> marveled 
> at two camo'd southbound hikers who were heading to Georgia. They had 70 
> pound packs, foot long survival knives, and had a confused idea of where the AT 
> started, as they were unaware that they were starting their hike about 15 miles 
> south of the northern terminus on Baxter Peak. I had hoped Traction would pop 
> out of the woods while the two sobos were still there so we could get a photo 
> of them and Traction - who was sporting a sub 15 pound gear weight. 
> In Greenville I met up with Kineo Kid at the Hard Drive Cafe "slash" 
> Northwoods Outfitter. Kid (who is spearheading the Moosehead Lake Circuit Trail) 
> turned out to be none other than Christopher Keene, author of Northwoods Walks. 
> I 
> got some great info and tips for the Companion from Kid and Pat, who is the 
> owner of the outfitters. Greenville is 7 miles north of the AT road crossing, 
> Monson is 5 miles south. If Greenville had *any* inexpensive lodging at all many 
> ATers would head there before heading into the 100 mile. 
> After dodging the moose lookers on the road down to Monson I visited with 
> the owner of Spring Creek Bar-B-Que, who was pleased to share the good news that 
> he's offering work-for-food (yes, FOOD!) this year. He's only open just 
> Thursday through Sunday, though. C&G no longer serves any food at all, but 
> Robinson's still has pizza, snacks, and subs. Lindy of Trail Magic Massage was 
> as 
> charming as ever, no longer waitressing she's able to serve more massage clients 
> now at her 'Moon Melon Emporium.' Tim who owns the General Store shows keen 
> interest in stocking hiker goods, and is excited about the Friday night music 
> sessions in the Store. The young lady who runs the lunch counter inside the 
> General Store has an expanded menu that includes ice cream, milk shakes, and 
> pies. 
> Pat and (young) Keith Shaw were hard at work around the Shaw's Lodging, and 
> want hikers to know that there's no suppers or laundry, and no rooms at the 
> house across the road anymore. Numbers are really picking up in Monson over the 
> last few weeks. The Jersey Boys were back at Shaw's helping out and working 
> hard. This was my first stop back at Shaw's since Mr. Shaw passed away, and I 
> couldn't help but remember the first time I met him over 20 years ago, when he 
> whupped me good at horseshoes. 
> Also at Shaw's talked with nobos Shadow (having a brunch of chocolate chips 
> stirred into a jar of peanut butter) and Roamin' Gnome, who was relaxing with 
> his brother in the air-conditioned lounge. Lake Shore House is still the 
> nicest laundrymat, with the nicest kitchen, on the AT. LSH is a great place for 
> family members to stay if they're meeting up with hikers in Monson, with canoes 
> and kayaks for rent, too. 
> Teej 
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> http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/at-l From rafeb at speakeasy.net  Mon Jul 25 20:11:36 2005
From: rafeb at speakeasy.net (Raphael Bustin)
Date: Mon Jul 25 21:02:17 2005
Subject: [at-l] The Other MacKaye Vision
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At 05:00 PM 7/25/2005 -0700, TXIIS wrote:

>Knowing this, I *could* partake in Schadenfreude guilt-
>free when it's your turn in the social engineering
>barrel.
>
>But I won't.


I'm relieved and humbled by your kindness,
generosity, and empathy.

Politics = social engineering.  So what.  Deal
with it.  True whether it comes from left or right,
whether it comes from Ghandi or Ghengis Khan.

Speaking personally, your condemnations of MacKaye
(his philosophy, of course) are still too vague to take
seriously.

In some recent post, you cited certain notions that
caused you some discomfort, facial contortions, and
proclivities toward armed violence -- though you never
quite connected those notions to anything written by
MacKaye, except to cite the source in toto, ie. the
famous 1921 essay (eg., on fred.net.)  You used the
words "repugnant" and "shockingly naive" to describe
these notions.

Funny, but when I read the essay, I have generally
positive reactions.  I think that's because the original
makes more sense than your distorted and twisted version.


rafe b
aka terrapin


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