[at-l] A Clear Choice for RnR

[rafeb at speakeasy.net (Raphael Bustin)]

[rafe]
>You offer no solutions, just preaching and
>moralizing.  You want a trail walked only by
>the purest of souls.  I'm confident (and
>relieved) that your dream will never come true.


[RnR]
>  ***   Anybody who reads serious Trail concerns backed by valid
>Trail references and calls them "moralizing" and "preaching" is just in plain
>contempt of the Trail.


And that's where it always ends, with you.
We're all trail haters, and you're the White Knight.
If you're not with us, you're against us...


>I do offer a solution. Trail members should stop dealing
>with this on such a superficial level and get with it. They should honor and
>respect the Trail's purpose.


As defined by you, of course.
Non-hiking spouses should simply accept
their fates.  Hikers should continue to hitch,
blue-blaze, or walk to town, as they've done
since time immemorial.


>You yourself are a perfect example of cell phones' effect on the
>AT. Like I said before, some people don't like the AT when it is properly
>described to them - they just don't realize it...


You want the wildest possible trail.
Great.  Recall that Thoreau was terrified
of the wilderness he found at Katahdin.

Let's consider a few numbers:

4,000,000:  number of folks who set
foot on the AT in a year
       3,000:  number of folks starting
AT thru hikes in a year
        400:  number of folks completing
AT thru hikes in a year

That should put some perspective on
the Trail's purpose, I hope.


rafe b
aka terrapin 


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