[at-l] Washington Post

[askowronek at mindspring.com (amy)]

On Nov 19, 2005, at 8:52 PM, Jim and/or Ginny Owen wrote:

>
> First the Times, now the Post -- seems like Washington DC has  
> finally discovered the AT.  Too bad the article was on one of the  
> few really negative characters out there - but they made it clear  
> that what made it news was the fact that he was so unusual on the  
> trail.  But the article could also give people ideas - the wrong  
> kind of ideas.  It talked about how easy it was for him to do what  
> he did because of the atmosphere of trust and kindness on the AT.   
> People did not want to believe that a hiker could be so dishonest.   
> And because of hiker boxes, trail magic, trail angels, etc. it was  
> easy for him to survive on the trail -- at least for a while.


Yeah, but it also made it clear that in order to do it, you have to  
hike.  And criminals just don't usually go to the effort.  :)