[at-l] Tell me...what do you think?

[jim.bullard at gmail.com (Jim Bullard)]

This discussion reminds me of a Sci Fi short story I read once. I
think it was called "Forgetfulness" or something like that. It was one
of those Obi Wan Kenobi type things... "it depends on your point of
view".

My attitude toward hiking is that I do it the way it works  for me and
I couldn't care less for someone else's approval of how I do it. FWIW
that is an attitude I recommend highly for getting the most out of
*your* hikes.

On 2/17/06, Bror8588@aol.com <Bror8588@aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/17/2006 9:43:32 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> birdlegsray@gmail.com writes:
>
> I  predict that whomever uses this service may end up being the laughing
> stock  of AT.  The AT stands for many things and, above all, it is  a
> spontaneous and egalitarian territory.  Throwing down big money for  the
> Disney version of a thru-hike is a terrible compromise of one of the  few
> major authentic experiences a person can have in this  country.
>
>
>
> Hiking the AT is about walking.  Some have raced from end to end with
> support vehicles at crossings thereby enabling them to carry nothing (or very
> little).  They are not laughed at but seen as one type of hiker along with  the
> many who hike the AT.
>
> Others have slack packed the /AT with Hostels or friends providing
> transportation from various points along the trail to places where warm beds and  good
> food await the weary hikers.  They are not considered laughable or a  laughing
> stock.
>
> Others hike with their packs filled with the needs of the day and crash in
> towns along the way to rest and meditate (or whatever) about their hike.   They
> are perhaps the majority of those who take on this quest.
>
>
> Others hardly ever go into town as they hike from end to end, except to
> purchase needed supplies in towns and villages along the way.  No one  laughs at
> these folk.
>
> Perhaps there are variations that I have not listed above that others are
> knowledgeable of.
>
> The best way to hike the trail?   HYOH!
>
> By focusing on one's own hike rather than on the many possibilities and
> combinations thereof is the very best way to hike the trail.  But that is  just
> MHO.
>
> Skylander
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