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RE: [AT-L] Scouts
I, too, have no problems with Scouts on the trail, since I've been a scouter
for 14 years, and take young scouts out on the trail. They are taught from
day one to respect the environment, if anything, follow the rule books
closer than just about any group hikers.
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>From: roy lawrence mccullough[SMTP:r-mccul@students.uiuc.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 1996 8:46 PM
>To: Ed LaVine
>Subject: [AT-L] Scouts
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> I've run into Boy Scout groups a couple of times on the Trail and have
>never had anything but a great time talking with them, answering their
>questions and, of course, sharing their grub! :-)
>
>Roy
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>On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Jim Owen wrote:
>
>> David -
>>
>> Don't get too upset - it really was in "fun". I've met a few - but very
>> few - Boy Scout groups that weren't good campers and good neighbors.
>> I'm not even sure which kind I was when I was a Scout - that was a long
>> time ago.
>>
>> Walk softly,
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >Jim Owen wrote:
>> >
>> >> Boy Scout troops, church groups, college groups and hoods-in-the-woods
>> >>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> >
>> >Oh! Oooh! Oooohh! I'm seeing red now!
>> >
>> >Not my Scout Troop! We follow low/minimum impact camping standards, and
>> >keep our group size small. We limit AT hikes to First Class rank and
>> >above, so only experienced campers participate on these trips. We don't
>> >hog shelters, and best of all, often offer to share our "delicious,
>> >wholesome, and nutritious" meals with thru hikers.
>> >
>> >I realize your statement was all in fun (it was, wasn't it?). I have
>> >felt like you when I have come into a shelter area to find it swarming
>> >with kids from a single group.
>> >
>> >You'll find many of us Scouters on the trail, not necessarily with our
>> >troops. A few years ago in SW Virginia [running to get trail notes...it
>> >was 4-17-90], I stayed in Saunders Shelter on Straight Mtn. There were
>> >seven of us total, three of the seven were thru-hikers (not me). Of the
>> >seven, five were Eagle Scouts, one was a Silver Beaver holder, and the
>> >other was a long-time Scoutmaster, something like twenty years. The
>> >oldest Eagle earned his award in 1932!
>> >
>> >----
>> >
>> >To add to the list, How about getting all cleaned up and smelling
>better,
>> > and just when you start to eat, a new shelter arrival peels off his
>> >boots and rotten socks, sickening you with the stench! :@)
>> >
>> >DP...
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