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Re: [at-l] Goodbye all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May life treat you kindly and age bring you wisdom . Hold on to your
beliefs and may your heart speak for you.
Bethany

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> From: Patrick O'Meara <pomeara@slate.Mines.EDU>
> To: at-l@saffron.hack.net
> Subject: [at-l] Goodbye all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Date: Monday, February 24, 1997 9:30 PM
> 
> I have decided to leave the list.   I simply don't have the time to
> read 60 messages a day, nor do I have the desire to deal with the
> attacks any more. (not only those aimed at me, but those aimed at
> others) This is a good list in theory, and I hope I have helped those
> that are honestly seeking it, but at the same time I have no desire to
> get attacked personally for my beliefs.  The Trail has most definately
> changed me for the better, but to attempt an explaination of this would
> be useless.  It is something I feel, and words do these feelings no
> justice.  Those who hike with an open mind will eventually know what I
> mean, those who don't will never know what they are missing.
> 
>     As I said in past posts to this list, it is the people that make the
> Trail so worthwhile, but it is also people (thruhikers included) that
> can ruin the Trail.  I'm not saying that YOU are going to ruin the
> Trail, but it may very well be the case.  The little things add up in
> the minds of the townsfolk, so treat them with the utmost respect, for
> without their support the Trail will cease to exist as we know it.  
> 
>    In my opinion there is no sense to rush towards Maine (or GA), stop
> to smell the flowers, to see, hear, and feel the woods.  If you feel
> like sitting under a tree all day without hiking, do it, it is these
> times that change you, it is these times you will remember.  Allow your
> senses to guide your decisions.  The woods are alive, but by hiking all
> day with your nose to the ground you'll miss much of what is there. It
> is not about numbers, nor about what gear you carry, these things mean
> little in the grand scheme of things.  It IS about you, hike your own
> hike, but let others hike theirs so long as they are not causing damage
> to the woods or the relationships with the people that support us.   I
> wish you all the best of luck in your travels.    
> 
> 					City Slicka
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