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Re: [at-l] Extending the AT
Hopefl, This is good. Why not submit it to BP magazine, maybe they will
print it and get more on our bandwagon. Plodder
On Wed, 06 Aug 1997 17:52:05 EDT hopefl@juno.com (lamar powell) writes:
>Not all traditions are good, April 15th might be an example of a bad
>tradition. But the idea of tradition is good and I submit that it is
>also needful for us to operate well as humans. We seem to have the
>"good old days" mentality regardless of what the good old days were
>really like. Traditions, be they events like July 4th or objects like
>a penny in a brides shoe (doesn't that hurt?) or concepts like the AT,
>serves us as we move forward. They are moral or spiritual land marks
>for us to take compass reading from. They are also standards for us to
>measure our achievements and goal against. It doesn't matter that the
>tradition doesn't necessarily correlate with fact. The tradition
>become an ideal for us to strive for in our on going efforts, what
>ever they maybe. Traditions are our witness that working for, even
>fighting for something is worth while.
>
>The "traditional" AT should remain hallowed ground. I know that it
>changes form year to year but these are true improvements not total
>renovations. The relocation of the southern end from Oglethorp to
>Springer Mt was due to the encroachment of "civilization." These
>intrusion are rapidly becoming a thing of the past now that the
>protected status has been given to the AT. We should not buy into the
>"new and improved" nonsense.
>
>Let us add many trails to the national system in the U.S. and in
>Canada. But let them have their own names. I favor keeping the AT as a
>special place that we and future generation can visit and renew
>ourselves by walk the same ridges that so many before us have walked.
> We need good tradition. We need a sense of continuity. We also need a
>sense of belonging. I feel that Wingfoot is correct in suggesting that
>the common man will be crowded out by the elitist. Let every person
>have a shot at the rank of Thru Hiker. Keeping the AT as it is will
>not hinder other trails, it will help them. Hopeful
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