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[at-l] pittsburgh, slackpacking, commercial, profit, yada, yada...

hi listers, this is your old tour-hiker (i think that is the current
definition) pittsburgh.  oh the joys of being a "topic" <g>...

i'll have a booth at TrailDays, so please stop by.  in the spirit of
commercialism, i'll have boxing gloves for rent so that i can make a
profit while you beat the shit out of me...

additional lists we need:  AT-daredheads_family, AT-felix, AT-fecal,
AT-definitions, AT-lMHO...

by the way, what do you call a hiker that uses a commercial service to
slackpack a blueblaze???

last year around this time, during the (now annual) slackpack debate, i
posted the following (some of it may not make much sense now, but here
goes):

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 > W <	This email uses excessive	  > W <
 > A  <	amounts of UPPER-CASE	  > A  <
 > R  <	letters and many little dots...	  > R  <
 > N  <	If you are PREGNANT or	  > N  <
 >  I  <	have HEART DISEASE or	  >  I  <
 > N  <	have not had your COFFEE,	  > N  <
 > G  <	then press DELETE know...	  > G  <
 
 >>>  A.T.C. ANNOUNCES NEW TERMINOLOGY  <<<
 
 The A.T.C announced today that EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, the terms
 "THRU-HIKER" and "HIKE YOUR OWN HIKE" are obsolete.  Through exhaustive
 study reviewing nearly 50 years of hiking records, the A.T.C has
 determined that no one has hiked a pure hike.  An explanation of the new
 terms follow:
 
 Any hiker accepting a SLACKPACK, but still using a DAY PACK, will be
 doing a THRU-WALK, or if carrying a WATER BOTTLE only, a THRU-STROLL... 
 Any hiker having BAD KNEES will be doing a THRU-LIMP, or if using two
 LEKI poles, a THRU-SLALOM...  Any hiker with a DOG will be doing a
 THRU-MUSH...  Any hiker going from ME>GA will be doing a THRU-FLOP... 
 CURIOUS GEORGE is doing a THRU-SPRINT, GYPSY is doing a THRU-HURT,
 POOMBAH is doing a FRIGGIN-THRU, and TUMBLEWEED is doing a
 THRU-NOVELETTE...  Anyone hiking the trail in a manner that is
 SPIRITUALLY DEMORALIZING TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
 is doing a THRU-666...  WARD LEONARD was doing a THRU-PSYCHO...  WARREN
 DOYLE has done a THRU-JOG, THRU-ROLL, a number of THRU-WALKs and
 THRU-STROLLs, and at least one THRU-CRY...  WINGFOOT next year will be
 doing a DEJA-THRU...  BILL IRWIN did a THRU-STUMBLE...  GRANDMA
 GATEWOOD's three hikes were THRU-MOOCHes...  FELIX would do a
 THRU-CHUCKLE...  BAMAMAN would do a THRU-SPOOF...  PHIL ROMANS will be
 doing a THRU-TO-BE-CONTINUED...  Any hiker eating MASS QUANTITIES of
food
 will be doing a THRU-GORGE, or if hiking with an EATING DISORDER, a
 THRU-PUKE...  If you are hiking NAKED, you are doing a THRU-MOON... 
 Anyone confused or frightened by many, many UPPER-CASE letters or lots
of
 little dots would not get past their front door, let alone hike...  If
 you are hiking with 2 DOGS, BEANS and a ROPE, you need counseling...

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