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Re: [at-l] bad report
I guess Trail Fest was lucky as I know that Happy Feet was there, & I
suppose Doc also. Glad Hot Springs kept its good name.
Highlander
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> From: STEAT86@aol.com
> To: at-l-digest@saffron.hack.net
> Subject: [at-l] bad report
> Date: Saturday, June 13, 1998 8:48 AM
>
> Hi All
>
> I'm passing along part of an email I recieved that originated from ATC's
Don
> MacDougall. Lately we, at-ler's, have been talking a lot about the
kindness of
> others maybe we should talk a little about how we can do things to
minimize
> reports like the following
>
> >I received a call the other day from Tillie Wood, from Woodshole hostel
> >south of Pearisburg about two hikers who caused some trouble at the
> >Rendevous Hotel in Pearisburg this past weekend. Two thru-hikers Happy
> >Feet (not the Foote's from NBATC, although it's disheartening to see
some
> >one using their trailname and behaving badly) and Doc, apparently beat
up a
> >fellow thru-hiker who had asked them to quiet down. Doc, Happy Feet and
> >apparently some other fellow thru-hikers were drinking and making a lot
of
> >noise while staying at the Rendevous. Another hiker staying at the
Hotel
> >with his female hiking partner asked them to be quiet so that others
could
> >sleep (I didn't get the hikers trailname), Doc and Happy Feet took
> >exception to being asked to be quiet and got into a fight with the hiker
> >who asked them to be quiet. Form what folks have told me the hiker who
> >asked the two to be quiet threw the first punch, but he did not fare
very
> >well and took a pretty good beating. The owner of the Hotel called the
> >police and Doc and Happy Feet spent the night in jail and were released
the
> >next morning. The hiker who was beat up and his partner have gotten off
> >the Trail. Doc and Happy Feet had also caused problems with drinking
and
> >noise at the Hostel in Pearisburg as well and were asked to leave there
by
> >the Hostel keeper. Tillie told me that Doc and Happy Feet had made
> >threatening remarks to other thru-hikers who had complained about their
> >noise and partying, causing those folks to be concerned about their
safety
> >after leaving Pearisburg. I gave two thru-hikers who wanted to skip
ahead
> >a number of miles to get away from Doc and Happy Feet and the group they
> >are traveling with, because they were worried about what these guys
might
> >do. The two hikers said that these folks have been partying it up since
> >trail days and that alcohol and perhaps other substances has something
to
> >do with their current behavior. The two hikers also corrobarated what
> >Tillie Wood had told me about Doc and Happy Feet.
> >
> >I am passing this information up the line so that folks will be aware
that
> >we have at least two thru-hikers acting irresponsibly, and so that if
> >another incident occurs involving these guys, the background information
is
> >out there.
>
> >Don MacDougall <dmacdougall@atconf.org>
> >Appalachian Trail Conference
> >Assistant Regional Representative - Southwest and Central Virginia
> >Crew Program Coordinator
> >PO Box 10
> >Newport, VA 24128
>
> Play nice even when others don't
>
> The Old ridgeRunner
> Moscow VT
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