[at-l] rules

[hikenet@interactive.net (Thomas Caggiano)]

Phew, I am glad the subject of umbrellas, guns and cell phones and IAT and
what at thruhiker is didn't come up


:(


but i thought they were

6) Cell phones could only be used while on the potty.
7) No handguns but shotguns hidden as hiking sticks is
   OK and not within the current "ban" the "bans"
8) Umbrellas.. well read the archives
9) If a town now holds a "trail days" it is to be burned
to the ground as it is just commercializing the AT.
10) Anyone mentioning the IAT is too be assigned a
two hundred pound backpack and to reblaze all the IAT
white maples IAT blazes to blue blazed poka dots ...

yea, the devil made me do it.. Bear Bells



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-at-l@backcountry.net [mailto:owner-at-l@backcountry.net]On
> Behalf Of AASarra@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 5:04 PM
> To: AT List
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Reposted from an other list
>
>
> Three of you privately posted to me the text or offered to post
> the text of
> an EMail from an other list which I had tried to forward to this
> list because
> I thought that it was worth repeating.  Unfortunately, after the previous
> head fakes, this will probably be a dud.  Nevertheless, here 'tis
>
> << I been reading this list with interest and GREAT amusement for
> some months
>  now and I think I got this thru-hiking thing figured out. There are some
>  RULES that you've just gotta follow in order for your hike to  have the
>  "official" blessing of the omnipotent and self appointed "God of the
>  Thru-Hikers."  These rules include, but are not limited to, the
> following:
>  1) You must pass EVERY white blaze but it is not required that
> you have your
>  photo taken with each one. (It is still undecided whether or not each one
>  must be kissed.)
>  2) "Trail Magic" in the form of food, water or other beverages,
>  transportation, friendly conversation, or exchanges of smiles with
>  "NON-Thru-Hikers" is to be avoided at all costs.  It is, however,
>  permissible to sip no more than 2 oz of water if you are all out of water
>  and it is at least 10 miles to the next listed water source.
>  3) Towns are to be avoided whenever possible, but if you find
> that you are
>  unable to carry 180 days supply of food then you may resupply in
> towns when
>  necessary.  This should be done in the dark of the night and you MUST be
>  back on the trail before sunrise.
>  4) There is a list of "essential" equipment that you are allowed to carry
>  with you. Anything NOT on this list is "NON-ESSENTIAL" and is absolutely
>  prohibited! This list of items has been assembled by "experienced hikers"
>  who have never met you, have no idea of your capabilities or your
>  personality or your personal circumstances but are fully
> qualified to tell
>  you what YOU should NOT carry because they have walked a LONG ways --
>  several times -- in the HOT SUN! High on the list of things you are not
>  allowed to use is the C*LL PH*N* which you are not even permitted to
>  DISPLAY!
>  5) You are required to "hike your own hike!"  If you have any
> question about
>  what "your own hike" consists of, posting them to this list will assure a
>  quick, direct answer.  Sometimes repeated.  Over and over.
>
>    I sure wanna thank Wangfoot for making this list available to
> us all so we
>  can exchange ideas and learn like this.
>    Good luck and good hiking to y'all. And. . . keep smilin'!
>    Mountain Granny
>   >>
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