[at-l] Karl's Trying to Break 47 day speed record

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I savored my hike for 6 and a half months. And most of that I spent looking  
at my feet, so 
I wouldn't trip again.....LOL!  When it comes to hiking, just do  it!
 
hotdog AT 03
 
In a message dated 8/17/2008 11:18:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sloetoe at yahoo.com writes:

On Sun,  8/17/08, Shelly Morgan <shellydmorgan at tds.net> wrote:

> These  other folks bumfuzzle me a bit as I do not understand the challenge 
in rushing  through it.  To me it is a waste. 
> 
> HOWEVER. the  challenge in their hike and what draws them.
> now I highly respect  this.

### Yeah, right. [Slight contradiction there, Shell.] You  self-described 
"savoring hikers" belittle a hike of the same distance because  the other person 
went faster than you. Doesn't that strike you as shallow? Do  you think Karl 
M, or Chase D., or yours truly, belittle *your* hike because we  finished in 
front of you? Wouldn't that be shallow? Felix J. finished his  throughhike by 
stacking 20 milers with long miles after dark. Did Felix not  "savor"? I think 
he would beg a "yes."

### Hike *just* *one* 47 mile  day (whether or not you would do 47 of them in 
a row), then get on the list  and tell us all what you *actually* 
experienced. And $20 sez you'll want to  use the word "savor" rather than "speed".

As I observed long ago, you  will not hear a "speed" hiker belittle a slower 
hiker over pace, but you sure  hear it the other way around. Think about  that.

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