[Cdt-l] Big Sandy Lodge

[Sly]

Jim and_or Ginny Owen wrote:
>   He's been a whole lot nicer to some hikers than they 
> deserve. 
>   <http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/>

And what about the hikers that cause no grief?  If one customer in 30 
causes problems, do you close shop?

Sly

>
>
>
>  
> > From: rbelshee at hotmail.com
> > To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
> > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:49:39 -0700
> > Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Big Sandy Lodge
> >
> > This was just the last straw in a series.
> >
> > When I went through in 2007 I spent quite a while trying to repair the
> > damage from some 2006 hikers when they berated him in front of his 
> customers
> > for the trail damage done by his horses. He said he tried to move the
> > discussion to the side and have a reasonable exchange (including how 
> much
> > trail maintenance is done by horsemen), but the hikers instead 
> continued to
> > berate him in front of his clients. He was irate and ready to cut 
> off CDT
> > hikers at that point. The 2008 hiker that broke into his cabin was 
> the last
> > straw of a series of hikers who were purely focused on their own 
> agendas
> > instead of the long term relationships we all rely on. Sigh.
> >
> > That said, there are some really beautiful alternative routes that 
> open up
> > in the Winds by not diverting south to Big Sandy.
> >
> > Steady
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "shane wohlken" <darkbodhi at yahoo.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:38 PM
> > To: <cdt-l at backcountry.net>
> > Subject: [Cdt-l] Big Sandy Lodge
> >
> > >
> > > Just an FYI on Big Sandy Lodge, I e-mailed Tim at BSL regarding 
> whether
> > > they still accept packages for thru-hikers, and this is the 
> response he
> > > e-mailed to me:
> > >
> > > "Hi, Due to a break-in of my cabin for a hiker to get his package 
> last
> > > season,we won't be doing this service any longer, it will be 
> removed from
> > > the website. Tim"
> > >
> > > So it doesn't look good folks :-(
> > >
> > > The Gimp
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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