[Cdt-l] Cattle Divide Trail

[Paul Magnanti]

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/troller.htm

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to drink my coffee and eat some oatmeal. 

Or to quote a movie "Lighten up, Francis".






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>From: Brett <blisterfree at yahoo.com>
>To: Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com>
>Cc: CDT MailingList <cdt-l at backcountry.net>
>Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 10:05:09 PM
>Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Cattle Divide Trail
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>Mags raises the question of what constitutes a reasonable compromise.
>Since everything is connected, we go insane attempting to weed out all
>the activities we engage in that might contribute to sullying the
>landscape in some way. The cow thing is front and center on a CDT hike,
>though. And then we go into a CDT trail town and order a burger and
>rave about it. Nothing wrong with that, at least for the person who
>sees it as just one more unavoidable consequence of modern living. But
>my leg would twitch a little bit, just as it does when I read about
>burger rapture on the cdt-l. This is just my little pushback is all.
>Anyway, we all love windmills on a droughty stretch of trail, right! So
>let's forget about taking my bait anyplace lower, or higher for that
>matter, and ruminate on all the ways the ranching industry makes the
>hiking community what it is.
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>>Paul Magnanti wrote:
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>Brett wrote:
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>>So how DO CDT'ers manage the double entendre of supporting the very 
>>>industry that has spoiled so much of the landscape along the way?
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>>I imagine the same way you use electricity powered non-renewable energy going through transmission lines going through the landscape
>>so you can write your  writings on an online mailing list?
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>>At least my hypocrisy tastes damn good with cheese.
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