[Cdt-l] angels and magic

[Andrew]

Yogi, good for you.  It's hard to get all teary eyed about this.

 

I realize now that comments made on CDTL a couple years back about Crazy
Cook being dangerous and terrible was really just marketing strategy to
maximize profits for the Deming "Trail Angel" business.  I was really
concerned at the time but hiked Crazy Cook regardless and found it to be
just the opposite.  It was really nice, adequate water, no safety issues.  

 

I suspect another big reason for the demise of this business is that others
have dismissed the myths and chosen to go Crazy Cook instead of via Deming.
Pretty good Mexican food in Lordsburg too, and when you go to a cheap motel
at least you know what to expect. 

 

 

AJ 

   

 

 

From: cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Jackie McDonnell
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 9:37 PM
Cc: cdt-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] angels and magic

 

This is an interesting thread.

 

FYI for those of you who do not know why Keith & Mary are omitted from my
books:  When Keith and Mary started their hiker business, I received
numerous negative comments about them and their place.  These comments were
not solicited; the hikers contacted me all on their own.  I'm not talking
one or two emails; it's a surprisingly large number of hikers who had bad
experiences with them.  At first I left Keith & Mary out of the book because
I figured they were new to angeling, and as time went on the negative
comments would stop.  That didn't happen.  They kept coming.

 

As the books went through revisions, I decided they would not be included in
the book, and here's why:  I feel that if I list their place in my books I
would be obligated to paint the whole picture, positive and negative.  I'M
SIMPLY UNWILLING TO PRINT NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT A TRAIL ANGEL.  I'm not
that mean.  I do realize that lots of hikers have great experiences there.
But an overwhelmingly large number of hikers have written to me detailing
bad experiences.  I will not go into details here.

 

Keith states that he has hundreds of hikers stay with him each year.  Being
omitted from my book clearly doesn't have an impact on his hiker business.
His snarky comments about me on this list, however, have guaranteed that his
hiker business information will never be included in my books.  

 

Yogi

www.pcthandbook.com

 

 

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 5:36 PM, matthew lesniewicz <mlesswicz at yahoo.com>
wrote:

Hey sorry for the tangent that totally seems off track. I know it was to
some extent. It's funny though on the choice of words (angels and magic)
that have become an integral part of the hiker guest. If one actually did
their homework on those subjects it would open new light or a can of worms
on these terminologies. You could google it all day.

An angel "arch or fallen" has seemed to provide wisdom, knowledge/gnosis or
help to man. In some way revealing themselves from an other worldly realm,
seeming divine or magical to some extent.

 

So I would have to believe any services Keith and Mary provided to hikers
would fit that category. Just like all the rest of them out there helping
hikers.

There really is two forms of magic however; black and white. Both being
useful or powerful but leading down different paths. You choose. 

Take it or leave on a objective approach. Less so on an opinionated
subjective thought propagandized by others.

Being through oral translation or a book or not. Yogis being not.

And that my friends would be like the church leaving out more details on
fallen angels as an integral part of the history and or myth as you like
because it doesn't fit the IDEALISM for the story. It would be in the place
of the apocryphal. However its there and exists. Do with it as you will. 

Uh? 

 

Be blessed by the grace for those who seek.

If I'm still seem way off, oh well. I would imagine it must be futile
otherwise.

I've been known to say outlandish things.

The real Magic is in the mountains.

 

Peace w no offense 

Headed Bootheel NOBO

VD in NM


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