[pct-l] O.D.Coyote- Diluted Triple Crown Award?

[dsaufley at sprynet.com]

Sly,

Great thoughts, and I echo your sentiments -- completing a Triple Crown is a truly amazing achievement, of which anyone can and should be proud, whether it is acknowledged publicly or not. 

My time spent on our local town council taught me a few things, but one of the biggest lessons was this:  no matter how good, just, or worthwhile something appears to be, there will be people who won't see it that way and who will oppose it.  The old adage, "you just can't please all the people all the time," is absolute truth, though someone out there will undoubtedly disagree (that's okay, I can take it). 

If you don't want the Triple Crown award and ALL the fame that comes with it (TIC), you don't have to let ALDHA know you completed a TC, and if someone puts your name down to receive the Award, you don't have to go pick it up or accept it.  It's a personal choice, just like any other. But just because some folks don't want their completions acknowledged doesn't mean the acknowledgement should not be given to others who may value it, as you do.  

I just find it difficult to understand why anyone would turn down all the lucrative endorsement offers, television interviews, and the chance to meet Jay Leno on the Tonight Show . . . 

L-Rod


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>From: Slyatpct at aol.com
>Sent: Nov 28, 2006 11:43 AM
>To: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] O.D.Coyote- Diluted Triple Crown Award?
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>He  purposely skipped 5 feet of the CDT as a protest against the Triple 
>Crown  award which, he claims, is for glory and publicity hounds not for 
>hikers  
>who hike for the pure joy of hiking.
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>If you ask me that's pretty silly and not much of a protest.  Also,  since it 
>concerns the CDT, skipping 5 feet is rather meaningless as some hike as  
>little as 2400 miles while others closer to 2800 during the course of their  
>"thru-hike"depending on the route they've decided to take.  
>Hiking the Triple Crown oviously isn't like hiking either of the trails  
>seperately or three times over, any of which can be considered a stunt.   For the 
>most part they're new and different although lessons learned from  the 
>previous are applied to the next.
> 
>Whether someone does it for glory, publicity or for their own well being,  
>doesn't concern me as long as they follow good trail ethics.
> 
>As much as the plaque is a small token, it represents an aptly named  
>crowning archivement and for some like myself that truly  love hiking, it's as 
>meaningful as any degree hung from the wall in a  doctors or lawyers office.
>There's an aurgument the TC is more meaningful as there's no financial  
>reward at the end.
> 
>Diluted?  Perhaps, in some peoples minds...
> 
>Sly
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>PS As soon as I make "my wall" the plaque is the 1st thing I'll hang.   ; )  
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