[pct-l] RE official

[Tortoise]

well said.

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Tortoise

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JULIE FLAMING wrote:
> This brings me to what exactly is the basis for my following the rules?  I
> think the one thing I'd add to this conversation is to consider the cost of
> one's actions to the people around you. My parents work for the Park
> Service in Crater Lake and have been involved in the searches this week for
> the missing 8-year-old who reportedly wanderd away from a park overlook so
> I'm feeling a little over-sensitive about this right now.
> 
> I obey the rules less because they're "official" than because of the many
> people who will be out there risking their lives to save my wretched ass if
> I flout the rules just 'cause theyr'e inconvenient.... and because of the
> people who may get "et" by the habituated bear even if I skate by but the
> bear steals the cookies I left out and gets a taste for Oreos.
> 
> I'm not saying that anyone in this group does this, I'm just bring the
> discussion of how many times I've missed holiday meals with the folks (or
> missed sleep because I'm worrying about them) because they're called in to
> deal with somebody's emergency. They, like all the other emergency services
> folks out there,  put themselves out there willingly, but why make them pay
> the cost of carelessness or a sense of entitlement?  So, I go out with a
> consideration of my impact on the land, on other hikers, and on the
> community in general. It keeps me honest and usually well within the limits
> of the laws/rules.  
> 
> Julie
> who is neither pro- nor anti- goat  
>