[pct-l] The ADZ CONTOVERSY AS IT APPEARS TO AN OUTSIDER

[Donna Saufley]

Hmmm.  That's interesting. About 100% of the hikers who've shared their AT
trail angel experiences (established hostels, not random magic) state that
almost all of the hostels on the AT are work-for-stay or pay-for-stays.  The
only "free"  hostel they've told me about (pardon me if I get his name
wrong) Bob Peoples.  That is why I have this assumption.  Please correct me
if there are others . . . 

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Wright [mailto:gwtmp01 at mac.com] 
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 1:20 PM
To: Donna Saufley
Cc: Slyatpct at aol.com; wayneskraft at comcast.net; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] The ADZ CONTOVERSY AS IT APPEARS TO AN OUTSIDER


On Feb 29, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Donna Saufley wrote:
>   And, it seems that overall folks on the AT (even trail angels)  
> seek to profit from the hikers (ka-ching).  Not so on the PCT.  It  
> will be a very sad day for PCT hikers if/when that comes to pass –  
> the end of something special and unique.
>


I have to quibble with this generalization.  There are commercial and  
non-profit services on both trails that cater to hikers (day/weekend/ 
thru).  I'm including 'trail angels' in the non-profit service  
category. It may be the case that there are more commercial service  
providers on the AT, but then again accommodating 1500 to 2000 hikers  
a season is a much different ballgame than accommodating 200-300  
hikers.  To put it another way there are more AT thru-hikers in  
Maine, at the end of the trail, than even attempt the PCT.

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