[pct-l] one person's lame, another person's... (+ more topics!)

[mark v]

All this talk of NOT trail-angelling is making me
worry that there won't be any in '08.  This is making
me feel less entitled to it already.

So the best answer is to SAY there won't be any trail
magic, but then provide more than ever.  (especially
to me, who is especially grateful and unentitled.)


--- "Eric Lee (GAMES)" <elee at microsoft.com> wrote:

> Mark wrote:
> >
> I gotta laugh at the notion that couples on the
> trail
> are more lame because they don't socialize with
> someone as much.  Does that make an introverted,
> shy,
> reclusive single hiker lame too?  Puh-leeze.
> >
> 
> I agree with Mark - Roni's first two complaints
> about couples and big budgets aren't really about
> lameness, they're about a lack of kindred spirits
> for Roni, to which I say HYOH.
> 
> Roni's third complaint, about an increased sense of
> entitlement, is a real one, though.  It ultimately
> affects us all, because every time a thru-hiker
> interacts with people and communities along the
> trail they're creating impressions and opinions that
> will directly impact the experiences of everyone
> following after them.  Is a false sense of
> entitlement aggravated by big hiking budgets?  Well,
> maybe indirectly, though it's certainly far from
> always the case.  Is it aggravated by the presence
> of so much "scheduled" trail magic these days, like
> Scott (postholer) said?  I think that's more likely.
>  Does that mean we should all stop angeling?  I
> dunno.
> 
> Eric
> 



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