[pct-l] Bridge of the Gods

[Jim Eagleton]

When Earl Schaeffer first hiked the AT, he was incensed to have to pay a nickel to cross the Bear Mt Bridge (also essentially the low point on the trail.)  On one of my first section hikes, we finished a section there and wanted to go out on the bridge for the view.  The toll was up to 25 cents.  My partner didn't want to pay, so we negotiated/whined and the toll taker agreed to accept 25 cents for both of us to go half way across the bridge.  I probably would have paid 25 cents out and 25 cents back, each. so we may have gotten a 75% discount.  Shortly after this trip they gave up collecting from pedestrians.  I'm not sure how proud I am of my part in this progress.
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> From: saintgimp at hotmail.com> To: peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com; pct-l at backcountry.net; losthiker at sisqtel.net> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:28:23 -0800> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bridge of the Gods> > patti wrote:> > is that just for thru hikers? cuz according to this it's fity cent...> > The people running the toll booth seem to have an informal policy of not > charging PCT hikers for the privilege of crossing. They certainly didn't > when I crossed a couple of years ago. Don't count on it, though.> > Eric > > _______________________________________________> Pct-l mailing list> Pct-l at backcountry.net> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l