[pct-l] Wild Trail Angels vs Domesticated Trail Angels

[Postholer]

Most trail angels begin as 'wild' trail angels with the potential to become 
'domesticated' trail angels, I think. One is not better than the other just 
an evolution of sorts.

Wild Trail Angels
These are folks who may have never heard of long distance hikers or the long 
trails such as the PCT. Upon their first encounter with this type of hiker 
and hearing the hikers story they may offer a ride or food or drink to this 
absolute stranger.

Domesticated Trail Angels
These folks probably started out as the 'wild' variety and for whatever 
reason escalated their behavior, such as regularly giving rides, maintaining 
water caches or go as far as opening their homes to hikers.

This absurd thought was brought to you by a hikers warm encounter with a CDT 
trail angel (wild or domesticated?):
http://postholer.com/journal/viewJournal.php?entry_id=7858

-postholer

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