[pct-l] Trail Names

[Shawn Hudson]

I dunno what to make of this, Thought Criminal. I followed some of your
posts on the AT (also thru-hiked in '08), and I think you're over-reacting
to a joke. In that light, I did find the following bit of your essay funny
... especially about the part about questing to be more "light-hearted." I
hope that goes well for you.

Personal opinion of mine ... you should let someone else give you a trail
name, even if it sucks. Then maybe someone should give you a new one. At
that point, you will have actually earned it.

- Voodoo


> I don't really care what name I use on the PCT, or if I use a trail name at
> all. I have used the nickname/trail name "Thought Criminal" in various
> contexts since 2002, but I would prefer to use a less political, more
> light-hearted name on the PCT. Rachel and I had extensive discussions about
> possible new trail names while hiking the Glacier NP section of the CDT with
> a friend whom I met on the CDT in New Mexico's Chihuahuan Desert. It's taken
> a lot of discussion for us to come to mutually agreeable trail names.?
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