[pct-l] Things that helped.

[kcristler]

dave, how about ed abbey dispatching a snake without remorse? (of course he 
gave it a fair chance).
       diane, reading your message conjures up images of schiffrin, jenkins, 
shaefer, et al as modern day daniel boones. (in a way, i guess they were) :)
                kmc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Thibault" <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Things that helped.


> When I read this years ago I was also just so sad for the snake. Then I
> thought about it and I just chalked it up to - boy times have changed.
>
>
> Years ago I was standard practice to just kill all rattlesnakes.  I mean 
> if
> you didn't maybe someone else would come across it and die.  You were 
> doing
> a service to mankind by killing these dangerous beasts.
>
> Luckily we are a little smarter about some things today.  Of course forty
> years from now people will be looking back on how we did things way back 
> in
> 2010 and just shake their heads and think how uneducated we were, at least 
> I
> hope so.
>
> Day-Late
>
>
>> From: Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com
>>
>>
>> I read a lot of Colin Fletcher, too. He gave me an appreciation of
>> the desert and a desire to do a solo adventure, although I struggled
>> to keep reading after he killed the snake.
>>
>>
>>
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