[pct-l] Pct-l Digest, Vol 27, Issue 82

[David Thibault]

I live a few miles from where Ed lived so we have a geographical bond
anyway.  I enjoy much of his writing, he was always provocative.  I
understand his love of the desert and wilderness in general.   I didn't
always agree with everything he espoused -  such as, he also used to enjoy
throwing beer bottles on the highways.  Understood his point of view -  just
not always his methods.

I must admit I always think that Ed Abbey was "an American" in the truest
complementary meaning of that term.  I would have enjoyed sharing a campsite
with him.

Day-Late





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> 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.
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> > 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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