[pct-l] Scary!

[Mike Chapman]

I said I might eat an easy meal if it happened across me,if that means
im bear grylls,than alright,cut me a check! Im not sure what the
backstabber thing is? Do I owe you an apology for exposing "your" rude
e-mail? Could you tell me whats not solitary about sleeping in my tent
alone for months? Anyway I dont have time for e-mail wars,my focus is
on the trail and learning every ounce of knowledge possible to acheive
my goals.

On 1/8/11, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes
<diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
> Funny you should think I am talking about you, unless you are Stabby
> McBackstabber.
>
> Nobody doubts you are man enough to go the distance or macho enough
> to kill and eat a rattlesnake. It seems to me that the people who
> fail to complete more than a hundred miles or two tend to be those
> who go out thinking they will find one kind of experience and find
> out that it's not like what they expected. The PCT isn't a "Man vs.
> Wild" kind of thing. It's probably not a "finding yourself" thing and
> it's certainly not a solitary wilderness experience. People who don't
> take the trail for what it is tend to be disappointed and go home. I
> know from experience. (Duh, I should have known a "Crest" trail
> wouldn't have me hiking along the creeks in the canyons.)
>
> Anyway, I would rather hike the trail with people who don't hit the
> ground running with a prominent oppositional personality, fists
> swinging at the outset. Those people tend to have disappeared by
> about Section E, usually because either they have gone home or they
> have changed.
>
> Good luck with your hike.
> Diane
> On Jan 8, 2011, at 6:05 AM, Mike Chapman wrote:
>
>> Im sure you have nothing to worry about,even though you sent me an
>> e-mail that said I would not do what I said I would do,and adding some
>> other little insulting jabs. I dont hold grudges and would flat out
>> give you the sweater off my back,or cash out of my pocket if you were
>> in a jam,but please dont question the determination that burns in my
>> heart. For the record,unless im on the way to the ER,I WILL NOT stay
>> at Tangels houses(hold me to it,watch for the smile),I love outside,I
>> camp and hike the pct all the time. For the past 15 years ive used it
>> as my personal fishing superhighway! Im back and forth from boreal to
>> the lakes basin above sierra city all summer long(when not working).
>> Ive used it to train my cagefighting friend(great cardio). I snowshoe
>> like a madman,and would be shocked if im not standing at the northern
>> terminus in september. Dont ever let anyone scare you,people who
>> attempt to scare woman are worms,and should be eaten like snakes,or
>> fish.
>>
>> On 1/7/11, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes
>> <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
>>> Sounds like there are some scary folks hiking the trail this year. I
>>> think I'll start any hiking in Section E, well after they have
>>> dropped out. I don't think anyone with such attitudes ever makes it
>>> beyond about Section C anyway.
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