[pct-l] John Muir's Birthplace

[Scott Williams]

That's tomorrow's hike.  You read my mind.        He, he, he.... he says
rubbing his hands diabolically!

Shroomer

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>wrote:

> If you're of a diabolical-genious type, the best thing to do would be lead
> a group of people through really really beautiful places, having a great
> time communing with nature, then oops, you "happen" upon a clear cut or
> strip mine. *That'll* win you converts....
>
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> That is such a right thing to do Diane.  Muir was consciously doing the
>> same
>> thing with the early Sierra Club summer camping trips.  He was motivated
>> to
>> get people into the High Country for just that reason.  He took Emerson's
>> ideas, and made them real, touchable, and personal by giving people the
>> experience of the wild.  When you take people up there, or anywhere
>> beautiful in the woods, mtns or deserts, you make "converts," and
>> political
>> allies.  Or you at least begin what for many becomes a lifelong love of
>> nature.
>>
>> What you are doing with folks has a long history and great validity.  If
>> we
>> want these great places and trails preserved, we need more than a few thru
>> hikers to make it happen.  I lead weekly hikes in our area, and up Mt
>> Diablo, partly because I'm hiking anyway, but also because I'm really very
>> missionary where it comes to getting people involved in Nature.  Your
>> posts
>> always come from that place, as do many of the old timers, and young
>> timers
>> on this forum.  We just want others to experience it and love it as we all
>> do.  It is fun, and it isn't complicated, it's just wonderful.
>>
>> Shroomer
>> _______________________________________________
>> Pct-L mailing list
>> Pct-L at backcountry.net
>> To unsubcribe, or change options visit:
>> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
>>
>> List Archives:
>> http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/
>>
>
>
>
> --
> ~ Moccasin
>
>