[pct-l] illegal copies of ANYthing, oh, and YOGI

[Bob Bankhead]

And thus endeth the reading of the scriptures!



-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Georgi Heitman
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 2:49 PM
To: littleleum at yahoo.com; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] illegal copies of ANYthing, oh, and YOGI

O.K....I've been letting this sit for the last 24 hours to be sure I really
wanted to sent it, just did a re-read and I'm still mad, so here it goes.
An Open Letter to Lenny the Little:

Lenny,

Anyone who has read this list or hiked the trail at all, also knows exactly
who Yogi is, and I for one would suspect it might best that you don't be
forgettin' all that's been written here since you posted, 'Don't forget who
you are, Yogi'.  Since you obviously don't know who Yogi is, I'll tell you.
This is the woman who has taken some notes that she really only intended to
make for one friend one time and, because she was asked to, refined those
notes, re re-searched her research and for several years, operated at a loss
in order to provide the most comprehensive and
up-to-date guide available on the PCT.   Anything else out there was at
that time openly called 'The Book of Lies'.  Be aware that her friends on
this trail are legion, she and her right to copyright will be defended again
and again from Mexico to Canada, whether she makes a profit or not, if for
no other reason than that we can remember when she didn't and she still kept
on researching, revising and reprinting because she knew it made a
difference in the hiker community.  An apology to her would be a smart move
about now if you want to hike this trail in peace .
I've tried for years not to blast any one specific person or topic here, my
biggest failure being alcohol stoves, but in this case I think I'm willing
to state that not only are you just plain WRONG, but that I've come to
notice your email address and I will agree with you on one thing, in my mind
you are indeed 'little'...a very little individual indeed, both small and
small-minded.  Here is where I would normally close with something like
'happy trails', but in this case I'll make an exception, it would be more
apropos to say ' while I like to think I'm the forgiving type I can't be
sure, so you might want to stay out of my way'.