[pct-l] Post walk across America. The PCT Next?

[Neil O'Toole]

> People hike for all kinds of reasons

Yes, and you should keep those reasons to yourself unless somebody asks. Hike Your Own Hike, and let me hike mine and not have to think about whether yours is somehow more worthy.

On 26 Apr, 2013, at 09:15, Devon Taig <devon.taig at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have to say that I disagree that walking for a cause is somehow
> antithetical to a wilderness experience on the PCT.  People hike for all
> kinds of reasons, and I welcome Richard's enthusiasm for LGBTQ equality and
> his passion for walking to the Pacific Crest Trail.  I concede the point
> that many of us go into the wild to distance ourselves from politics; but I
> can tell you that what may seem like a political issue to some is really
> not a political issue for others.  For me, partly because I am described to
> some extent by those five letters, equality doesn't feel like a political
> position at all, yet it is something that I care deeply about.  Sure,
> equality for gay and lesbian people is something the Supreme Court is about
> to decide on, and this-or-that piece of legislation may or may not be
> constitutional, but that doesn't make this a *purely *political issue.
> There's politics in cancer research and protecting habitat for endangered
> critters too, but I think we would all welcome someone walking the PCT for
> those causes.
> On the subject of walking across the United States and equality, please
> check out http://www.facesforchange.com/ ; Joe Bell, the father of a 15
> year old gay teen that tragically commited suicide after being intensely
> bullied by his classmates in LaGrande Oregon, has just left on a 5000 mile
> journey to New York to raise anti-bullying awareness. Best of luck Joe!
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 6:25 PM, David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> While I support your cause I don't think this is a good idea.
>> 
>> If you want ot hike the PCT then please just hike the PCT everyone is
>> welcome on the trail.  What I don't want to see is ANY political activity
>> on the trail.  I go to the trail to get away frrom news, publicity,
>> politics, normal life issues, etc.  The PCT is an attempt at a wilderness
>> experience - ask yourself:  will I do doing something to harm that
>> experience for others.   Being out there looking for media attention to a
>> cause - any cause - takes away from the purpose of the trail.
>> 
>> Hope to see you out there - but as a hiker enjoying the wilderness - not as
>> a poltical activist using the trail for there own agenda.
>> 
>> 
>> Day-Late
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> I am exploring the idea of walking the PCT with a bunch of like minded
>>> equality folks. Anyone up for talking about it?
>>> Richard Noble, Walk Across America
>>> 
>>> --
>>> *IN THE NEWS LINKS*
>>> Walk Across America
>>> I<
>>> 
>> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/richard-noble-walks-across-america-to-spread-his-dream-of-lgbt-equality/
>>>> 
>>> Walk Across America
>>> II<
>>> 
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-fernandez/richard-noble-walk-across-america_b_1597142.html
>>>> 
>>> The Prophecy of Marriage
>>> Equality<
>>> 
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-m-russell/richard-noble-on-equality_b_758321.html
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> *ENDORSE THE PLEDGE FOR FULL LGBT EQUALITY*
>>> *HERE<http://www.actonprinciples.org/thepledge/>
>>> *
>>> *NO BULLIES VIDEO HERE <http://youtu.be/trqW3OAaduI>*
>>> 
>>> *Richard Noble, activist *
>>> *WALK ACROSS AMERICA*
>>> *760-992-4172*
>>> 
>>> .
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