[pct-l] Thru numbers

[Terry]

Diane, I just have to ask this rhetorical question to all that hike the trail.

If there were no trail Angeles providing hikers with water and food at most every turn, do you think the trail would be as populated with hikers as it is now?

Terry

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On Jun 8, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com> wrote:

> The trail can be successfully hiked without establishment-type trail  
> angels and without water caches and coolers left for hikers. I'm not  
> saying that these things are not appreciated. They are. But I did  
> notice that I started to expect a cooler at every road crossing and  
> started to feel not just disappointment but something a little more  
> greedy than that when it wasn't provided. It bothered me that I was  
> having these thoughts and feelings, actually. I felt ashamed of  
> myself. It might be helpful for restoring the experience of the trail  
> if there was less help rather than more.
> 
> 
> On Jun 8, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> 
>> From: Evelyn Dybowski <lilacs007 at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] ] Thru numbers
>> 
>> "It's pretty clear that for better or worse there are major changes  
>> coming to
>> the trail angel system that thru-hikers have enjoyed for the past  
>> decade or
>> so. ?"
>> With the number of thru hikers increasing is there a way to  
>> formalize the "trail angel" work? ?Maybe with people hiking  
>> contributing to food/water costs or getting sponsors etc? (or  
>> contributing to organization of trail angels and their needs)
>> Or formally figuring out where the spots are that most people would  
>> need water/food etc and as a group focusing on those?
>> Maybe stupid idea.. but with the stores going to kick off and  
>> selling goods- could they be asked to contribute to the community  
>> by helping trail angels have the funds for or actual food/drink? Or  
>> do they already do this?
>> I'm just working on a charity organization (from ground up) and we  
>> were able to get a small grant to offer our community (medical  
>> expenses related). Maybe a site like Kickstarter could also help in  
>> this case? You could give bandanas or whatever to certain level  
>> sponsors.
>> BTW I'm from sales and business development.. so if any of this is  
>> stupid SORRY, I always go back to my "sales" life I guess!
>> 
>> Evelyn
> 
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