[pct-l] Skipping

[Timothy Nye]

Ryback is the one that’s been providing the medals gratis, and he specifically provides you don’t have to complete the trail in one year in order to qualify, He also specifies that qualifying for a medal is to be based on the word of the applicant; no doubt based on his very public issue back in the Seventies with claims that he hitched part way.  Still, I feel pretty much the way Ice Axe does. Many people I ran into hitched around fires (understandably) or flat out yellow blazed portions. One guy I won’t name even wrote a book about thru hiking the trail despite missing a huge chunk; an omission not found in his narrative. A hiker I got to know, Ten Speed, did the CDT before the PCT and his words still ring true. A thru is just one continuos hike, whether on the actual trail or off of it.
On Jul 6, 2015, at 11:57 AM, gary_schenk at verizon.net wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> This all goes way back, all the way back to Eric Ryback. I have a friend who says he finished before Richard Watson.
> 
> You do what you do, as long as you don't claim to have done something else, what does it matter? Just to be in the mountains is enough.
> 
> "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." -- John Muir
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> On 07/02/15, Matthew Edwards wrote:
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 10:44:08 -0700
> From: Brian Gill <pctpanama at aol.com>
> To: "pct-l at backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] PCT metal of completion
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> 
> Hey it's just that I've watched over the years award ceremonies , ,
> certificates and metals been presented to those I know for a fact skipped
> 50 to a couple hundred miles . Don't get upset over it ! I'm just stating
> I couldn't do that! If anyone wishes to that, fine... Lol. Go for it!
> 
> "Sent from my iPhone"
> 
> Brian
> 
> Who are we to judge?
> That is also why the whole idea of awards and triple crown is blown for me.
> Never hiked to lord it over another.
> Like a Shinto priest:
> "We dance."
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