[pct-l] do you like to run on the PCT?

[Jim & Jane Moody]

P.S. And if I do scoot over to let a non-horse traveler come by, I make sure I am up against the UPHILL slope, not on the "fall-off-and-die" side. 

With horses, I've found it helpful to ask the lead rider which side of the trail I should move to, uphill or downhill? Apparently some stock get nervous if a person is above them. The riders always seem to appreciate me asking, even if doesn't make any difference to their mount. 

Mango 


----- Original Message -----

From: "Jim & Jane Moody" <moodyjj at comcast.net> 
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 4:27:59 PM 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] do you like to run on the PCT? 

I was crowded onto a narrow lip over a steep slope way down south in 2010, heading nobo. Another hiker and I were going uphill, and a single runner (though not in a race, apparently) came barrelling downhill at us. I edged over to let him pass, but afterwards I thought "why shouldn't he move over a little, too?". Later the same day I was sitting on a creek bank, getting water, right below the trail. He came by again and splashed right in the creek, stirring up sediment. I yelled a word or two of displeasure at him, but his only response was to yell sorry and keep running. At that moment I resolved not to give way to runners unless they were on horses. 
Mango 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Brick Robbins" <brick at brickrobbins.com> 
To: "CHUCK CHELIN" <steeleye at wildblue.net> 
Cc: "PCT" <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 2:55:53 PM 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] do you like to run on the PCT? 

2015-03-14 11:44 GMT-07:00 CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>: 
> Only once in all my years on the PCT: In July of ’99 I was hiking SoBo on 
> the PCT, and after descending the skirts of Mt. Hood and crossing Hwy-35 at 
> Barlow Pass I saw another person approaching from the south. He had 
> running gear and a number on his singlet so I just said, “Hi” as he charged 
> by. 

Steel Eye: 

were you "asked, commanded, or bullied to step aside" or made to feel 
"belittled, and even disrespected as a "lesser" user of the PCT" or 
were the interactions with the runners similar to interactions with 
other trail users? 
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