<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
Well put, MoonPie. <br>
<br>
Welcome to the group.<br>
<br>
I have always said that the most dangerous part of any hike is the
drive to and from the trailhead.<br>
<br>
Greg<br>
<br>
katherine becksvoort wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:BAY119-W35E50E0FDAF2E7A62EE9EECF4F0@phx.gbl"
type="cite">
<style>
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma
}
</style> <br>
So, this is my first post on this listserve...have been enjoying all
the rants, raves, information and encouragement by reading a smidgen
each day from everyone. <br>
<br>
To say something like:<br>
And I had thought seriously about hiking the AT.<br>
<br>
made me feel very sad. CNN had suggested that it was a thru hiker,
etc...but how often does our media like to embellish the truth? This
poor woman was not thru hiking...and I'm sorry to hear that the AT is
getting such a bad rap, again, for violence. Violence in proximity to
a trail is very different from violence due to being a thru hiker. <br>
<br>
I am also a female who thru hiked 99% of the time alone on the
AT....it was an incredible experience. The first question people ask
me as a female when I either told them I had hiked, or that I am
planning a PCT thru this year, is "Aren't you afriad of hiking alone?
What does your family, boyfriend, brother, etc. think of that? If I was
your (fill in the male blank here), I wouldn't let you do it."<br>
<br>
That just makes me want to prove them wrong. And I have once already,
by hiking the AT alone. It was the best experience of my life. <br>
<br>
It also makes me feel sorry that they are so afraid of something so
beautiful. Unfortunate things happen everywhere...driving a car,
eating at a restaurant, sitting in class....it shouldn't make us stop
doing what we dream of doing.<br>
<br>
MoonPie<br>
<br>
<div><br>
</div>
<pre wrap="">
<hr size="4" width="90%">
_______________________________________________
Pct-l mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Pct-l@backcountry.net">Pct-l@backcountry.net</a>
To unsubscribe or change list options (digest, etc):
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l">http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>