[pct-l] Just going to put this out there for Metzger to consider

[mark v]

Learn things like where a current massive fire is blocking the trail, who might be selflessly giving rides to the border, where and how someone died on the trail a couple years ago, etc.  

Beyond that question, i don't really follow your reply to my post.  My point was that drivel is drowning out what could be real talk about the trail.

I hope you meet the two people on the trail you're hoping to, and the rest of civilization stays away from you as you wish.

mark v

--- On Sun, 5/3/09, Stephen <reddirt2 at earthlink.net> wrote:

>> Learn what?  I figured one thing out that I learned reading
> most of the posts here, that hiking the PCT has become
> somewhat of a joke.  Is this list here to baby folks along
> who probably shouldn't be out there to begin with? If
> you can't let a little verbal comment slide off because
> you disagree with someone else's sense of humor I feel
> sorry for you.  I'd rather buy Reinhold a beer near some
> Sierra trailhead this summer than try and get along with a
> bunch of sissies that can not leave home without an
> electronic umbilical coil, like GPS, sat phones, email etc,
> etc...  Makes me kinda wonder about some of you all.  Just
> because the trail is there does not necessarily mean
> everyone should be out there.  Next time a thru-hiker hits
> me up for a ride to town I'm gonna inquire if they have
> a phone and if so then suggest they call a cab.
> I've read some good stuff here, most of it humor
> actually, but as far as actually helpful information
> regarding the PCT it's pretty thin with an awful amount
> of needles and repetitive information that is starting to
> irritate me to the point I figure to just turn it off any
> day now.  I think there are two people hiking currently I
> hope to meet, and that's about it.
> Not a very good percentage in my book, not enough to intice
> me to want to hike along the trail and be a part of the flow
> and what's going on.  Nope, this list caused me to
> change my mind about the PCT, and the way people are
> approaching it.  Hike your own hike for sure, but please do
> it somewhere I don't have to associate with you all.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark v"
> <allemande6 at yahoo.com>
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 3:34 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] Just going to put this out there for
> Metzger to consider
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > This will probably get ME banned, but i'll
> consider it a favor.
> > 
> > Metzger (and 1 or 2 other post-ers, maximum), as part
> of the class of 08, i'd like to let you know that to
> those that i hiked with and met, your posts make this
> otherwise worthwhile listserv an absolute joke.  All summer
> long, the mere mention of PCT-L made EVERY hiker shake their
> head in dismay.  It's really hard to sift through the
> rubbish generated by you (which remains in digest form, and
> in the posts of people who feel they need to counter it with
> replies), even with you on ignore.  You may feel that
> it's just JoAnn complaining, but i guarantee you
> it's not.  She's just the one who cares enough to
> make the effort to type her complaint.
> > 
> > The rest of us roll our eyes, and eventually give up
> on the list.  Thanks for doing your part to ruin what could
> be a good resource for hikers interested in the trail.  If
> you decide to keep up your act, the trail will go on...just
> with one fewer place where one can go to learn about it.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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