Those pesky tourists! Why cant they stay home and just mail the money in?
Those pesky tourists! Why cant they stay home and just mail the money in?
When you get out on the trail you will find that people who have the little rocker under the patch have done all sorts of stuff that doesn’t seem like walking.
It is more a question of identity than of practices.
The vertical distance from base camp (elev 17,958') to summit (elev 29,028') on Mt Everest is 11,070'.
The vertical distance from base camp to Camp 1 (elev 19,685') is 1727'.
So if I climb to Camp 1 seven times I will have covered 12,089' of vertical gain.
So I have climbed Mt Everest.
Um, NO.
Whoa folks. The OP seems to intentionally seek to be judged to qualify for "the completion of 2200 miles of appalachian trail", in context of qualifying for AT thru hiker completion status. What's wrong with judgment in this perspective?
If one wants to "officially" publicly qualify for that status from the ATC they need to abide by the ATC's qualifying conditions. The Elf clearly posted this highlighted qualifying conditions.
I wonder sometimes if the people who bristle at judgments related to themselves aren't some of the people quick to habitually engage in judgments about others and other things?
Want to qualify for a DL, bank loan, wed, job, career, friends, eat, hike, laugh, cry, go to war, make love .......it all involves making judgment calls.
I didn't read the initial post in the same context as you. I saw nothing about official ATC certification in that post. A hike is a vacation. I think it's a bit silly to worry if you get a self reported merit badge for taking a vacation. Anyone who wants a badge can get one, just by requesting one.
We've had threads before about a purist thru hike vs. a "close enough" thru hike. In the end, the only opinion that matters is the hiker's.
I think you're reading way too much into the motivations of those who responded to the goofy question.
Well not a patch exactly, but there is an interesting guy--PJ Wetzel (don't know what his trail name is) who "day hiked" the whole AT twice. Parked his car at various places and hiked back to it (including the 100 Mile Wilderness) and never stayed a night in a tent or shelter because he hates them. They gave him some sort of special recognition as no one has ever done this before.
Same here, I logged way over 2000 miles on the trail before I ever completed all the sections. Just liked certain parts so did them multiple times.