There are so few purists left and I miss them. I'm thinking of starting a purist sanctuary before they die out all together.
Originally Posted by Blue Jay
I'm going to go through the sanctuary and make blue and yellow blazes....on the same tree!
Purists will get too confused and re populate somewhere else....closer to a white blaze community
The ATC should do away with the form they have hikers sign.
People should hike their own hikes, and not what the ATC asks of them to be listed as a 2,000 Miler.
Alternatively, hikers can just tell the ATC to pound sand and not sign that form. Few do, however.
Not sure why.
Hike your own hikes. Don't feel compelled to submit to the ATC and its dogma just to be listed by an organization with a different philosophy about what hiking the entire trail means.
Sounds like another case of Hike my Hike damm it or HMHDI instead of HYOH
Would you be offended if I told you to
TAKE A HIKE!
CowHead
"If at first you don't succeed......Skydiving is not for you" Zen Isms
I once was lost, then I hike the trail
Set up a stand at the top of Springer and the top of Katahdin and sell patches for $10.
That way anyone can get a patch, the ATC gets a little revenue and you'll be the only one who knows how many miles you walked.
Purist nightmare
I've got a list of hiker names. I can not reveal them at this time due to an ongoing government investigation. I been working undercover for some time now. Sorry, but some of you fakers and scam artist have to go down. Visiting days are Sunday and Wednesday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMbCi...eature=related
If you find yourself in a fair fight; your tactics suck.
Eh, idiots like that are annoying, but there is a real simple way to deal with it.
Just ignore 'em. Takes a while, but it works like a charm and don't cost a cent.
It's really just another version of the "honor system".....just like that pack of crackers and the change jar at work. Whether you are honest and honorable is between you and your diety(s) and matters naught to me. That being said, I have hiked some parts of the AT more than a dozen times, some only once, and have skipped more than a couple of parts that just plain sucked. It's my hike and after all "the journey is the destination".
Probably for those that go out to hike the Appalacian Trail because they want to be able to say they did it, they would be the ones griping about unpure hikers
The ones who go out and hike somewhere, year after year after year and do it because they truly enjoy being out there, they could care less about pure or unpure hikers.
Which one are you?
And as for the Buddhist Monks that are out there for spiritual reasons, I'd be willing to bet they would be the first ones to say: it doesn't matter. (either way is good)
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams
Daisy, are you friggin serious??? If you have such a problem then why dont you start a petition for the ATC. If that patch is so important to you, Il give you mine! Get a life dude!
Perhaps you should also call out people that dont pay at hostels. If i am not mistaken, that would have been about 80% of your little crew.
Jeeeeeeeeeeeeez! Calm down folks.
I see some things are really taboo in the hiking society anymore.
Everyone's flaming this guy or gal big time simply because they asked a question that i've heard lots of times on the trail.
Reminds me of the guy who asked if there's any sex goes on out there. You all tore into him pretty bad too.
I got flamed once for laughing about a question whether it is necessary to filter water to wash your underwear or not.
Give this guy a break. Maybe it was his first hike. We've all been there.
Isn't he from down under or somewhere? Maybe they are more honest where he comes from or something.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams
I actually know the guy. Great guy. This is a bit of a surprise coming from him. This discussion went on alot on our hike. Its not the topic but the delivery. I understand his point a little but he shouldnt brand other people for something that has no affect on him what so ever. Saw alot of "purists" in GA, NC and TN only to see them abandon that philosophy when they stop having fun.
purists is a weird term. I don't think yellow blazing past entire sections is an aceptable thru-hike. That make me have the same root word as the puritans? Look, I did every blaze, but I'm never registering. I don't need another diploma.
There used to one, so you can go there to start it back up
http://www.trailplace.com
Good for you
name and shame
its a strange thing,but i understand the term thru hiker,I never hiked it thru just hiked about 2400 miles in a yr,I always admire a person who thru hikes on the other hand I have been personally told we have no room in the shelter when it was raining and thought to myself,fk you like your a thru hiker in NC right,its a bad term,it makes them think their better than others or have certain rights.ky
Let's see, you hiked your own hike and you're proud of it.
You did not do the official white-blazed AT for a considerable portion of your hike.
You did not claim to have done the official AT by signing your name on an ATC document that says you did.
THAT was exactly right and honorable.
The term thruhiker means that you have completed a thru hike. People that asked us if we were thruhiking, we said, we are trying. Only now would I call myself a thruhiker but would rather just be called a hiker.
Wow and I thought I was a slow walker.
Don't celebrate until the check clears.
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