Skyline, I agree completely (and now I'm on a quest to find that MacKaye statement). Not everybody who aquablazes even violates the ATC's definition of a thru. I have picked up numerous aquablazers in Harpers and taken them back to Waynesboro so they can get back on the trail where they left off. Aquablazing is hard. Aquablazing and then white-blazing the same section is just epic.