When you see someone with a foreign accent, always give them shelter room on a wet day.....
Always offer gas money to someone who gives you a ride into town. A dollar a mile is about right. Most times folks will decline, but it builds good will.
Tip your waitress.
Hostels should never be considered free. Pay at least what a "Recommended Donation" is. If work for stay is offered, do your best and make your best worthy of what they offer in return. If you can't afford to pay for a night in a hostel, do your resupply and get back on the trail.
Ask folks in stores, restaurants, etc if it's ok to bring your pack inside. Remember, some of them are worried about theft, and after a few weeks your pack probably reeks as bad as you do.
Do not leave your trash in the fire pit. If you burn your trash, retrieve the unburnt foil wrappers and other bits in the morning and pack them out. Clean up every bit of your trash and pack it out. Don't leave bits of food all over the ground as it only encourages the vermin. Don't throw stuff in the privy cause some volunteer will have to pull it out. Don't leave empty fuel canisters or the gear you no longer want in shelters. It ain't a hiker box, and some volunteer ends up packing out all that crap. Don't deface shelters with graffiti. It's amazing how trashed some shelters get. If you pack it in, pack it out.
Don't chop down live trees for fire wood.
Do sweep out shelters, police the grounds, make repairs to hanging lines ... Leave your campsite better than you found it.
Try very hard not to perpetuate the Nobo vs Sobo stereotypes when you meet on the trail.
Last edited by LDog; 11-17-2012 at 23:19.
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Please remember.....
1) Not everyone wants to hear you play your musical instrument or wants to listen to your "singing".
2) Not everyone wants to listen to your radio, mp3 player etc.
3) Not everyone wants to listen to your cell phone conversation nor do they want to listen to the "tap tap tap" as you send a text messages or make entries in your trail journal
4) Not everyone wants to be around your dog.
5) Not everyone wants to hear you come in loudly late at night or hear you leave loudly in the morning.
6) Not everyone wants to hear you snore.
7) Not everyone wants to talk about gear, pack weight and the number of miles hiked
8) Not everyone wants to hear you whine about people who "violate" the above seven items--nor does everyone believe that you (or I) should be telling others how to behave regarding the above seven items.
In the end--just remember that we all have to share this trail, these shelters, these trail towns and any trail magic. Try not to impose your preferences and your behaviors upon others---and try to be tolerant and forgiving of those who make different choices than you.
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." - Paul Dudley White
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