hikers are gonna go to businesses they have no intention of patronizing just to get a stamp
Silly *****............stamps?
We don't need no stinkin stamps.
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I've seen stupider ideas. This at least has some tradition behind it. Possible benefits to local businesses and the ATC as well. ATC magazine has had commercial ads for a couple years now. Whiteblaze has ads. As an old geezer I can dismiss the whole concept as a blatant commercial ripoff and say I'm above all that. But this is America, buddy. This is what we do. Find endlessly creative ways to cash in on a good thing.
I guess we'll see if it is popular or not after this year. I have hiked the first 820 miles of the trail in the last eight years and only encountered four of the businesses on the list, so it wouldn't be appealing to my style of hiking.
"Waning Gibbous" would be a great trail name.
The people who do that would be inferior. Poor reasoning skills, too stupid to survive. C'mon, this is the free market.Originally Posted by Lone Wolf
/sarcasm OFF
I already have good a record of everywhere I spent money. My credit card statements.
It seems like the people who are excited about the concept are people that haven't hiked the AT yet, while the people that are against it are people that have already hiked the AT.
Hey...when you toss that paper map, you gotta add some weight somewhere.
The trouble I have with campfires are the folks that carry a bottle in one hand and a Bible in the other.
You never know which one is talking.
Its been interesting to see people get agitated about the AT Passport. Do it or not? Who cares! I've been collecting stamps from the places I've visited and will have something to commemorate my thru. Truly, HYOH on this topic.
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Hey AT Walker, do the places require some monetary compensation for the stamps? i.e. do they require you to stay at the hostel or inn in order to stamp your book?
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Why would one possibly want a stamp from a place they didn't stay?
Nope, no transaction required. Go in, be friendly, and ask if they will stamp your passport. Half of the places had the stamp sitting on the counter as a DIY action.
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Rickb, maybe you shuttled with them, purchased some food, or just stopped by to say "hello".
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OK. That makes sense.
This is a copycat scheme of the Pilgrim's Passport from the Camino de Santiago. There, it serves a real purpose in as much that you need the passport to stay at Albergues (hostels) and obtain low priced meals.
Everyone has a photographic memory. Not everyone has film.
Just returned from a 10 day section north from Springer. The Passport idea is very popular, hostels very willing to stamp, no drama.
Great idea, enhances the experience.
How many hostels did you visit in 10 days?
The trouble I have with campfires are the folks that carry a bottle in one hand and a Bible in the other.
You never know which one is talking.
I stay indoors at Neels Gap, Havens Budget Inn in Hiawassee and Havens Budget Inn in Franklin.
The Neels Gap hostel has seen improvements, clean and new mattresses. And what can you say about Ron Haven? A real friend to hikers.
Ron would probably stamp you passport, tell you a story about his wrestling days, sing you a song and give you a ride to the store in town!
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Well, im sure there are many hikers who have been using this now.
can we get some pics of the passport pages? Im guessing they look nowhere near as nice as the pics posted above.
Im visioning faded ink, crooked stamps, and runny lines.
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