View Full Version : Shaffer's Thru-hike
swjohnsey
11-23-2011, 11:36
Has anyone read the paper on Shaffer's thru-hike by James W. McNeely? Click on the blue banner at the top of the page. Copies of this turned up in several shelters.
Cookerhiker
11-23-2011, 11:58
There was a long thread on this subject: http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?74049-Earl-Shaffer-s-missing-sections-in-1948&highlight=
The thread is now closed (I'm not sure why) but you'll find a lot of discussion on the paper.
swjohnsey
11-23-2011, 12:14
Wow! Hellova thread.
Hikerhead
11-23-2011, 15:06
The author must be someone's buddy for it to be at the top of the home page for so long. To me it's a non issue. There wasn't any rules for walking the trail when Shaffer did it. I'm sure he had to road walk some sections for a lack of being able to find the trail...big deal.
swjohnsey
11-23-2011, 15:17
You ddn't read the article.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jwp07QElyvk/TH174CiUgKI/AAAAAAAAAOw/1O5O5zxBJrc/s1600/2010.8.31+DeadHorse.png
tat44too
11-23-2011, 15:36
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jwp07QElyvk/TH174CiUgKI/AAAAAAAAAOw/1O5O5zxBJrc/s1600/2010.8.31+DeadHorse.png
Oh Lordy, that's funny right there...
Rain Man
11-24-2011, 10:47
A better cartoon? Just sayin'. Though, the guy is THE legend, and, I think, deservedly so.
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Rain:sunMan
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swjohnsey
11-24-2011, 12:03
Legends are O.K. I like facts, too. I'm only about a quarter of the way through the article.
Lone Wolf
11-24-2011, 12:23
A better cartoon? Just sayin'. Though, the guy is THE legend, and, I think, deservedly so.
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Rain:sunMan
.legend? nah. just a man that went for a long walk
A better cartoon?
Rain:sunMan
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Not really. This discussion has been done to death and will continue until one person feels they've "won".
Sacred cow? Nah....just better/more interesting things going on.
Only a sacred cow to people on both sides of the discussion who have nothing better going on in their lives.
swjohnsey
11-25-2011, 09:13
I missed out on the original discussion, I think I was off hikin' or sumthin'.
Wise Old Owl
11-25-2011, 09:23
14461................ Ouch