What happened to HYOH?

[pilgrimskywheel]

Not for all. Having been more of a reader and less of poster over the past ~13 years here on WB, I am fairly certain there are those who shrink from the education process while staying insulated within their own shroud of stubbornness, arrogance and ignorance. And I suppose at times some could say this may apply to me.

+1 Agree one hundred percent.

[Venchka]

Got it. Being less than adroit in your metier is not unlawful. Just hilarious and spendy, if not lethal. Thanks for clearing that up. I'd leave that whole $7K rescue tab thing off the resume if I was you - it doesn't exactly imbue me with an overwhelming sense of confidence in your "winter hiking partner". I bet she'd be REALLY be "peeved" if she knew you just shared that with everyone else who didn't already know the story! Don't worry - your secret is safe with all forty thousand of us.

Do you lay awake nights rehearsing this stuff?
Wayne


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[pilgrimskywheel]

Do you lay awake nights rehearsing this stuff?
Wayne


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Uh, oh sorry - was I sleeping? I generally don't. Um, yes. I don't rehearse though - I find it takes away from the spontaneous authenticity of my pithy repartee.

I'm on a five year mission to uh, what? Oh, right the mission - I'm an Appalachian Trail Reformationist. I'm trying to, you know step up the diction, beautify the place in general - primarily by painting murals, publishing essays, etc., etc.

I'm also an accidental purist. I recognize that if left unchecked the current trend on the AT won't be anything like what old Benton MacKaye had in mind - it'll be more like an occupied third world tenderloin, a self-sustaining donation driven bazaar of indigent sycophants unable to stand for even the most basic, or reasonable modicums of hiker comportment. It'll be a place where well, anything goes. Even death.

[Venchka]

Stay focused on the AT.
Cheers!
Wayne


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