OK, Leaki, I'm glad that was just all made up stuff.
TW
"Thank God! there is always a Land of Beyond, For us who are true to the trail..." --- Robert Service
As a north Georgia native, I find that joke to be rather old, tired, and offensive. We do consider ourselves to be civilized, and I, for one, am educated too. ; - ) Plus. . . I still have all my teeth!
Weirdest statement ever told to me by a hiker
This used to be a nice trail till the white man ruined it
My reply : yea but at least we don't have to worry about being scalped
A short distance from NYC. I stopped at a truck stop/gas station just across the state line in PA on I80. A couple of us dressed in jeans and T-shirts walked in to find that we were surrounded by red flannel shirts and overalls.
The teller behind the counter said that exact quote.
"If we had to pay to walk... we'd all be crazy about it."
--Edward Payson Weston
Most of the AT didn't exist as an Indian trail.
TW
"Thank God! there is always a Land of Beyond, For us who are true to the trail..." --- Robert Service
While walking down the creeper trail a lady passed me on her bike and then stopped about a hundred feet passed me. Turned around, rode up to me and asked if I was "hiking the trail?" (Me wearing a back pack with smelly wet socks strapped on the outside) replied to her "yes mam".
Her reply was "good for you".
Now I wonder was this a shot at my obvious out of shapeness?
Oh no that was not made up - that was based on a true story handed down verbally since the invention of Dulcimers, Banjos, Hobo's and Hillbilly's.
Come on! There's nothing more fun than squeelin like a pig in the woods on the AT.... keeps the tourists comin back for more!
What if you hear three banjo's? test those trail runners for the first time?
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
Benton Mac Kaye and Myron Avery were, as far as I know, white men. Mac Kaye dreamed the concept of the AT and Avery was, probably, the most influential figure in actually getting it on the ground.
Btw, white men also scalped their victims in "payback" fashion - not good either way.
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
I was near Fontana hiking south and met some north bound foreigners.One of them ask"does the trail come out ahead of us"? and I couldn't resist.I said"no,it dead ends just over top of the next hill".
"Thank God! there is always a Land of Beyond, For us who are true to the trail..." --- Robert Service