Quote Originally Posted by ironman y2k View Post
In the initial post dgposey's last sentence implies an attitude that can cause problems for future thru-hikers. Understandably thru-hikers are a special breed in the hiking community, but it doesn't allow for special treatment, and as thru-hikers we should respect the trail and all it's rules whether written or unwritten.
wow....there are consistently hard feelings and bias towards thru-hikers on White Blaze. It's a shame too...seems like 98% of the thru-hikers give the rest of us a bad reputation!

fwiw, I didn't take the OP's statement of not paying the high fees as entitlement, rather he would work out a different plan than staying at the huts.