Does Yogi judge CDT thru-hikes

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#1

I was wondering. Does the ALDHA award coordinator, Yogi, does she judge peoples CDT thru-hike? Whether they did it the right way by a standard to get the TC award?

Fealgood

#2

but I wouldnt think so. She of all should be the last person to judge others on how to do the CDT. Given her liberal way of dealing with “The wild-child” of trails.She didnt do the Creede or Butte Routes and I think her total mileage for the CDT was less than the total of what people do on the AT(2175). Not to mention all the roadwalking. I’m not judging her because the CDT is very tough to finish completely in one year given one does it in the manner people normally do the PCT and AT. Continuous direction with no holes in their thru-hike.

Hit it 05

#3

From what I understand anyone qualifies for the TC award if they claim they hiked all 3 trails, and it is assumed and expected that one is truthful about this claim. I’m assuming Yogi and others respect claims and don’t make people prove it.

The fact is anyone could go to ALDHA West and say they did all 3. That isn’t really the point though

A-Train

#4

From what I understand anyone qualifies for the TC award if they claim they hiked all 3 trails, and it is assumed and expected that one is truthful about this claim. I’m assuming Yogi and others respect claims and don’t make people prove it.

The fact is anyone could go to ALDHA West and say they did all 3. That isn’t really the point though

A-Train

#5

If you go to the ALDHA West website you can find the answer to your question.

http://www.aldhawest.org/Triple/default.asp

goslowgofar

#6

Let me guess Fealgood= Hit it 05. I’m not sure why you are so angry and bitter and feel a need to take it out on Yogi. You seem to want to try to start the same thread over and over again. Maybe you need to take a hike and get some perspective.

Stryker

#7

HYOH=I seek out the easy way to to a trail as long as I finish to claim I’m a TC. Its all about recognition and boasting isnt it Stryker?

Hit it 05

#8

If that is all that’s important to you, feel free to wring your hands and fret about every hiker being pure according to your standards. If you ask me , its a waste of energy and will only lead to ulcers, anger and bitterness but it seems like you’ve already decided to go down that trail. good luck.

Stryker

#9

Triple Crown is all in the mind of the hiker. I felt I had to keep steps continuous, but not do every bit of sanctioned trail. It’s called Mexico to Canada; or Springer to Special K; or Land’s End to John O’Groats; or Bratislava to Nice. Doing every bit of trail can be deadly so almost no one does it. One August on the alps trail in Austria, no problem going up in snow; but the other side of the pass was a sheet of ice. After a nice butt slide, & inching across a narrow ledge over a cliff, I discovered that many waterfalls have a spillway made up of hoppable boulders & thus made it down after wasting a day. (Hochreichkopf, the highest pass on the O2-A portion). Point is, go back or take a lower route when the lightning or storms hit. Live to thru another day.
PS> I have my differences with Yo, but she’s the strongest woman hiker I ever saw, although the German tourist might give her a run for the money. Da ‘G’

gingerbreadman

#10

If you think it’s all about recognition and boasting then you’re wasting your time. If you finish the CDT - even if you finish it as an absolute purist - you’ll be one of a couple dozen who finish the same year. You’ll be one of a crowd - not exactly unique. If you finish the way you’ve indicated you’re seeking, you "might " be unique - as a laughing stock.

If you’re not out there for the trail, the country, the experience - then you’re wasting your time. Even if you’re a TC - nobody will remember your name in 3 years.
TC is worth what you make it - and you’re not impressing me with what you want to make it. I doubt that you’ll even impress yourself when it’s over.

oso loco

#11

When we are children, we naturally want to impress our parents in order to receive their approval and congratulation. This tendency often continues well into adulthood, with the additional motivation to impress others in order to get applause, reverence, and recognition amongst peers.

I would have been eligible to apply for the TC plaque if I had completed a CDT thru-hike this year. If I finish the CDT in the future, I will not be interested in paying for an award to show that I had hiked three arbitrary trails on this planet. I’m not hiking for recognition.

But if you’re interested in getting the TC award, then go for it - there are lessons to be learned in all of our human endeavors. If it bothers you that others have chosen the ‘easiest’ path to getting the TC award, then maybe you’ll have to seek a more difficult challenge to get the full & more exclusive recognition that you crave. Breaking Michael Phelps’ record gold medal count in a single Olympics would certainly get you an enormous amount of publicity & recognition.

I was a professional athlete. It took me many years to finally realize that the fame & recognition that I was seeking was, in the long run, empty.

Happy Trails, freebird

freebird

#12

I’m not so Zen or cognitive or lax or whatever on this subject as most of you, and the people that know me at all know this. Still, there seems to be a hole in the logic of the standard HYOH retorts.

Maybe this metaphor will help show there’s a big grey area between HYOH and HI05:

You go to a prestigious college. You don’t go in order to get recognition or a degree to hang on the wall. You DO go for reasons of learning, enjoyment, enlightenment, challenge, and other personal reasons. You graduate and get your degree. Then, later, you find out that a bunch of people who never went to class or studied or passed any tests or submitted any papers are all saying they graduated too. It goes on their resumes, and they have the same degree hanging in their office.

Their degrees don’t change the quality of your experience, and your reasons are just as pure as ever. But doesn’t it feel wrong anyway? To me, it does.

Perhaps the troll’s point isn’t 100% stupid, even if it was made in a petty way. I don’t know. If i ever enter this discussion again, someone please stop me, ok?

markv

#13

Well said, MarkV. I don’t particularly like it when people are dishonest etc…but I also don’t like it when people take it upon themselves to smear the reputation of others.

Stryker