"John B." wrote in message ...
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After all "primeval" is a description of a condition or state of
being. The dictionary has it that "having existed from the beginning;
in an earliest or original stage or state".

Edward Dolan wrote:

No one cares about that.

I see. I guess I didn't know that. But if you don't care about whether
a place is "primeval" why are you jabbering about "the woods, the
woods", why not just go down to the park and read a newspaper.

Wilderness need not be primeval. They are different words. Instead of quibbling about a word that doesn’t matter, why don’t you go **** yourself!

But "what hikers do in the woods"? The Lord only knows what antics
that get up to out there in the bushes, with no one to watch then.

It is what bikers do in the woods that passes all understanding.

And, "minimally modified by man"? I suppose that you mean man made
trails to walk on, with stairs to climb the hills, and the shelters to
sleep in and the places to build your fire and the cute little sign
posts to tell you where you are.

God Damn! So you can read!

It sounds more like the Freeway than a "wilderness", as you call it.

Nope, it is “minimally modified by man”. God Damn! You can’t read after all!

Ha! "Minimally". That is the word. You mean all the man made trails
with the steps so you can climb the hills and the bridges so you don't
have to get your itty bitty feet wet and the sign posts so you won't
loose your way and the running water and the cute little cabins (watch
out you might bump your head). What is next air conditioning?

Gold Damn! Maybe you can read after all!

When I first came across your posts I though that when you talked
about "trekking" you were talking about wrapping your gear in a
tarpaulin and throwing it up on your shoulders and hiking out through
the forest, but that isn't what you now say at all.

Trekking is just a fancy word for a walk in a natural landscape on a trail where there are only going to be other walkers. It could be in Central Park or in Appalachia or in the Himalayas as far as that goes. Instead of quibbling about a word that doesn’t matter, why don’t you go **** yourself!

Now, it appears the truth is emerging and what you want is someone to
build the trails and the stairs and the bridges and survey and place
markers and sign posts so you won't get lost and build those dear
little Adirondack shelters so you won't have to sleep out in the Great
Outdoors (that you love so much). God Lord, what is next" WiFi?

A trail is a trail is a trail ... Instead of quibbling about a word that doesn’t matter, why don’t you go **** yourself!

You are a fake Dolan. You don't want to go out in the outdoors, you
want some sort of pseudo wilderness with all the amenities installed
so you can make believe that you are a real he man, out there with
Lewis and Clark, blazing the way west. But with running water, flush
toilets and a warm place to sleep.

I guess you must be talking about yourself since I don’t recognize any hikers that would give a damn about what you are talking about,

And than [then] after the government builds it you want every one else to
stay out.

Everyone can use what the government has built, provided they walk like everyone else. Bikers need to get their own trails.

What a phony.

The B. in your last name must stand for Bull****ter, because that is the sum total of what you are.

By the way sophistry won’t work with me. I can spot it from a mile off. Now go **** yourself like the bad little boy that you are.

Dolan the Great indeed.

You needed to stay in West Papua where you could have consorted with your fellow aborigines until the end of time.

Mountain bikes have wheels. Wheels are for roads.

Trails are for walking. What’s the matter? Can’t walk?

Ed Dolan the Great – Minnesota