[pct-l] why close the burn areas?

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Apr 11, 2010, at 5:06 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

>  There have been several highly skilled workers that have been  
> killed in the Sierra in the last few years by hazard trees...in one  
> case, by a tree falling on a forest service person in the middle of  
> the night, crushing her while sleeping in her tent.

So close the areas to camping. Most of them are short enough for a  
thru-hiker to blow on through in a couple of hours. Remember, we can  
and do walk 20 miles in a day, not 500 feet like a typical car- 
camper. And if it's burned but the only "trees" are manzanita and  
chamise, then I can't see the risk of being crushed at all.


Diane


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