[pct-l] tide, planning, rangers, comments

[gwschenk at socal.rr.com]

---- Deep Desert Expeditions <mike at deepdesert.com> wrote: 
> And then the Rangers--I keep seeing references to rangers giving hikers what seems to be a hard time; 
>fire permits, going off itinerary; do they have something against backpackers?  or are there a few
>who've >pushed things and now the rangers are checking everyone about everything?

In 25 years of backpacking in the Sierra I've never had anything but pleasant encounters with rangers.