[pct-l] signing in

[tom aterno]

After several days of trying to sign in, I was finally successful this morning.  
I suppose it is an issue with a slow update of the database.  Anyway, I was the 
258th demoter, despite my being an occasional mtn biker.  Bikes do not mix well 
with hikers and horses, especially on singletrack trails such as the PCT.  I've 
seen horseback riders thrown from their mount after their horse was spooked by a 
downhiller on a fire road in Palos Verdes.  I had to jump off the trail once, as 
their 1000 lb. animal charged up the road, riderless, all because of a 
self-serving bike rider.  On a narrow trail such as the PCT, that could have 
been a serious encounter.  


My son, a downhiller in the Ted Williams Parkway area of San Diego County, has a 
severely bruised knee now due to a meet up with an migrant worker on singletrack 
on a steep drop-off.  He did not hit the person, but bailing may have caused 
serious injury.  He will not be riding for a long time.      


Would I like to bike the PCT?  You bet I would.  Gentle grade.  Beautiful 
scenery.  50 mile days.  But the lunatic fringe is always present in the mtn 
bike community.  They will push and go beyond acceptable limits, and ruin it for 
everyone.  So I changed my stance on this issue.  Mtn bikes should not be 
allowed on the PCT.  However, I do believe handicapped people should be allowed 
the use of a wheeled cart to carry their supplies if they could not carry a 
pack.  


The Incredible Bulk

 

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From: dsaufley <dsaufley at sprynet.com>
To: greg mushial <gmushial at gmdr.com>; pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Thu, October 28, 2010 10:52:06 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] signing in

I'm sorry to hear that so many have experienced frustration trying to sign
in. This is probably one reason for what seems like low numbers of comments
on the site. Wish I could offer up some technical support, but I am merely a
visitor to the site like everyone else, though I admit to being an advocate
for our voices getting heard.

In my experience, I remember a little frustration initially, which seemed to
resolve when I simply created my username and password, then went back to
the email message to access the link on the specific topics.  This took me
directly to the idea pages, and I recall that I was recognized and logged in
automatically without having to enter my ID or password again.  I went
straight to the comment section and had no problem from there. 

Not related to this specific site problem, another thing I do when I have
problems accessing a website or getting through is remove the "http://" from
the beginning of the address, and sometimes add "www." to the beginning of
it.  I will cut and paste the address from the source into the web browser,
making sure that letters in the address that somehow did not get included in
the underscored link.  A fresh start with the address like this sometimes
resolves issues, but I think The Duck is right and the problem is on their
end.  I hope they get back to everyone who tried to contact them.

Beyond that, I don't have any other assistance to offer.  Wish I did!

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of greg mushial
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 8:16 AM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] signing in

> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:38:59 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] signing in
> To: Thelma Fredricksen <thelma.fredricksen at gmail.com>
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Message-ID: <810511.36967.qm at web111616.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
> I have also been trying to sign in and vote.? My result was the same as 
> jomike
> describes.
> MendoRider
>
>

Just a heads-up - my guess is "the problem" is at their (usda.gov) end, ie, 
yesterday I had no problem signing in and demoting bikes on the PCT...  but 
this morning, from the same machine I can no longer, or at least am 
currently unable. Originally this morning this started as a test to see if 
the signing in problem might be a XP vs W7 question...  so I tried to log in

from W7 - no go. I thought I had learned something, and was going to post to

the list, asking if the people that can't login are on W7 or maybe Vista, or

at least not XP...  but to just make sure the data was what it appeared to 
be, I went back to the XP machine and tried logging in (this is the same 
machine that was successful before)...  and no joy. So...  my guess is: 
they've got a database problem at that end.

TheDuck 

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