[pct-l] The "Lost" effect on the PCT community

[Dennis Phelan]

I have been following some PCT hikers who are doing the AT this year and
while they are mostly free to camp where they want, they usually choose to
stay in the shelters because it is easier and dryer.   I agree that having
shelters on the PCT like they do on the AT would not be desirable.

Dennis

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Lindsey Sommer <lgsommer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the clarification! Nice there's some flexibility there. For
> some reason I was under the impression that was a general rule. And yeah,
> that doesn't seem like something PCT hikers wouldn't dig that system being
> implemented.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 7, 2012, at 1:42 PM, "Jim Banks" <jbanks4 at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > On the AT you are only required to camp at shelters in a few locations
> such
> > as Smokey Mountain National Park and a few other places.  Most of the
> time
> > you can camp where you want.
> >
> > I hope we never, ever have a "shelter system" on the PCT.  I think most
> PCT
> > hikers would be opposed to shelters.
> >
> > I-Beam
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:
> pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> > On Behalf Of Lindsey Sommer
> > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 1:06 PM
> > To: mkwart at gci.net
> > Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] The "Lost" effect on the PCT community
> >
> > Oh wow, I didn't know about the movie thing, it's really taken off I
> guess.
> >
> > Something I've been thinking about for awhile is if, at any point, we're
> > going to see the PCT implement a shelter system similar to what you see
> on
> > the AT. Personally, I really appreciate the more open-ended "find your
> own
> > place to camp" aspect of the PCT, partially because I feel like its
> really
> > reflective of the west as a vast and more uninhibited wilderness even
> today.
> >
> > I've always wondered when that point comes when the hiking population
> makes
> > it no longer possible for everyone to stop where they want. It will be
> > interesting to see if the coming changes will effect the camping system
> at
> > all.
> >
> > (also, to be fair, I have been raised in norther california and haven't
> > gotten around to even planning an AT hike, but my understanding is that
> you
> > are generally required to camp at shelter sites, please correct me if I'm
> > mistaken!)
> >
> > Lindsey
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jun 7, 2012, at 12:37 PM, mkwart at gci.net wrote:
> >
> >> One wrinkle in the equation that didn't happen with Bill Bryson's book
> >> on the AT, is that Cheryl Strayed's book may be made into a movie
> >> starring Reese Witherspoon. This could cause an extra spurt in
> >> interest and participation. One thing I hope is that the PCTA and
> >> other trail organizations recognize this and gear up for major
> >> educational pushes to correspond to the increase in interest. More
> >> people who know about the trail can mean more money for maintenance
> >> and acquisition of land to protect the trails. We're definitely not
> >> going to be in Kansas anymore........
> >>
> >> --Fireweed
> >>
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