[pct-l] The "Lost" effect on our community

[Edward Anderson]

I have never been miserable while hiking or riding in the Sierra. My feelings are opposite to that.  To me, being in a city, being in traffic, being in any highly civilized place can be miserable. Being in the wilderness is comfortable. I am happiest there. That is home. The less I see of the works of man from the trail the better. To me, among the worst eyesores that I saw while riding along the PCT were the WIND FARMS. I hated them and the sounds that they made. I was saddened by seeing the dead Red Tail Hawk killed by the rotating blades. In the Tehatchipi Pass area, it took about two days to be free of them. Can you imagine what it would be like if that source of power was expanded significantly?  Ridges provide the best places for windmills - and along the coasts. Windmills could be lined up along all of those locations. Really ugly! And we would lose more and more raptors.
 
MendoRider-Hiker
 

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 From: "gschenk1 at roadrunner.com" <gschenk1 at roadrunner.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] The "Lost" effect on our community
  

---- Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote: 

> It takes a truly hardy trail person to hike through the Sierras  
> and realize that all that misery was actually fun.

Hey, there's nothing miserable about hiking through the Sierra. At least not when you're back home sitting on the couch thinking about it.

This "Lost" effect will probably be far less significant than what happened after water caches and trail angels became popular.

Gary
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