[pct-l] bikes on the PCT

[Kathi]

DITTO!

On 10/9/12 6:02 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes wrote:
> Well, if the PCT becomes a mountain biking trail, I won't be renewing
> my membership with the PCTA or donating any money. The mountain
> bikers took over our local trails and turned them into war zones and
> annoying places to be, cut down all the shade and made the trails
> flat, smooth and boring. I'm sure the PCTA wouldn't care if all the
> hikers left since there are way more mountain bikers, or at least it
> seems like there are. Plus think of all that money they can get from
> IMBA and from the motorcycle manufacturers that are really who
> supports all this mountain biking stuff. Since everybody hates
> mountain bikers, they have to make themselves look like stellar trail
> workers with tons of phony photo-ops of fake trail maintenance and
> lots of logged hours that count for nothing in reality. Fortunately,
> despite all their noise, there do seem to be a lot fewer of them than
> in the past, at least locally.
>
> On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>> From: Ken Murray <kmurray at pol.net>
>> Subject: [pct-l] bikes on the PCT
>>
>> In contacting Liz Bergeron, Ex Dir of the PCTA about the issue, and
>> giving her a head's up that bikers might be contacting their Board
>> members to pursuade them, she informs me that Board members have
>> already been contacted.
>>
>> So, the bikers are taking this seriously, and already taking
>> supportive action.
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