[pct-l] Mountain Bikes and "Sharing"

[Cat Nelson]

It seem to me to be a quality of life issue. Not the selfish quality of my
hiking experience but the quality of life of all of the PCT. It is a unique
living habitat with a delicate fragile living ecosystem, not a dirt path or
a 2.5" tread.
On Oct 10, 2012 10:15 AM, "Barry Teschlog" <tokencivilian at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> It's not sharing when a potential new user method would displace the
existing users.  That's a hostile take over.
>
> Wheels displace foot / hoof users, period.
>
> Any assertion to the contrary is either childish naivety or a filthy lie
(a falsehood knowingly told with intent to deceive).
>
> MTBers (the people) are more than welcome on the PCT....so long as they
leave their bikes at home and join us on the trail on foot or
> horseback.  No one says that people who also happen to MTB aren't welcome
on the PCT....they are, under the conditions of use of the trail as it is.
Come and hike on the PCT, MTB elsewhere.
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