[pct-l] survey on trail conflicts

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Thank you both of you. There is so little wilderness left.

It's an amazing thing we have in the US. If we lose the wildness of  
the wilderness, we lose part of what makes us who we are as a people  
and we lose a part of what makes us human.

On Oct 24, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Palomino <palomino.pct at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] survey on trail conflicts
>
> +1 for Day-Late's viewpoint below, except I don't see it as being
> selfish as much as forward-thinking. Prior generations built and
> preserved this trail as a way to experience our land and landmarks as
> directly and as free of modern industrialism as possible. We should
> honor their vision and keep the trail "wild" (I shudder when I say
> that word these days) for our children's children and beyond. To me,
> that means no machines. And more respect by all parties.
>
> Palomino
> Jim Ostdick
> San Juan Bautista, CA
>
> "I don't really expect you to understand that I go out there to get  
> away
> from what you are attempting to bring to the trail - we have a  
> completely
> different view point on this that probably can't be reconciled.  So  
> don't
> expect arguments with logical points to score points when the whole  
> premise
> of your goal is against what I, again being selfish, use the trails  
> for."
> Day-Late