[pct-l] Forest Service rejects efforts to rescind or restrict ban on mountain bikes on PCT!

Sat Feb 9 00:59:28 CST 2013

Chris still shakes his head.  Of course these mtbers are going to write their local/state federal politcians....of course they are going to move on to higher and mightier places....the day they hear about an amendmnet to the wilderness act...it is the day i will eat my shoe....hopefully it is a new shoe if the day comes

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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat!

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 From: Barry Teschlog <tokencivilian at yahoo.com>
To: PCTL <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Forest Service rejects efforts to rescind or restrict ban on mountain bikes on PCT!

Lindsey, Chris (shakes head) and the rest:

If you would actually go over to the MTBer "share the PCT" Facebook page and read what these losers are planning on doing, you'd see that writing the members of Congress and the USFS brass in DC is the next thing these clowns are going to do.  

They lost at the Agency and want to bypass them by going to politicians.  

Wake up and smell the coffee....it's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.  

If enough of these MTB losers squeak, and its nothing but silence from our side, then you can bet the staffers (you know, the ones that control the appointment calendar of their Congress member - the ones you as Joe and Jane Six Pack Citizen have to convince BEFORE you get a chance to convince the Congress member) will be telling their bosses that hey, these MTB clowns have a potentially legit gripe (and with the outright lies the MTBers are telling, they just might convince a staffer).  They'll be saying to their masters "boss, I think we can squeeze a campaign donation out of the IMBA or their lackeys if you put some calls into the USFS on this whole bike on the trail thing - yeah, boss, I don't get the bikes and trail thing either, who cares - hikers, bikers, horse types, they're all crunchy tree huggers, but these MTBer clowns won't go away, so let's shut 'em up and throw them a bone - just call the Forest Service and put in a good word for bikes,
m-kay?"

Our side had better make noise as well, else the Congress types & their staffers will think that all the potential campaign contribution money from the outdoor interests (the only consideration of most politicians) will come from the MTBer crowd.  It's incumbent on OUR side to make as much noise with the politicians as the MTBers, to cancel them out.

Oh, and yes, I agree that the Congress critters have a lot more important junk to work on.  But, since the MTBer clowns are going there, we need to counter them.  They're in it for the long haul - we, the hikers and equestrians need to be as well.   

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From: Barry Teschlog <tokencivilian at yahoo.com>
To: PCTL <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 5:34 PM
Subject: Forest Service rejects efforts to rescind or restrict ban on mountain bikes on PCT!

This is great news.

Remember however that this is but an opening move in what will be a protracted war by the MTB clown crowd to destroy the PCT with their mechanical transports (aka bikes).

Do not become complacent.  If anything, NOW is the time to redouble our efforts to save and improve the PCT.

Read their "sharing the PCT" page over there on FB.  It's pathetic.  In their sick, twisted minds, they have to ride (aka destroy) the PCT to save it, since it's underused and under maintained (their words, not the facts).  It's paraphrased as "well, if you let us ride it, a few of us might help take care of it and since it's so lightly used, it'll be over grown if you don't let us ride it".   

Hikers, stay focused.  Stay vigilant.  Write your member of Congress.  Write your Senators.  Write the USFS in DC.  Write them all to keep the PCT a wild, scenic trail where hikers and equestrians can walk in peace and quiet, free from squealing, fast moving, dangerous to hikers and stock mechanical transports (aka bikes) that will tear up the tread and ruin the experience for the other user groups.  Be sure to mention that MTBers, the people, are welcome on the PCT - if they leave their bikes at home and join us on foot or on horseback, as the trail is intended to be.

The battle to save the PCT has only just been joined - we had best settle in for a protracted fight.
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