[pct-l] Document and report illegal MB's on the PCT.

[Bill Thompson]

"Working with" people who want to take something that we have? Any 
compromise will be a loss for hikers.

Baggins
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "leslie dow" <leslie at atfore.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Document and report illegal MB's on the PCT.


> Another approach might be to work with the MB'ers to see if there is some 
> middle ground that could be reached. With federal funding being what it is 
> and state funding almost non-existant, having the MB'ers invested in the 
> long-term preservation of the trail could be a good thing.
>
> Like I said in my earlier post, I don't want to start a war, but 
> demonizing a group of people usually does not end well.
>
> I totally agree with Ernie.
>
> Leslie
>
> On Feb 9, 2013, at 9:22 AM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Yours is a great suggestion Ernie. The MB'ers will keep trying - they 
>> will be relentless in their efforts to access the PCT. If not legally, 
>> some will continue to use it illegally. We, hikers and equestrians, must 
>> document them, with our cameras, and report them, as I have done. 
>> Whenever possible, take pictures of them, their vehicles with bike racks 
>> and showing license plates, and the PCT posts there banning bicycles, at 
>> trail-heads.
>>
>> MendoRider-Hiker
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Ernie Castillo <erniec01 at hotmail.com>
>> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>> Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2013 7:00 AM
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Forest Service rejects efforts to rescind or 
>> restrict ban on mountain bikes on PCT!
>>
>>
>> Suggestions:
>>
>> Have the PCTA create a position paper and post in on the web site in 
>> clear view for all -- and not just hikers -- to understand the issues.
>> Draft a "form" letter similar to that on the "share the PCT" Facebook 
>> page and encourage everybody on this list serve to send copies to their 
>> congressmen.
>> Refrain from calling the MTBers names such as clowns and losers
>>
>> Ernie Castillo
>> PCT Class of 1980
>>
>>
>>> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 22:12:26 -0800
>>> From: tokencivilian at yahoo.com
>>> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>>> 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.
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