[pct-l] running on the PCT

[Tom Grundy]

Yes, there it is, scientific proof that we are all being a bunch of whining
ninnies.  Scientific proof that there really is no trail user conflict.
Deepest apologies for being 'unreasonable'.

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
wrote:

> 2015-03-16 11:24 GMT-07:00 Andrea Dinsmore <andrea at dinsmoreshikerhaven.com
> >:
> > Drew.....I am not a hiker or trail runner. I don't understand your
> > reasoning on scheduling the trail runners at the same time the herd is
> > heading north. Kind of like having a speed of 55 for semi trucks and 70
> for
>
> Do you guys realize that the normal speed for a trail runner is below
> 5mph, while hikers are around 3mph. That is not a speed difference
> that is dangerous or really significant.
>
> Most of these running events are for distances of 50 to 100 miles, and
> a really fast time for a 100 mile race is 24 hours which only 4.2mph,
> which is basically a fast hiking speed.
>
> I understand that some people don't want to have their wilderness
> experience impacted by seeing groups other people on the trail, and I
> guess that view of the PCT as their private property is not uncommon.
>
> Comparing the speed of foot traffic motorized vehicle speeds, or even
> bicycle speeds, is not reasonable.
>
> Also "The herd" really is not that dense once you get north of Los
> Angeles, and thru hikers, while the focus of this list, really aren't
> a significant quantity of users on the trail, and mostly impact towns,
> not the trail.
>
> Trial runners are even less of an environmental impact than hikers
> because they don't camp.
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