[pct-l] Cascade Locks and Mt. Adams

[word-witch@mindspring.com (GINA LEACH)]

Enjoy Mt. Adams. I climbed it twice. The first time my fellow climbers and I
went early in the season and had to walk a couple extra miles because the
road to camp was still closed due to heavy snow fall. Then we got caught in
a white out complete with lightening and had to turn around. Damn, I miss
the Pacific Northwest. Texas is drying me out. We've been over a hundred
degrees for days...And no place to escape into the woods. Mesquite and
prickly pear cactus just don't have the same appeal.

Gina

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From: <Montedodge@aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:20 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Cascade Locks and Mt. Adams


> Off to Cascade Locks tomorrow night to see PA Jeff, Bluefoote and a few of
> this year's PCT crowd. Then climb Adams on Saturday and Sunday. I will be
> complete with my sign" Your Trail Pass dollars at Work!!". The last three
> miles to Cold Springs Campground and trailhead are something to behold.
Also
> , some Mountains have a few 55 gallon drums for human waste like Rainier)
Or
> a waste bag ( like Shasta) ,but Adams  is still in the dark ages and
advises
> climbers to bury your waste. 15 dollars to climb a peak and little to show
> for your money!! Forest Service is just a tax monster in a fannel shirt.
You
> would think they would grade the road if only for their trucks. Fires????
Let
> them burn as they part of any forest life and open things up a bit. Save
all
> the money wasted on firecrews and put it into something like the road
> maintance fund. Also the Gifford Pinchot backcountry campgrounds are
managed
> by private companies who rake in your 9 dollars a night to camp and little
> else!! ( OK, they put in a roll of tolet paper in the outhouse and dump
the
> garbage can) Does anyone know how to bid on these jobs as I would love to
do
> it for only 5 bucks a night per campsite!! These private companies do not
> help anyone but themselves.  I know I will be bombed with , " We all need
to
> pay alittle more for the good of the cause". Well , I pay plenty of taxes
and
> totally feel a user fee" THAT DOES NOT GO ANYWHERE" but a big general fund
> and offers nothing I can see is a bunch of crock. ==== Pay and smile big,
but
> when I drive up Saturday I will make as much noise to anyone in a green
> uniform I see.
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