[Cdt-l] a gentle reminder

[bcss at bresnan.net]

Jim - Sorry if I hit a nerve there.  Actually, I did have interactions going
back quite a while relating to the conjoined CT/CDT.  That story had a rocky
beginning and a good finish, largely due to the staff shakeups that occurred
a few years back.  The organization that I worked with for the past three
years was nothing like the one that you found so frustrating.   Hopefully
the recent events will enable everyone to finally get past all that.        

 

 

best wishes,

 

Jerry Brown

 <mailto:bcss at bresnan.net> mailto:bcss at bresnan.net

www.bearcreeksurvey.com

 

From: Jim and_or Ginny Owen [mailto:spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:56 PM
To: bcss at bresnan.net; cdt-l; Blisterfree
Subject: RE: [Cdt-l] a gentle reminder

 

You never talked much to the original founders of CDTA, did you.  
I did.  Until they told me to not call back.   Smile
<http://gfx1.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr04/ltr/emo/smile.gif>  
 
Their grand vision was of a trail to rival the AT in usage and prestige.  
They dismissed thruhikers as irrelevant because there were so few of 
us - without realizing that we were pretty much a majority out there.  
Not putting them down - they just had the wrong vision for this trail. 
I think Brett's post makes that clear enough. 
 
I respect what you're doing - and have done, Jerry.  But I don't think your 
memories are quite as long as mine.  
 
Jim

http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/
 

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From: bcss at bresnan.net
To: spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com; cdt-l at backcountry.net; blisterfree at yahoo.com
Subject: RE: [Cdt-l] a gentle reminder
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:15:47 -0600

Not sure where you got that.   This is the CDTA Vision statement:  

 

"The nature and purposes of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail are
to provide for high quality, scenic, primitive non-motorized recreational
experiences, primarily for the hiker and horseman, and to conserve the
nationally significant natural, scenic, historic and cultural resources
along the Continental Divide."

 

best wishes,

 

Jerry Brown

mailto:bcss at bresnan.net

www.bearcreeksurvey.com

 

From: cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Jim and_or Ginny Owen
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:06 PM
To: cdt-l; Blisterfree
Subject: [Cdt-l] a gentle reminder

 

Brett - 

      Perhaps when the CDT was first proposed, there was a sense that the
trail 

      would somedaystand alongside the AT and, to a lesser extent, the PCT,
as

      a recreational resource in which our time and manpower invested would 

      be returned to us in spades through intensive public use of the
resource

      from border to border.

 

This was the original vision and hope of the CDTA. I don't believe CDTS/Jim
Wolf ever labored 

underthe same illusions. And I won't comment further on that. 

 

      Today, I think we know this vision of the CDT is simply not to be, is
not workable,

      does not comport with reality. 

 

Yes. Thank you for saying so well what many of us feel about the trail but
lack the time, 

energy or words to say. 

 

Walk softly, 

Jim


http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/

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