[pct-l] tide, planning, rangers, comments

[AsABat]

I've only had one negative experience as a section hiker, exiting at Whitney
Portal ahead of schedule on a section permit, not a thru permit. The ranger
was on a power trip. She looked at my permit and me a long time, then told
me to wait while she finished some other business. 15 minutes later I was
grilled about where I camped each night, trail conditions, etc. She finally
called another ranger over, went through it all again, then decided I was ok
and let me go (sadly now too late for a burger at the Whitney Portal Store -
they're great!). Turns out between my ultralight pack and that I had been
doing 20 mile days, she thought I was day hiking Whitney on an easier-to-get
permit from a distant trailhead.

Otherwise, I have had great experiences with rangers, except listening to a
couple of them complain about other thrus that don't follow the rules.

AsABat

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:49 AM, <gwschenk at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> ---- Deep Desert Expeditions <mike at deepdesert.com> wrote:
> > And then the Rangers--I keep seeing references to rangers giving hikers
> what seems to be a hard time;
> >fire permits, going off itinerary; do they have something against
> backpackers?  or are there a few
> >who've >pushed things and now the rangers are checking everyone about
> everything?
>
> In 25 years of backpacking in the Sierra I've never had anything but
> pleasant encounters with rangers.
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