[pct-l] Trail Tread Conditions - get out and maintain it

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Jan 25, 2010, at 4:06 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
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> You former thru hikers ? just remember back to when you cruised  
> along a recently maintained section of trail ? wide and smooth,  
> with no encroaching brush, and with a firm non-muddy tread even on  
> a rainy day, and compare that to how you felt on those days where  
> you were pushing through wet encroaching brush along an alternating  
> mud bowl and rock filled ditch of a trail filled with running water.

This reminds me of a saying we have down here in Santa Barbara,  
dealing with encroaching chaparral:

If everyone takes a pair of loppers out with them and does a little  
bit of cutting each time, eventually it will all grow back.