[pct-l] MTB Mindset and The Trail

[giniajim]

We have a wilderness outreach program at Shenandoah NP one weekend in Oct.  A big selling point is the protection of watershed.  Folks that don't get the touchy feely stuff, get water!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Melanie Clarke 
  To: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes 
  Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 9:37 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] MTB Mindset and The Trail


  Dear Diane,

  *No, it is not. Preservation of quiet, passive, introspective,
  natural, untrammeled, slow, contemplative, unmechanized, wilderness
  experience is.*

  I'm just worried that you won't be able to "sell" that argument to the
  general public.  Sheer numbers create policy as we live in a democracy.  We
  have an attention deficit society who think that our greatest dangers are
  (mountain) lions, snakes and bears.  If this issue gets lost on aesthetics,
  we will have bikers on the trail in no time.  Bikers will argue "their
  aesthetic experience" also.  I think we are better off arguing the "Safety"
  angle.

  Still, I hope I'm wrong and your aesthetic arguments work.  Good luck from
  all of us!

  Melanie

  On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
  diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

  >
  > On Nov 1, 2010, at 4:01 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
  >
  > > Come on, SAFETY is our biggest issue anyway!?
  >
  > No, it is not. Preservation of quiet, passive, introspective,
  > natural, untrammeled, slow, contemplative, unmechanized, wilderness
  > experience is.
  >
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