[pct-l] bikers on trail / cyclists / etc.

[enyapjr at comcast.net]

We, the PCT users ('legal' users, that is!) and advocates, must act ('legally') and speak out 
and be heard regarding 'wheels' on the Pacific Crest Trail...
Please follow L-Rod's advice and register and 'vote' on the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative
website...  See <http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/2010-October/041622.html> for the
links...  Spend some time searching the site for other 'ideas' to vote for or against, too - 
there are MANY 'ideas' posted promoting opening more trails to bikers!!
Email the US Forest Service and BLM Superintendents in your area - and for those 'problem' areas 
noted in the next paragraph's link...
Email your congressmen, too - let them all know you don't want 'wheels' on the PCT and that they
should uphold and honor the original 'charter' regarding the PCT, i.e. foot traffic only...

>From Timothy Nye:
> Also, (subject for a much longer post in the future) the PCTA may now well view the 
> potential addition of mountain bikers as a new and lucrative source of additional income....
I don't believe the PCTA has even remotely begun to or will ever think of that!
See <http://www.pcta.org/about_trail/mountain-bikes.asp>...

>From the December, 1966, "Trails for America" study results document:
> The Pacific Crest Trail traditionally has served horseback and foot travelers. 
> This use pattern, accepted by most visitors to the trail, should be continued.
Obviously some PCT (illegal) 'visitors' do not agree with that!
See <http://www.pcta.org/about_trail/threats.asp>... 
Also see <https://www.pcta.org/general/news/dev_ntsa.asp>, especially the last paragraph!

We are outnumbered by the bikers - speak out and let your feelings be known!!
"You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result."
 - Mahatma Gandhi

Happy (biker-less PCT) trails!!!
Jim (PITA)