[pct-l] Worst parts of the trail and ways to get though them

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I agree. The wind farms are the worst eyesore of the whole trail. It  
is NOT clean energy. Not by a longshot. I feel for all the people  
trying to fight for the Mojave desert and the Tehachapi area,  
fighting for something nobody cares about (the desert) against  
something everybody thinks is pure and clean and the salvation of  
their energy profligate way of life (windmills). And here we are,  
walking through it all, not needing much energy, comfort or "stuff"  
and being the happiest we have ever been... Sorry. Off my soapbox now.

Diane

On Nov 2, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Worst parts of the trail and ways to get though
> 	them
> BUT, the "worst" of those eyesores, to me, were the darn wind  
> farms. In?the Tehachipi area it took about 1.5 days to escape  
> seeing and hearing them. The saddest experience was along a place  
> where the PCT?was on?a dirt access road that followed closely?along  
> a line of wind turbines on a ridge. I looked down to my right to? 
> see a dead Red Tailed Hawk, killed by the rotating blades. I  
> wondered how many more dead raptors were beyond any PCT users'  
> view. The sight of that?dead bird will remain in my memory as long  
> as I
>  live. I wish they would stop building wind farms. If they  
> continue, many beautiful ridges will be lined with windmills.