[pct-l] Fair to Mountain Bikers??

[Bob Bankhead]

Logic suggests that threatening someone (in this case, the PCTA) because of
something they have yet to even propose doing could be counter-productive.
I'm sure the powers that be are well aware of the possible outcomes - both
good and bad - on both sides of the issue. 

And given the level of non-involvement by the majority of the general
population, I seriously doubt that any subset of hikers would voluntarily
forego the trail for such a reason, especially since it is a non-event so
far. I know I sure wouldn't.







-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Ken Murray
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 9:59 AM
To: .
Subject: [pct-l] Fair to Mountain Bikers??

My stance will be incredibly unpopular, but here goes:
The PCTA is tasked with preserving the trail. They do so with the support of
thousands of dollars and hours of volunteers' time. IF hikers were to
collectively band together and agree to suspend all contributions and hiking
on the trail for a year or two - pending the outcome of the review to
consider wheeled access
 - well, it's called voting with the pocketbook. 
I know - easy for me to say, as I wasn't planning to thru-hike for a few
more years.

Just a thought.