[pct-l] wheeled backpack

[Chris Anderson]

handicap accessibility, whether it is a wheelchair, or i imagine, a wheeled carrying device is allowed (i believe on the pct)...don't take my word for it.  I would suggest you contact the pcta as they would probably be able to direct you to the most useful information.  I recently met a group of 3 young men pulling their father up the switchbacks of baden powell...it looked like a really hard task to say the least, and they are lucky there weren't waterbars on that section.  I would also add that pulling a wheeled device behind you would probably be harder than hiking it with a backpack.  
 
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________________________________
 From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] wheeled backpack
 
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Robert E. Riess <robert.riess at cox.net> wrote:
> Wheeled conveyances are prohibited anywhere on the PCT, even for trail
> maintenance crews.  Hike on!  Good luck to the Class of 2013.  BR

Before giving up on this idea, it would seem to me that the ADA and
equal access for handicapped people would trump the no wheels on the
pct, or in wilderness areas.

I cannot imagine someone in a specially designed wheelchair being
denied access to the PCT, and this sort of backpack may fall into that
category.

IANAL, but I would bet there is more to this than simply "no wheels on
the pct" especially for a disabled hiker
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