[at-l] Hover car to favorite fishing hole?

[Paul A Magnanti <pmags@juno.com>]

>endless discussions people will have about whether it's OK to use them
to
>get to your favorite fishing hole up in the mountains...


Actually, in a way, that day is here. In the travel section of the Rocky
Mtn News this past Sunday, there was a glowing article about HeliSkiing. 
So, you no longer have to work up a sweat and actually climb and ski
toget to these remote mountains, now you can pay to get dropped off on
top of the mountain and ski down. The back country is getting to be a tad
more crowded..'eh?

Yep, technology is a Pandora's box. On one hand, because of technology I
can hop in my car, be in a National Park within an hour.***  On the other
hand,  I can  be on a remote peak after a hard day of hiking,
contemplating the vast vista before me and here WHUMP-WHUMP-WHUMP quickly
followed by a group of people shelling out big money who do not care for
the vast vista,but a chance to impress some people at  cocktail parties.

Guess it is pretty obvious where I stand on HeliSkiing..'eh? :-)

Mags

*** Then again, my great-grandfather came from a village in the
mountains, and was able to walk to the mountains in ,oh..twenty minutes
maybe, without the aid of advanced technology... And  my great-great
grand-dad WORKED in the mountains(1880's or so)  as a what could be
called a conservation officer, without helicopter or car... (Lucky guy..)



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