[at-l] AMC

[lwbooher@halifax.com (Leslie Booher)]

And don't they charge for tent sites and shelters, too, away from the huts?
anklebear

----- Original Message -----
From: Felix <AThiker@smithville.net>
To: AT-list <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] AMC


> Bob Cummings wrote:
>
> > <<some pertinent and well-written stuff deleted>>
> >
> > Despite this the AMC has gone out of its way to accommodate thru hiker
needs.
> > The AMC does not manage the White Mountains. They maintain most of the
trails
> > under an agreement with the Forest Service. They run the huts in
accordance with
> > their permit with the Forest Service.
>
> I would not agree with the AMC 'gone out of its way to accommodate thru
hiker' part.
> How hard would it be to allow camping or put a shelter at the huts? And,
my two
> beefs with the AMC are: The way they treat people (I've been treated
rudely as both
> a hiker and non-descript, faceless person) and the fact that there aren't
fair
> alternatives to staying in the huts. Nothing, I don't care how much they
do for the
> 'wilderness', justifies people treating people the way the AMC continually
treats
> people. The reputation does not come from isolated incidents. It is
frequent and
> obvious.
>
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>
>
>
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