Fwd: [at-l] Best Tent for Tru-Hike? ['03]

[MvPulsts@earthlink.net (Matt Pulsts)]

In new jersey at least, they will immediately ticket you and stay there
until you break camp and move on. I ran into several ticketee's on my 97
thru-hike.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Daniels" <wdaniels@bestweb.net>
To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 9:35 PM
Subject: RE: Fwd: [at-l] Best Tent for Tru-Hike? ['03]


>
> > "Officially designated" means "overused", "impacted", etc.  I'm with you
> > here.  Stealth is good - keeping in mind that you should leave no
> > sign that
> > you were there.
> >
> The general LNT principles suggest that you use the overused, impacted,
> blackend, etc. rather than stealth which just starts another place on the
> road to ruin. This is particularly true on the AT where the usage is very
> heavy. As time goes by such policies we become more than suggestions. For
> example, NJ, NY and CT (perhaps others) are already designated sites only.
> Theoretically a ranger can ask you to move on or perhaps even ticket you.
>
>
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