[at-l] Lekis And Trail Erosion (Sly)

[Slyatpct@aol.com (Slyatpct@aol.com)]

Kahley,

The slicing and dicing of my post makes it that much harder to respond, but 
I'll attempt it anyway.  

To say that the trail and the consequent foot prints are necessary, isn't 
quite true.  I'm sure if you asked the 200,00,000 others in this country, 
that don't use the trails, they'd agree.  If you consider Leki pole holes as 
unsightly as litter, you can't see the forest through the trees.  I've hiked 
many sections of the AT over and over and can't discern any damage caused by 
Leki poles and I'm looking, obviously your mileage varies.  For the most part 
the trail is in super shape (as a wilderness trail), while others would have 
rocks and roots removed.  Certain areas need sidehilling and cribbing, others 
waterbars, but to blame this on Leki pole hole damage is ludicrous.  Some of 
the litter last beyond our lifetime, the holes a matter of days, but I try to 
do my best and carry the litter away.  

Why not jump on all those 2 by 6 white or blue blazes to disturb your 
wilderness experience?  They certainly aren't necessary, there's a footpath 
to follow and with a map you could easily get from Georgia to Maine without 
the blazes.  

You can bet your booty, I'll be going 
"lekilekilekilekilekilekilekilekilekilekilekileki" through Montana this 
summer, although not in tune with nature, the last thing I want to do is 
sneak up on a griz while he's having his dinner, or when Mom is tending to 
the children!

Sly



kahley7@ptd.net writes:


> Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >That's a weak argument.
> 
> > Why not mention foot prints or the trail itself for that matter?
> 
> The trail is the trail.  Foot prints are because it's a foot trail.
> Both are necessary, at least till they get the kinks worked
> out of the personal anti-grav rig. <g>.  For most people,
> for most of the time, lekis are not necessary, just convenient.
> 
> > The unsightly holes are temporary,
> 
> So is toilet paper. And six pack holders.  Both
> will biodegrad in time.  Why are leki holes ok
> and toilet paper not?  It would be much more
> convenient for me to not bury my pee paper.
> It would save me time and ease the journey.
> 
> > as are foot prints, vanquished by wind, rain, and gravity.  They cause
> no lasting damage.
> 
> The reason the holes "disappear"
> in the rain is, in part, because the soil is being washed
> away.  Stop and watch.  You can see it happen.
> 
> Folks decry cell phones and the loss of the wilderness
> or at least the wilderness feeling.  Leki hole bands take
> the wilderness out of it for me a thousand times more
> than someone descretly using a cellphone..  Not to mention
> 




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