[at-l] Arresting people in the backcountry (was Hammocks and the Whites)

[m_factor@hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

On my thruhike, I ran into a ridge runner who was looking for two guys I had 
passed a bit earlier on...  Turns out they were killing snakes on the trail 
with a machete-like knife and he was out to find him.

Basically, he was not even planning on confronting the guys but was just 
tracking them as best he could to determine which trailhead they were likely 
to hit.  With that information, he was in radio contact with the authorities 
and the police were ready to meet the offenders at the trailhead.

I suspect the same would be true in the Whites - or most other backcountry 
situations.

Mara
Stitches, GAME99


>From: Raphael Bustin <rafeb@adelphia.net>
>Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 14:27:25 -0500
>
>At 01:52 PM 2/13/02 -0500, Weary wrote:
>
>>"...If an AMC person tells me, "You can't tent here.", and I say, "Smoke
>>you.",
>>what happens?"
>>
>>  She will smile and walk away after a brief attempt at explaining the
>>rules. An
>>  hour or two later a Forest Service Ranger will show up and take you to 
>>jail.
>
>This sounds interesting.  Will you be handcuffed?  How
>is this enforced, physically?  I mean, if the hikers are
>unwilling to march off peacefully, it's going to get dicey.
>

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