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Re: [at-l] Handicapped access
- Subject: Re: [at-l] Handicapped access
- From: Pox Populi <mfuller%40somtel%2Ecom>
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 11:28:24 -0500
- Organization: League of Real Surveyors
Jim Owen wrote:
> The only way to use pack stock on this part of the trail would be to
> move the Trail off the mountains and ridges in order to accomodate pack
> animals. My most conservative estimate is that over 300 miles of Trail
> would have to be moved to lower, easier, less scenic - and much less
> desireable - terrain (possibly onto logging roads?).
Massive relocation is not without precedent. The AT through
Maine changed quite a bit in the late 70s; mostly to make the
trail harder and more scenic than it had been previously (in
fact, some of the old parts followed logging roads).
> How would that
> affect your AT thruhiking experience? I can tell you that it wouldn't
> be the same Trail - or the same experience.