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[at-l] taking the heat...

I recently wrote:

>The bureaucracy that oversees the trail must continually
>change the trail in order to justify its own existance.

The statement above was harsh, and, upon reflection, did not properly
convey the sentiments I wished to express.  What I was trying to convey
is that, in my estimation, some treadway changes, and some structures
being built, are hard to justify.  When a new shelter is built that has
showers, and room to sleep twenty hikers, I don't get it.  When I hike
along a trail relocation that is only a few feet from the old trail, I
don't get it.  Why are these projects funded?


Someone wrote concerning my last post:

>How self-serving.  He (Pittsburgh) leads the brigade
>of those changing the AT's appeal.  Maybe he should
>since we live in a capitalist society.

The subject of a changing trail, and who leads these changes, is very
interesting indeed.  The changes that I see being advocated are the ones
that would change it back to what it apparently used to be.  When I first
set foot on the trail (1996), there were electronics on the trail; there
were crowds at the shelters; there were angels passing out soup;
everything that we see today.  The trail in its present state is the only
trail that I have ever known.  So, you give me too much credit for the
present trail environment.  Those that publicize and hype the trail have
made it what it is...

pittsburgh

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