[pct-l] Why I Boycotted the ADZPCTKO . . .

[Bighummel at aol.com (Bighummel@aol.com)]

Sly, this is my point perfectly.  Take away the ADZ and the numbers of hikers 
and the concentration are still there and will increase.  When and where we 
hold the ADZ is irrelevent to the issue of the increase in popularity of hiking 
the PCT.

Greg

Sly writes:
Key word being "growth".   

It's not just the ADZ that has grown but the popularity of the PCT as well.  
On the AT they call it, "loving the trail to death.  

In my opinion, regardless of if there is a Kick Off or not, on the PCT, the 
window of opportunity is short and in any given year "hiker crunch" is going 
to 
cause an impact.  How do you lessen it?  You don't, you live with it.  

In normal snow years, the best timed start is the last (full) weekend in 
April.  Timed to hit KM for Ray Day and/or the High Sierra for the earliest 
possible safe passage.  This year is different, your best date would be two 
weeks 
from now.  If there were no ADZ that's when the crunch would be.  While the 
hikers wouldn't have to linger for the majority of snow to melt, there's a 
very 
good possibility they wouldn't make it to Canada on time.  

Sly