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Re: [pct-l] LNT update
I think that if one is truely concerned about leaving no trace, then one
should just not go into the wilderness at all to began with. It is an
illusion to believe that one changes nothing in passing; and I truely
wonder about telling anybody else(who must just be too careless, or
unthinking, or unintelligent) what they should do in the form of 6
principles or l5 messages or whatever codified form you feel others should
learn
I feel that people can be responsible for themselves, and that they do not
necessarily need a "missionary" telling them what to think and do.
I have a diploma for the LEAVE NO TRACE program, and am qualified as a
trainer, and it says right on my diploma that it is for outdoor skills and
ETHICS. I feel that Ethics are a matter of personal choice, and that it
may be best for each to ponder in our own way how to Save the world and how
to go and live as gently as possible in the wilderness.
"Principles and messages" have a habit of becoming rules and regulations.
The LNT "principles" have already made their way into the Park service and
Forest Service speak, and have been endorsed verbatim in their publications
and propaganda. All rules have exceptions and if carried to extremes are
unworkable and often counterproductive(burning toliet paper anybody?).
Missionaries rarely give the back side of the issue on their spiel; LNT is
no exception. LNT needs to exist in LOs Angeles if anywhere, where the guy
that sleeps on rocks in the wilderness(durable surface), goes home and
takes a shower every day, and drives 40 miles back and forth from work
every day. LNT allows people to compartmentalize their responsibility for
ethics and the environment.
Peace,
Goforth
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> From: Charlie Thorpe <charliethorpe@worldnet.att.net>
> To: pct-l@backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] LNT update
> Date: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 4:31 PM
>
> Hello All -
>
> Hooboy...the Leave No Trace (LNT) educational program is changing!
>
> The six "Principles of LNT" are being updated to reflect input from the
> many LNT trainers out in the field. The exact wording of the updated
> principles should be published as soon as the LNT foundation executive
> board does the final "i" dotting and "t" crossing in the next month or
so.
>
> I will be changing my 15-message email "Intro to LNT" series when the
> wording of the change settles down. Should be a GREAT excuse to post the
> series on PCT-L again <VBG>!
>
> Another important change is that the LNT foundation has secured corporate
> sponsorship for a traveling team of LNT trainers during '99. The team
will
> operate from March thru November and will be traveling (sponsor's SUV!)
> around the country during that time.
>
> The team will be made available to do as much LNT training for as many
> gatherings of interested folks as is possible to schedule. The best
> training opportunity would probably be for a large group of interested
> individuals who could then (with support from the LNT foundation) help
> their own organization make LNT available to its membership. Other good
> training opportunities might be to do LNT training directly for large
> groups of outdoor recreationists. Or for outdoor retailers who provide
> outdoor training for their customers. Or for schools who include any
facet
> of outdoor recreation in their curriculum. Or...or...or...
>
> Almost any training opportunity is worth considering. The team's
scheduler
> (at the LNT foundation) has promised NOT to have them be in Miami one day
> and then Seattle the next. The team will probably move from area to area
> around the country...doing as much training in each area as there are
> requests and time for. The scheduler needs as much lead time as possible
> to allow creation of an itinerary that allows maximum LNT training to
occur
> without actually doing permanent damage to the team <g>.
>
> I would like for list members to help come up with ideas for training
> opportunities for the team. Any organization is fair game (we haven't
even
> come close to finding all the groups that could make good use of the LNT
> educational program!). Any location is fair game. Any time during the
> training "season" is fair game. Let's let the scheduler figure it all
out!
>
> One obvious choice is the ALDHA-W gathering...where and when will it be
> this year? How about the PCTA?
>
> When will the hoss-folk get-togethers be? Mountain bikers? Cavers?
> Climbers? "Ultra" backcountry users? Conservation groups? Canoeists?
> Rafters? Birders? Girl/Boy Scouts? 4-H? Church outdoor youth groups?
> Summer camps? ...the list is almost infinite...
>
> Please email me privately about specific training opportunities and I
will
> pass them on to the scheduler. Be sure to give me any contact
information
> that you might have to help set up the training team's visit. The
> scheduler will get on the phone (and/or email) and set up as full a
> training itinerary as the team can stand!
>
> General suggestions for training opportunities might be a good topic for
> list discussion. All of us know about some good groups that could use
some
> good LNT training...we just might not know that we know. The list always
> seems good at helping folks come to know what they didn't know they knew
> <VBG>.
>
> Give it some thought...let's wear that new SUV out!
>
> BTW, I am always willing to send the current version of the "Intro to
LNT"
> email series to anyone interested. I have compiled the "Scout version"
> into a MSWord doc (29 pages, TOC, title page, etc.) that I will be happy
to
> send out (attached to email) in any format that my copy of Word (for Mac,
> v6.0.1) will "save as".
>
> Trace No Leaves,
>
> - Charlie II AT (MEGA'93)
> PCT (Mex@Can'95)
> Chipping away at the CDT
>
>
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