Re: [pct-l] Mule Race etc. - also 2 B. Wiggins

["R.J. Baynum" <rjbaynum@nidlink.com>]

A few places, have bad apples, but not the whole orchards...
R.J.

reynolds@ilan.com wrote:
> 
> Well, horses, mules and bears are hearby kicked off the list. My last posts on
> the subject(s):
> 
> It is Rock Creek Pack Station. They run huge 20-30 person "rides" add to that
> 5-7 wranglers and 20 or so pack animals and the trail, the meadows that they
> shortcut through, and the campsites they use are blasted. Anyone could have
> developed a bad attitude if they were hiking in the ame area. I ran across them
> three times. They criscrossed my path [the JMT] droping down to fish creek, then
> taking laterals up to the trail.
> 
> I am not anti-horse mind you. I believe in access for everybody but don't
> pretend that horses don't create a terrible environment and, in quantity, ruin
> the environment, at least short term, for foot traffic.
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