>At 9:55 AM -0600 3/15/00, Chuck Holst wrote: >It is definitely time to talk to the Park Service. [SNIP] Perhaps a letter campaign from all club members and individuals in the area. I think we can make the case that what this is doing is closing off the islands to kayakers in that guided tours generally cater to first time and beginner paddlers leaving the rest of us SOL. I'm know that more experienced paddlers also go guided, but I think that for the most part it's the newbies. And don't get me wrong, guided trips are a great way to teach safe paddling and camping. I think that many of those new to paddling are also new to camping out as well. (not to mention those guided tours are expensive!) How have other paddling communities dealt with this? I can imagine this is a big problem out west. I guess you know your sport is getting popular when you no longer recognize almost every car with a rack and saddles. Not to mention that the cars (SUV's) with racks or boats on them seem to be getting much nicer. Anyone else noticing that? Thinkin' about economics and driving a crappy old Honda... -Patrick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 15 2000 - 10:11:55 PST
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