Patrick Maun wrote: > > >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.[snip] > > How have other paddling communities dealt with this? I can imagine > this is a big problem out west. Some places (e.g., San Juans, Pacific Rim Park for Broken Group paddling) use the hog-trough system: firstest and biggest gets the mostest. Others, e.g., Gwaii Haanas, use a parallel reservation system (see my other post for that). Things are so bad in the San Juans that traditional launch points have been drying up, from what I hear. (I do not paddle in the San Juans during the high season, because it is so crowded. Have paddled there on the shoulder season (March), and things were nice and mellow.) -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Mar 16 2000 - 02:26:34 PST
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