Re: [Paddlewise] "Commado" Camping

>OK - here's a virtual bucket of cold salt water from Alaska
>on the subject. (that oughta cool off those keyboards!<grin>)
>It's clear that there are widely divergent views held
>by different parties and there are probably more variables
>involved than any of us would want to try to think about.
>I vote to drop this line of discussion and
>move on to more productive avenues....

>Dave Seng
>Juneau, Alaska

So far I really did not see much that was not interesting to read about
this subject. Especially the views of the (problems of) landowners at
PaddleWise have given me more and better ideas about how to handle
situations when I have to camp illegally. And camping, and the possibility
to do it, is a very important aspect of the paddlesport, I think.
So concerns about how to deal with situations that force(!) you to camp
illegally are really valid: when you cannot camp (anymore) in a certain
area, it could mean that you will have to give up paddling there?
And it is an aspect that could be spoiled for you due to the behavior of
others! I know a lot of people (some even good friends...) that have
a very 'romantic' approach to camping illegaly, and do not (want to?)
realize what harm they could do with this behaviour.
For those people this kind of discussion could make them realize
that their behaviour is problematic?

BTW. When camping illegally in the Netherlands,
if a policeman would wake you with a gun in his hand,
it sure will be him that would be fired!

Dirk Barends

the Netherlands



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