Re: R-r and other long-distance runners and hiker: We need a new pol
During that same rim-rim-rim backpack about which I earlier spoke, we encountered several R2 (rim runners) who yelled "I'm coming through!" or "Move over, I'm...
Wilderness 2013-06-18 20:42:06 #73282
Re: R-r and other long-distance runners and hiker: We need a new pol
"..the impulse and inexperienced hikers who shouldn't be there in the first place."
Why not, exactly?
I think that a uniform set of trail rules/etiquette...
sumiwada 2013-06-18 20:11:06 #73281
Re: R-r and other long-distance runners and hikers: We need a new po
Good points coming up. Please add more.
I'll add: It's not privileging backpackers to say that long-distance
day-trippers should reserve and pay something in...
jan_swafford 2013-06-18 19:42:07 #73280
Re: R-r and other long-distance runners and hiker: We need a new pol
I agree that the R2R running is becoming a very big problem, and I have yet to see a runner yield to me ever. They usually are yelling to move out of the...
dNally 2013-06-18 18:43:48 #73279
Re: R-r and other long-distance runners and hiker: We need a new pol
During my second rim-to-rim, here is what I observed (notes from my trail journal):
Another phalanx of unyielding, trail runners and rim-to-rimmers (R2)...
Wilderness 2013-06-18 17:35:04 #73278
Re: Water in Cottonwood Creek in October
Springs as mapped are really not reliable and many that show on the maps are obsolete or mismapped or imaginary. It seems to be very typical to be concerned...
DougN 2013-06-18 17:17:13 #73277
Re: R-r and other long-distance runners and hiker: We need a new pol
This is a complex topic and I would not really like to see a dayhiker permit/fee reservation system -- note there are many places to dayhike other that the...
DougN 2013-06-18 16:58:47 #73276
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