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- From: ruthb@hotspring.sitka.sun.com (Ruth Blackburn)
- Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
- Subject: Re: travels on the backways
- Message-ID: <1hqbjkINN72n@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 20:14:44 GMT
- References: <1992Dec28.224324.24537@jetsun.weitek.COM>
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- In article 24537@jetsun.weitek.COM, nadja@jetsun.weitek.COM (Nadja Adolf) writes:
- >Having reached the age and stage of decreptitude where long hikes are no
- >longer an option, I've taken to using a two wheel drive pickup and a light
- >weight hard sided travel trailer to go bounding down abandoned logging roads
- >and other remote spots. My consort and I have found a number of neat
- >places for people who aren't up to more than a mile or two of hiking or
- >aren't up to hiking at all.
- >
- >I guess I'd like some discussion of access for the physically impaired. I'm
- >sort of tired of folks who let their dogs chase the wildlife, then get
- >annoyed with us because we have used an existing road and an existing
- >pull off spot to leave a trailer. The idea that the outdoors is only for
- >the physically perfect bothers me. Please don't tell me to try conditioning -
- >we both have joint problems that restrict our activities.
- >
- >Feedback?
-
-
- I believe all people should be able to enjoy the outdoors, though there are
- places that the physically challenged might find very difficult to negotiate.
- I know that here in the SF Bay Area some trails are wheelchair accessible,
- and I have seen at least one such up in the foothills of the Sierra. I wouldn't
- think it's possible to make all trails accessible, though, due to difficulty and
- costs, but I think having trails designed specifically for folks physically
- impaired would be beneficial.
-
- BTW, I don't venture far into the backcountry, tending to be a car-camping type.
- Those who regularly pack into the wilderness might view this issue differently.
- Also, I don't let my dog chase the wildlife, much as she would like to :-).
-
- Ruth
- ruthb@sitka.sun.com
-