SirTedsen707
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SirTedsen707 commented under HowellattheMoonProductions's blog ( Apr 6, 2011 at 16:33 )
quotes We, as humans, are constantly altering the natural environment to suit our needs; be it mountain biking, skiing, or hiking. I recently took a backpacking trip to a place called Island Lake. Amongst all the beauty around me my buddy and I thought how we could build a lodge on the island and a bridge to it and a....then we caught ourselves. Here we were surrounded by all this beauty and all we could think of doing is altering it. I love mountain biking and trail building, but working with the Forest Service has to be incredibly more productive than going against it. And sure the is tons of red tape and politics involved in that route. Is it easy or fast? No, but it is one way that we can ensure that these beautiful parks we ride in our here for thousands of years to come.
SirTedsen707 commented under HowellattheMoonProductions's blog ( Apr 6, 2011 at 16:33 )
quotes I think that what Pedal Driven is doing is an admirable cause, and I think it's less about this "bikers call to arms" than it is about seeing a problem and finding a solution. What they have done is essentially teamed up with the National Forest Service, and changed illegal trail building into a program that not only works for mountain bikers, but the parks as well. People had made comments about illegal trail building and how riding on those illegal trails was part of the rush in mountain biking; I disagree. For me it's just what the trailer said, "the freedom that takes you back to your childhood, the wind blowing through your hair and being one with nature." I felt the same way about underage drinking once, but as we mature so does our perception. Other people have commented about how mountain bikers take better care to throw their trash away, and therefore are better at living with the woods than those who abuse it. First, I think saying that, “we as a class of all encompassing people act a certain way,” is slightly narrow minded. Unfortunately, there seems to be at least one exception to the rule, that one guy that doesn't pack out what he packs in. Humans are the only animals that don't live within their environments permitters.
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