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Jim Roberts
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Mike Vandeman wrote:
> On 3 Mar 2004 10:06:17 -0800, [email protected] (Jonesy) wrote:
>
> .Mike Vandeman <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>... .> On 2 Mar 2004 09:48:06 -0800,
> [email protected] (Jonesy) wrote: .> .> .We all know that hikers cause more trail damage
> than MTBers, because .> .of the sheer volume of hikers vs. MTBers. .> .> How many hikers hike
> every week?
I??
> . .Over ten times more than MTB riders ride every week. . .> And as far as a mountain biker (over
> 50 miles .> in a day -- IMPOSSIBLE for a hiker)? . .MTBers rarely get more than ten miles out,
> for a total of twenty .ridden miles. . .A rough guess would be that less than 5% of MTBers do
> that much.
>
> Which is about 4 times as far as a typical hiker travels.
>
> ===
> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to
> help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
My son was a mountain biker, but abandoned it whan he saw the damage it was doing.
jimbat
> On 3 Mar 2004 10:06:17 -0800, [email protected] (Jonesy) wrote:
>
> .Mike Vandeman <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>... .> On 2 Mar 2004 09:48:06 -0800,
> [email protected] (Jonesy) wrote: .> .> .We all know that hikers cause more trail damage
> than MTBers, because .> .of the sheer volume of hikers vs. MTBers. .> .> How many hikers hike
> every week?
I??
> . .Over ten times more than MTB riders ride every week. . .> And as far as a mountain biker (over
> 50 miles .> in a day -- IMPOSSIBLE for a hiker)? . .MTBers rarely get more than ten miles out,
> for a total of twenty .ridden miles. . .A rough guess would be that less than 5% of MTBers do
> that much.
>
> Which is about 4 times as far as a typical hiker travels.
>
> ===
> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to
> help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
My son was a mountain biker, but abandoned it whan he saw the damage it was doing.
jimbat