Re: Red tape

mwb@pacbell.net
Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:01:26 -0700

Jazzerr@aol.com wrote:
>
> It was with great interest I read Bill Langers response ( RE: Red Tape ) I
> for one have never taken a private Trip, although over the last 20 years I
> have done 12 Commercial both as an employee of an outfitter and as a paying
> customer . I am not Fat ( 7.5% Body fat ) and I do enjoy a cold beer as well
> as the next guy.
> I do agree that one gets out of a trip what they put into it, I work my ass
> off, day in and day out so that I can , if I chose , pay a commercial
> outfitter to take me on a trip that I would otherwise not have an opportunity
> to enjoy. For Bill to infer that I as a paying custermer put less into a
> trip than he does says to me he has spent to many days in the summer heat.
> Remember it was more than likely one of those Fat So and So's that worked
> with both brain and brawn to allow you to utilize the technology and
> availablity of this electronic media we are now enjoying ( I have to wonder
> if Bill's electricity Comes from Glen Canyon Dam ! )
> I think we should all learn From Richards earlier post, where he said "
> Freedom of Choice is a very powerfull issue " Motor boats have been a part
> of the Canyon longer than most of us have been in existance, and another
> overwhelming theme at the SLC CRMP was that nothing is broke don't try to fix
> it. While I believe the System is not broken I do believe that we can improve
> it, as improvement and fixing it are two different things.
> Name calling, be it by the privatiers or by the commercial outfittings is
> not going to help the problem, but it will further devide an allready
> estranged group. Thank God that this was not the attitude adopted by those
> attending the CRMP in SLC and that good honest ideas came to the table and
> will hopefully be implemented by the NSP when the plan is complete..... I
> shall now remove myself from the soap box ........
>
> " Imagination is more important than
> Knowledge "
>
> A.
> Einstien
>
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Good soap Jazzerr. I've got to ask though: If I could afford to go on
many trips per season through the Canyon as a commercial customer, based
of course on my ability to pay, should I not also be able to go on many
trips per season based on the ability to row my own boat?
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