Re: Red Tape

Tim Eicher (eicher@cc.dixie.edu)
Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:13:57 -0600

Amen to the recognition of porgessional guides; I've been helped by them
before, and they've gone over and above. I would just say that any
comments polarizing two factions here will be at the expense of the whole
process. I'd encourage a focus on the good will and good intentions of
each party if in fact we hope for any type of mutually satisfactory
situation. It's not an either/or situation we have here, folks...
canyon gnome

At 09:52 AM 9/17/97 -0700, you wrote:
>On Wed, 17 Sep 1997 TLDUVAL@aol.com wrote:
>
>> I've seen the waste and the lack of sensitivity to the environment that
comes
>> down on those motor rigs (throwing garbage in the Colo. and leaving their
>> private waste at our campsite for us to carry out).
>>
>> You need only to look at Mt. Everest to see what can happen to an overly
>> commercialized natural treasure!! So right on! to the guy who wants to make
>> it harder for commercial trips---
>> toni duval
>
>As good as many other stereotypes, I suppose. Personally, I wouldn't tar
>the commercials with any such brush. With the exception of one who passed
>us by on a serious late-afternoon rescue at Crystal, I've found them to be
>universally professional, conscientious, and deferentially helpful to
>private boaters. My guess is that most of the guides are especially
>sensitive to what the private boaters' hardships are and do what they can
>to help. Most probably wish they were with you.
>
>Jerks come in most any stripe, probably in reasonably equal percentages.
>With enough commercial passengers, there will be a certain amount of
>insensitivity and crummy behavior. Not much different from a certain
>amount of the same from privates.
>
>I think the guides are pretty cool on the whole. If there were 3,000
>commercial 19,000 private boaters doing the canyon, I reckon we'd actually
>see a lot more carnage.
>
>just my $.02
>
>Bob Hiltner <bobhilt@eskimo.com>
>Seattle, U.S.A.
>
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