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by RadioHiker
May 8th, 2020, 8:12 pm
Forum: Hiking in the News
Topic: Oregon wilderness permit system for Three Sisters, Jefferson delayed until 2021
Replies: 13
Views: 5875

Re: Oregon wilderness permit system for Three Sisters, Jefferson delayed until 2021

Doesn't matter to me. I'll hike wherever and whenever I want. I pay my taxes, and those taxes are supposed to fund government agencies like the USFS. Not my problem if they don't know how to manage their money. When's the last time you heard of someone actually having criminal action taken against t...
by RadioHiker
November 12th, 2019, 10:03 pm
Forum: Hiking in the News
Topic: Central Cascades permit fees announced
Replies: 127
Views: 38487

Re: Central Cascades permit fees announced

I've read through the first bits of this thread but got bored. Bottom line for me is it will be a cold day in Hell before I pay for the privilege of hiking and backpacking in our national forest lands. I have yet to get a ticket for parking at a trailhead without a NW Forest Pass, but when it does e...
by RadioHiker
November 12th, 2019, 9:53 pm
Forum: General Hiking Topics
Topic: More Fees Coming to a Trail Near You
Replies: 17
Views: 9427

Re: More Fees Coming to a Trail Near You

Screw them all. I'm not paying additional fees for the "privilege" of using our public lands. It'll be a cold day in Hell before I buy a forest pass or pay any other fee to use our forest lands. Courts have already ruled these fees unconstitutional. Let them ticket me. Let's see how they enforce it.
by RadioHiker
September 25th, 2011, 1:57 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Returning to my roots
Replies: 1
Views: 1034

Returning to my roots

Hello everyone, long time lurker here. I've been doing a lot of soul searching lately, and I've realized that I need to simplify my life a bit, and part of that simplification needs to be a return to backpacking. Although my wife isn't a backpacker, she totally agrees. When we first got married, I w...