Quotes about hikers (10 Quotes)


    That's when I realize that the statistics the Officials give us do not matter to me. I know there are many people who are happy and I am glad for them. But this is Ky. If he is the one person who falls by the wayside while the other ninety-nine are happy and fulfilled, that is not right with me anymore. I realize that I don't care about the Officer pacing below or the other hikers among the trees, or really anything else at all, and that is when I realize how dangerous this truly is.

    We encourage walkers and hikers to come out and try it. Don't be intimidated by the competitive people. You get a good workout in and go places you've never gone in snowshoes. A lot of people who snowshoe never get off the trail. You may never do it on your own. In this organized race situation, people can do that and not be intimidated.

    We get people of every age. We attract extremely avid hikers who've logged a thousand miles in a year to families looking for some winter exercise. We have drawn as little as 80 people and as many as 250. Last year, we drew about 125.


    When most people in this region think outdoor recreation, they instinctively think of the Sierra or the coast. This will give them a wonderful alternative. We'd like to see a network of trails and primitive campsites for the entire area that can be used by hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians.


    For many years we've been disturbed by the fact that there are a lot of campers and illegal hikers, motorcyclists going into the sanctuary, ... We're very concerned. We've had a number of burglaries and break-ins.

    We are working on parallel development of ergonomic backpacks for everyone from school children carrying heavy bags of books, a worldwide public health problem, to the normal backpack used to carry laptops, to hikers' backpacks to military and explorers. Everyone can benefit from a more ergonomic backpack.

    What we know, ... is that two hikers on the Grinnell Glacier Trail, at about 10 a. m., had a close encounter with a sow grizzly bear and two cubs. They did sustain bear bites, they dropped and rolled to avoid the attack, and they fell 30 feet down an embankment.


    Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers.



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