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I don't quite see how a business operating as a hostel and selling food doesn't grasp the concept of getting a permit. The burden is on the business owner, not on the agency that issues permits.If someone at ______ spent as much time and effort working with _____ trying to get the problem solved as you have here, the problem just might be solved
That said, if the road has had a name historically, it seems reasonable to maintain a ROAD SIGN at this location.
you don't get it there were no attempts,not one person from the matc notified us on any of these issues,so where are you coming up with ALL these attempts.who is at fault here,we talked to the pres. did he say that there was paperwork to file NO ,did he say he would recomend that there should be a sign made..YES. did it happen NO. so there seems to be alot of people telling alot of stories here,it could of been over if they actually contacted us.i am not sure why i have to keep explaining this point. i sure could use a white russian,with just a splash of milk....no hold the milk!!!
Well, the hiking public could rip down AMC signs and replace them with "I WHL" signs.
Just sayin'
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I just checked out your web site and enjoyed it.
For what its worth, given that your facility is hard for some to find, why not add more detail to the "how to find us" section. Right now it just is says:
While your description might be sufficient for a hungry thru hiker, other folks obvioulsy need more help. Or if they don't need help, more detailed directions would give a less experienced vacation hiker confidence that they will be able to find your facility when making his trip plans.To reach our dock from the trail, turn off the AT at the Mahar Tote Road. You will find the road south of the Nahmakanta Stream Campsite and north of the Potaywadjo Lean-To (on your map, it is shown as a dotted line going down to the stream).
Perhaps some photos, distances and other reference points and a detailed section of topo map.
My personal feeling on signs is that "less is more", but obviously each situation is unique. If you are getting 850 AT hikers a season these days, your own unique situation is much different now than it was 10 years ago and may speak to the appropriateness of signage.
Similarly the AMC situation is unique in the Gulf Haggis area. Thoughtful people know that the area is a magnet for day hikers and opens to a network of maintained trails and private land open to the public 365 day a year. It is a similar but different situation.
Perhaps its best to leave to another thread, but I do think it is worth considering why some people (like me) think that it is a good thing to keep signage (and in particular commercial signage) to a minimum in the back country. Not because we have a monopoly on the truth, but because little things add up.
In this thread, for example, we have been reminded that the last stretch of AT is not really a wilderness. And, that because it is not a wilderness it is appropriate to allow more of this kind of thing than we would otherwise.
I understand that perspective, but it really rubs me the wrong way. I think it important to preserve the wild spirit of that stretch of the AT (and others) wherever possible. Even from what seem to relatively trivial intrusions. In part, because each one makes the next more acceptable.
As I recall, when I first hiked that section of the AT several decades ago, there was a shelter at Mahar Landing, with an MATC sign on the trail reading "Mahar Landing." Souvenir hunters scrounge such signs from time to time. But I wouldn't be surprised to find that it is still there. I'll have to go look.
Weary
The Mahar Landing sign is still there. . . it's the only sign I've ever seen on the AT there. . .
Can't wait to reach ME again soon and see what all the fuss is about.
Hey Tin Man
what happinin dude????
If you find yourself in a fair fight; your tactics suck.
Camp Mom:
I hope to be SOBO and passing through (thru?) around the first week of June, can't wait to see your place and looking forward some of that home style cooking. Thanks in advance.
Well as Camp Mom has told us, at least one other sign has been posted on the AT there, one "blaze orange snowmobile" sign, or something like that, I think she said.
In addition to one blaze orange sign, MATC maintainers have also reported a large brown and white painted sign, which from their description looked something like the brown and white sign picture on the WHL website.
That sign is nowhere near the trail. . . your sources are incorrect. . . .