In response to the Sept. 18 cover story, “Going Big,”
just hop on your mountain bike and pedal on a well-known 4×4
outback road, where the four-wheelers exceed the speed limits, kick
up dust, mud, rocks, and try to enjoy the same road with your bike.
This experience is the same for any hiker in a wilderness
or pristine hiking area who encounters mountain bikes whirling past
and not respecting your rights as a hiker. This happens constantly
on trails throughout Oregon; it’s mechanical versus manual
walking, human versus non-human methods of travel in our forests.
Bikes and hikers have never mixed well. Keep bikes out of
wilderness.
Greg Schifsky
Portland, Oregon
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline A taste of your own medicine.
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