Bad news for NC state parks....

**Hawk-eye** · 03-27-2010, 14:04

Originally Posted by jeffbur

wow!!! you guys got to come live here you can hang about in trees and they dont give a crap.

ah ... but I couldn't do without the gorge for long! ha! Besides in New Zealand wouldn't we have to get our faces tattooed and stick out our tongues a lot?

'course ... might be worth it for the fly fishing! ha!

**MacEntyre** · 03-27-2010, 15:23

Originally Posted by jeffbur

wow!!! you guys got to come live here you can hang about in trees and they dont give a crap.

But they won't let me nap in my hammock, tied to the trees, with my levergun on my belly!

- MacEntyre

**sk8rs_dad** · 03-27-2010, 15:45

Originally Posted by jeffbur

wow!!! you guys got to come live here you can hang about in trees and they dont give a crap.

Those sand fleas you have in Aoteoroa might be worse than our black flies. Do they still hunt deer from helicopters? That had to be the weirdest thing I ever saw when kayaking the Motu.

**dirty coyote** · 03-27-2010, 16:18

That is very disappointing news. I was in South Mountains park 2 weeks ago, it is one of my favorites to day trip or do a longer overnight along the old CCC roads. Bummer...

Hawk-eye : I agree, the Gorge is one my favorite places to hang at too, used to camp out on Babel Tower a lot when I was younger.

**Hawk-eye** · 03-27-2010, 17:54

Originally Posted by dirty coyote

...Hawk-eye : I agree, the Gorge is one my favorite places to hang at too, used to camp out on Babel Tower a lot when I was younger.

Hope to see you up there this year! I get back in country it's on my short list to get to!

**ikemouser** · 03-27-2010, 19:33

this banning of hammocks had better not become a trend.

**KerMegan** · 03-27-2010, 21:57

mayhap they will issue permits for hanging, like they do for backcountry usage...?
it's worth asking.

or show your HF flag for hassle free processing...

**NCPatrick** · 03-28-2010, 05:54

Originally Posted by dirty coyote

That is very disappointing news. I was in South Mountains park 2 weeks ago, it is one of my favorites to day trip or do a longer overnight along the old CCC roads. Bummer...

Well, we determined that there wasn't a policy disallowing hanging, so feel free to continue.

**MacEntyre** · 03-28-2010, 07:02

Originally Posted by KerMegan

mayhap they will issue permits for hanging...

I hope permits never happen. They are just an poor alternative chosen due to inability to enforce a rule directed at a root problem (or a bark problem

).

All they need to do is punish the people who damage trees. If enforcement is impractical, they should ignore the problem. There should be no rules they cannot enforce, nor alternatives that are an imposition on those who aren't the problem.

Gotta stop this before I get a nasty note from a mod.

- MacEntyre

**Oh-No** · 03-28-2010, 07:45

Originally Posted by MacEntyre

If enforcement is impractical, they should ignore the problem. There should be no rules they cannot enforce, nor alternatives that are an imposition on those who aren't the problem
- MacEntyre

Ditto. Thanks Mac. you saved me the trouble of going on one of my favorite rants. :-)