Gary&Jan
New member
I would like your opinion on an issue that potentially really irks me. In reading the NH trail conditions, I see a report from back in mid January where a couple of hikers spent the night at Lake of the Clouds. We all know the hut is closed but their words were "On Saturday night, we stayed at Lakes of the Clouds, and although it is technically a "no-no", it was a good thing we did. " I am assuming that they stayed in the cellar of the Lakes hut. I gotta say, unless your in a grave emergency situation how do you get off making the call that is is OK to violate the rules? My understanding is that what these hikers did is not just technically a no-no, it is prohibited. If I am wrong I apologize for my ignorance but if I'm not then there's no excuse to stay where your not supposed to be. Again if I mis-read the report then my bad. I guess I have a hard time undestanding why some folks think that it's OK to do whatever they want when they're in the woods...Too many times I have seen frends and family's camps broken into....like it's no big deal... I don't know.. doesn't seem right to me but I hope I just misundestood their trail report. What do you think?