Anonymous Sep 4, 2013 at 8:32 pm

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It's already been logged, burned, knocked down in landslides, and drilled for oil. What's there now was put there and maintained by people, for people to visit. It doesn't really seem like moving through it at a faster pace is going to make that much of a difference.
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i am sure an asshole runner would think you're a slovenly and pasty turd, just as you (as a similar asshole) think a runner is somehow corrosive to a forest. You are meant for each other. Now laissez-faire.
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You do realize you're an idiot, right?
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Oh. the Forest Park Ninny Squad. They'd like you to believe that the park's on par with Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, etc.

OH WAIT, all of those have been extensively developed to cater to the needs of recreation seekers.

Just like Forest Park.

Get over it, assholes, it's already far from being a pristine wonderland. Just because you can afford to live near it, doesn't mean you get to decide how the other 2.3 million people in the greater Portland metro get to use it.

Did you know FP still has abandoned cars and junked appliances in it? That homeless camps are a frequent problem during the summer months? Yeah, you don't see that shit when you're power walking your Labradoodle 1.2 miles up Leif Erikson Drive, but it's out there.

Suggest putting in a new mountain bike trail-- which as far as I can tell is only "bad" because it appeals to wealthy persons of the wrong age group-- and holy fuck, the sky is falling.
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Runners are annoying to those of us who want to tiptoe gently into the park and spend a sublime afternoon contemplating our iPhones.
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^^ And taking grainy Instagram photos of a "day out in nature".
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parts of forest park are quiet and serene and untrammeled and even a little bit pristine.

I guess thats what attracts mountain bikes. The ability to boldly trammel that which is easily trammeled.
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I don't think trammel means what you think it means. Trample, maybe?
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Hmm I think I am familiar with these runners, they're those mostly polite people who say thank you when you give them the most minute amount of space to dash by as they exercise, right? Yeah fuck them and their not really bugging anyone exercise habits.
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FWTBT

no man it was the auto correct. I know what it means ok. I am a man of higher leaning.
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NO ONE GO ANYWHERE OR DO ANYTHING GOD FUCKING IDIOTS
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More like a man of constant snore-o.
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Todd Mecklem I liked your comment for you since you seemed to have forgotten to do this.
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If you want to hike, get out of the damn city. And either way leave your walking stick and floppy hat at home. In the trash.
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I have no problem with runners. As long as you say excuse me, not at the point where you're at full speed directly behind me, but when you slow it down and allow me time to move to the side. I run too assholes, but I have the common courtesy to not scare the shit out of people if they're walking their dog. And if you have to take a shit behind a tree, can you try to give yourself distance from the trail? Why is it my fault my dog wants to sniff your ass and munch on your feces? Leash my dog... they let you off a leash.

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