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Out of curiosity . . .
It has been just about a year now (give or take some) since the famous cables were removed from the Range Trail route up Gothics from the Gothics-Saddleback col. The removal was for safety reasons as the cables were said to have deteriorated to usnafe condition.
A couple of questions.
First, it was said at the time that the NY DEC intended to replace the Gothics cables. Has this been done or scheduled?
Second, some of us (me included) have contended that aids like the cables on Gothics help confine traffic to a narrow corridor, which serves to prevent destruction of fragile vegetation and soils alongside the route. So the question is, has any noticeable widening of the corridor and damage to soils, etc. alongside occurred since the Gothics cables were removed?
G.
It has been just about a year now (give or take some) since the famous cables were removed from the Range Trail route up Gothics from the Gothics-Saddleback col. The removal was for safety reasons as the cables were said to have deteriorated to usnafe condition.
A couple of questions.
First, it was said at the time that the NY DEC intended to replace the Gothics cables. Has this been done or scheduled?
Second, some of us (me included) have contended that aids like the cables on Gothics help confine traffic to a narrow corridor, which serves to prevent destruction of fragile vegetation and soils alongside the route. So the question is, has any noticeable widening of the corridor and damage to soils, etc. alongside occurred since the Gothics cables were removed?
G.