Check out this article at
BackPacker Magazine^®

http://www.bpbasecamp.com/backpackermag/avfh.shtml

It should really wake you up!
Join a club, join a group,
and join the fight for our sport!

As avid backpackers ourselves, Our opinion is:
Backpacker Magazine^® should be boycotted because
of their ties with SUWA and other radical eco-groups!!!!