Recreation groups say by restricting capacity in six of B.C.'s most popular provincial parks, the system forced hikers to explore more remote trails which led to a spike in calls to search and rescue teams.
Katarina Williams05:00, May 01 2021
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Janet Nye, pictured here at Waitarere, a few months before her October 2018 trekking death in Ladakh, India.
The man who led a trekking trip to India, in which a Wellington woman died after developing acute mountain sickness, concedes the “window” to help her descend from high altitude in the hours before she died was missed. But despite being appointed to lead by the trip organiser, the Mountain Clubs of New Zealand (FMC) Travel Club, Joe Nawalaniec insists “ultimate responsibility” didn’t rest with him. For Wellington nurse and avid tramper, Janet “Jan” Nye, 68, the journey of a lifetime in 2018 became a journey that ultimately ended her life.
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Pressure is on the B.C. government to reform trespassing laws so the public can gain access to Crown-owned lakes, streams and wilderness.
Environmentalists, lawyers and outdoors groups say B.C. judges have recently made it clear that it’s Victoria’s job to fix illogical laws that allow private property owners to keep anglers and hikers away from publicly owned lakes and rivers because they own the land surrounding the waterways.
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