The Economist: Park Permits (2)

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Permits typically carry a fee.

许可证通常需要收费。

Although parks try to avoid discouraging the poor, that can be tricky.

尽管公园不想打消穷人来参观的念头，但这一问题的确很棘手。

The cost of the passes and permits can mount up.

通行证和许可证的成本会上升。

Several areas have permits for reasons of safety.

一些地区出于安全考虑设有许可证。

Take Half Dome, a short drive from Horsetail Fall, a challenging hike which attracts tens of thousands of people each year.

以“半穹顶”为例，它距离马尾瀑布不远，是一个具有挑战性的徒步旅行景点，每年吸引成千上万的人前来。

Cables have been installed on the steepest stretches, to enable those without rock-climbing skills to reach the summit.

最陡峭的路段上安装了缆车，为了使这样没有攀岩技能的人也可以到达山顶。

From 2005 to 2009 there were 85 search-and-rescue incidents and eight deaths.

从2005年到2009年，共有85起搜救事件，8人死亡。

In 2010 the NPS limited access to those with permits.

2010年，国家公园管理局只允许有许可证的人参观。

The number of visitors dropped sharply, and fatal accidents fell by half—but serious incidents per person actually rose.

游客数量锐减，死亡事件减半——但人均严重事故率却增加了。

The scarcity of permits may have unhelpfully increased the pressure to complete the hike, leading to more accidents.

许可证的稀缺可能反而会增加完成徒步旅行的压力，导致更多事故。

And some permits are doubly useless: neither preventing crowds nor enhancing safety.

一些许可证更没有什么意义：既不能限制人群数量，也不能增强安全性。

The Enchantments, an alpine area in Washington state, requires permits for camping, but not for day use.

在华盛顿州的高山地区“魔幻仙境”，露营需要许可证，但白天不可使用。

Many attempt to hike it in a single day, even though it is long and strenuous.

尽管路途漫长而艰难，但许多人仍然想尝试一天就爬完这座山。

On a recent visit, your correspondent only got out a few hours after dark despite starting before sunrise.

在最近的一次游览中，尽管记者在日出前就出发了，但在天黑后几个小时才从山里出来。

Many people without proper gear were still hours behind.

许多没有合适装备的人可能还需要更多时间才能出来。

Several stragglers confessed that they had no idea about the difficulty.

一些掉队的人承认，他们对于这座山的难度没有概念。

What may sound like a simple solution, in other words, turns out in practice to be anything but.

换句话说，有的事听起来很简单，但实施起来却大相径庭。

Permit systems require a fine balance—much like the nature they seek to protect.

许可证制度需要一个良好的平衡——就像人们试图去保护的大自然一样。

来源：iyuba