The difference is that people choose to walk 2,000 miles, but no one chooses to patrol 2,000 miles. (If they did, it would already be patrolled.)<p>So how are you going pay for the patrol force? Not to mention get them to and from their assigned section, feed them, handle their waste, keep them safe--and manage their impact on the resource, since they are there on top of all the existing hikers.