This is in response to Phil Learned’s “Allagash experience” commentary (BDN, May 8). I concur with this wholeheartedly. I, too, used the Allagash experience to recuperate after I had several heart attacks. Mother Nature did not let me down. The experience is to be used by everyone, young and old. A certain amount of joy and fulfillment should be experienced in the wild. I still yearn to be there. Pay attention to the preservation lists.

Everett Steele

Bangor